Medicare Making Big Changes For Telehealth Reimbursement?

Government reimbursement is a major sticking point for physicians seeking to incorporate telehealth into their practice. The requirements for government telehealth reimbursement are burdensome and make implementing such services difficult to justify economically, despite the potential benefits to patients and providers.

However, earlier this month the Centers for Medicare...

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Required Payment Of Sales Commissions: Michigan’s Procuring Cause Doctrine

Legal technicalities may not be invoked to avoid paying sales agents’ commissions. That’s the essence of Michigan’s procuring cause doctrine – an equitable doctrine established by Michigan’s supreme court to protect commission based sales agents.[1] This doctrine protects all manner of sales agents including manufacturer’s reps, purveyors of information systems technology and software, employment...

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Civil Trials: Jury Or Judge?

If you were a party to a civil lawsuit would you want a jury or a judge to decide your fate? Juries are typically seen as favoring the little guy, usually the plaintiff. But maybe that perception is wrong. Researchers Valerie Hans and Stephanie Albertson found that “beliefs that jurors are highly sympathetic to individual plaintiffs...

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U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies False Claims Act Liability

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Universal Health Services v. Escobar will likely expand liability under the False Claims Act, meaning the potential for more qui tam lawsuits.   The case concerned how the failure to disclose noncompliance with statutory, regulatory or contractual requirements might create liability under the False Claims Act.

The full...

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Getting Professional Help With The Home Closing Process

Check out my interview, Getting Professional Help with the Home Closing Process on www.MichiganHomes.com, one of the top sites for Michigan Condos For Sale , including Plymouth, MI real estate. Michigan Homes also services York,Pennsylvania real estate and Aurora, Illinois homes for sale.

In that interview, I discuss the importance of having...

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