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Recent updates:

• Update: October 2023

  Dear Subscriber:

  Thank you for choosing to stay current in the area of health and hospital law with this 2023 revised edition of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Law Manual. Inside you will find new material on such topics as the following:

  • Antitrust. See chapter 5 for information as to the Department of Justice's withdrawal of support, on February 2, 2023, for the DOJ/FTC Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements in the Health Care Area that had permitted certain "safety zones" of information sharing and payor contracting collaboration between competing health-care providers.

  • Fraud. See chapter 8 for recent case decisions and other information regarding criminal neglect, the protection of elderly patients, home health care, mental health investigations, and opioid-related violations.

  • EMTALA Post-Dobbs. See chapter 12 for a detailed discussion of the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's issuance of the landmark decision on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022), along with cites to 2023 case decisions.

  • Telehealth. See chapter 13 for discussion regarding physicians' practices in prescribing controlled medications, and the DEA's proposed rule.

  We at MCLE trust that you will find this revised edition useful in your practice and valuable in keeping your law library up to date.

  Cordially,

  MCLE Press

Table of Contents

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Introduction

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Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP

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Payment and Reimbursement for Health-Care Services

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Kyle Faget, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP
Zachary J. Sher, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP

Exhibit 2A

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State and Federal Administrative Agencies Regulating Health-Care Providers and Payors

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Olivia K. Benjamin, Foley & Lardner LLP
Jessa Boubker, Foley & Lardner LLP
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP

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Hospital Law Basics

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Adria E. Warren, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP

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Representing Physicians and Other Practitioners

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William M. Mandell, Esq., Pierce & Mandell, PC

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Postacute Care: Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living, Hospice, and Home Health

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Patricia Noyes-Corrigan, Esq., Gargiulo / Rudnick LLP

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Fundamentals of Managed Care

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Michele M. Garvin, Esq., Boston Children's Hospital
Lauren Sparks, Esq.,
Katherine M. Sullivan, Esq.,
Benjamin Wilson, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP

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Federal and State Enforcement

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Angela J. Benoit, Esq., Duane Morris LLP
David S. Schumacher, Esq., Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC

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HIPAA and HITECH

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Laura L. Ferguson, Esq., Locke Lord LLP
David S. Szabo, Esq., Locke Lord LLP

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Biomedical Research

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Jessa Boubker, Foley & Lardner LLP

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Patients’ Rights

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Joshua L. Abrams, Esq., Partners HeathCare Systems, Inc.
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Diane B. Moes, Esq.,

Exhibit 11A

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The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

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Alan H. Einhorn, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP

Exhibit 12A

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Telehealth

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Ryan J. Cuthbertson, Esq., Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
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Jeremy D. Sherer, Esq., Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC

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