Health Care Law Blog
Health Care Law Blog is dedicated to health-care law issues in or affecting the Rocky Mountain West.
Author: Author Greg Piche' is a partner at Holland & Hart who specializes in health-care law.
Blawg Related Categories: Health Law • States • Colorado • Idaho • Montana • New Mexico • Utah • Wyoming • Partner
Recent Posts from Health Care Law Blog
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"TOKE TIME" FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA – New Federal Enforcement Rules Announced.
The Justice Department announced new guidelines for medical marijuana use and dispensaries today that directs federal law enforcement officials to reallocate their resources away from federal prosecution of medical marijuana users and dispensaries in states…
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10th Circuit Affirms Summary Dismissal of Nephrologists’ Monopolization Shootout in the Streets of Durango.
Dr. Mark F. Bevan has a thriving nephrology practice in Farmington, New Mexico. Mercy Medical Center of nearby Durango, Colorado repeatedly invited him to provide kidney dialysis and other nephrology services in’ Durango, which he…
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“Don’t Touch The Sheriff:” Tepid Reaction to harassment claim by Chiropractic Practice Results In $100,000.00 Title VII Verdict for Nebraska Therapist
One would think that a health care practice group would be on its toes in dealing with a potential Title VII complainant whose last name was Sheriff and its failure to take her full measure…
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HEALTHCARE REFORM PART III:-THERE WILL BE PAIN!
One of the unfortunate realities about Health Care Reform is that there will be pain. The current trajectory of health insurance costs is unsustainable. We are pushing 18% of the Gross National Product, more than…
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CMS ISSUES MEMORANDUM REGARDING HOSPITAL EMTALA OPTIONS IN EVENT OF H1N1 FLU PANDEMIC.
On August 14, 2009, CMS issued a memorandum on requirements of hospitals under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”) in the event of a surge in hospital emergency room visits for H1N1 influenza…
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IOWA HOSPITAL COUGHS UP $4.5M TO FEDS TO SETTLE STARK CLAIM THAT IT OVER COMPENSATED EMPLOYED DOCS.
In 2005 a group of physicians from Cedar Valley Medical Specialists in Cedar Valley, Iowa raised concerns with Sen. Charles Grassley, then Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and with the IRS that Covenant Medical…