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(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 »
(September 6, 2011): When is the last time you examined the contractual provisions set out in contracts entered into by your city or municipality? Arbitration provisions can be very problematic and a city or municipality should think twice before voluntarily agreeing to arbitration or including such provisions in a contract with an outside party. Why
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(June 9, 2011): After 20 years of practicing law I can say that most phone calls I receive from a potential client are after a contract has been signed. Unfortunately, today’s physician employment agreements are multiple pages long with small print and certainly not written for easy reading or common sense applicability. Contracts are certainly
What You Need to Know Before Signing a Physician Employment Agreement. Read More »
(March 30, 2011): In Part I, the Hotel Occupancy Tax (“HOT”) was defined and examples of how it can be used were given. Part II examined the two-part test to determine if a proposed expenditure of HOT funds meets the purpose of the HOT tax. Many cities will hire a third-party firm or organization to
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(March 22, 2011): In Part I the term Hotel Occupancy Tax was defined, and examples of how it can be used were given. Hotel Occupancy Tax funds (in Texas) are to be spent on authorized uses if the HOT funds are spent in a manner directly enhancing and promoting tourism and the convention and hotel
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(March 21, 2011): Many states have passed laws that allow a city to authorize Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to be collected. Hotel Occupancy Tax funds are essentially taxes that are charged to individuals who stay at hotels within a city or its extra-territorial jurisdiction. Cities are normally allowed to institute this tax pursuant to a
Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds (HOT Funds): What are They? Part I of III. Read More »
(January 18, 2011): Earlier today, President Obama signed an Executive Order and Memoranda to the heads of executive agencies to redesign the regulatory process. Health care is one of the most highly regulated industries in the county. Thus, the manner in which the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Department of
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(January 6, 2011): Three Houston-area residents, one of whom is a physician, were sentenced to prison on January 4th for their roles in a multi-million dollar durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare fraud scheme. Each of the three defendants were also ordered to pay restitution to the Federal government, in amounts ranging from $29,052 to $1.4
HEAT Investigations of Health Care Fraud in South Texas Read More »
(October 22, 2010): It’s not exactly breaking news to anyone in the hospital industry that the U.S. Congress and the regulators at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services seem bent on preventing or eliminating physician referrals to hospitals in which they invest. With the passage of health reform legislation in March of this year,
(September 14, 2010): As one of the most controversial provisions in the recently enacted health care reform legislation, Congress created the IPAB – a board that is independent from Congress and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) as a mechanism to control Medicare – and potentially all – health care expenditures.