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(August 28, 2012): In this feature, we focus on particular Medicare audits and appeals information for various ZPIC audit and RAC audit hotspots around the country. Check back in for information about Medicare audits and appeals in your city. Medicare Audits in Miami, FL: At-a-Glance Information: Miami Population: 408,750 (2011 Census)Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) (Parts
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(July 6, 2012): This article is a continuation of our discussion on how a business person can manage attorneys and other professionals in the legal process of his business transactions, to minimize the costs and risks. A link to Part II is provided: Click here for Part II. I. Efficient Business Transactions, Continued: (k) Conform
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(June 24, 2012): How a business person can manage attorneys and other professionals in the legal process of his business transactions, to minimize cost and risk and maximize efficiency – Part II of III. Click here for Part I. Check back soon for the third installments. I. Precepts and Procedures. Choose an Attorney With Whom
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(June 18, 2012): How a business person can manage attorneys and other professionals in the legal process of his business transactions, to minimize cost and risk and maximize efficiency? Let’s look at a few these issues below. I. Goal of this Guide; Goals of Your Business Transactions. This Guide is written for those handling important
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(April 12, 2012): You are considering a business transaction. The other party will be disclosing confidential information to you and asks that you sign its “standard form” Non-Disclosure Agreement. Before signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement, you need to carefully review whether it is in your best interests to enter into such a document. Here is a
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(April 11, 2012): At a conference last week in Baltimore, Angela Brice-Smith, Acting Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid Integrity Group, stated that 26 states have awarded contracts under the Medicaid RAC program, and a quarter of those states’ Medicaid RACs are now reviewing claims. Ms. Brice-Smith added that CMS
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(April 5, 2012): Your business may often enter into contracts for services, or a lease contract for machinery or for space. These contracts are usually for a certain term or length of time. Halfway through the term, you decide that you are not receiving what you were promised when you initially entered into the contract.
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(February 6, 2012): You consult with an attorney, do all the necessary due diligence, start a company or corporation, and finally begin doing business. You execute many contracts for services or supplies, signing as the “president” or “manager’ of your corporation. You assume that each contract is between the corporation and the service provider. Later
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(February 3, 2012): Many folks or businesses agree to manage another person’s interests, money or business. When this happens there is a fiduciary duty that attaches to the person or entity managing the other person’s interests, money or business matters. The acceptance of a fiduciary duty can occur, for example, by being a General Partner
“There is a Fiduciary Duty Here. It’s Really Inconceivable to Us.” Read More »
(November 21, 2011): After twenty years of practicing law, I still receive many calls from folks who have had a deal gone bad, money taken, partnerships that defrauded them, et cetera; of course, the first thing I ask is what did the contract say? The response I most often hear is, “there is no written
“A Verbal Contract Isn’t Worth the Paper on Which it is Written.” Read More »