The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued Phase II of the Final Regulations to implement and enforce the federal physician self-referral law (otherwise known as the “Stark Law”). The Stark Law generally affects all business relationships between physicians and other health care providers. Physician practices should review all aspects of their business
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A Practical Digest of Louisiana Class Action Decisions
A practical digest of Louisiana class action decisions prepared by:
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Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
Charles S. McCowan, Jr.
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Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer
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Number of Non-Profit Hospitals Sued in Charity Care Class Actions Continues to Grow
By Kean Miller
Several high-profile law firms have continued to file class action lawsuits against non-profit hospitals. The basis of these class action suits is that these hospitals have failed to meet their charity care requirements because of certain billing and aggressive collection practices against uninsured patients. Through mid-July, thirty-one lawsuits have been filed in federal court against…