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• Courting Disaster ( January 2007 )
  Marc M. Dittenhoefer of Blank, Goolnick & Dittenhoefer

  Our neo-con friends are at it again, all for our own good, mind you. Before we all chip in to send them thanks, let's take a moment to reflect on the next "best thing" they wish to visit upon us.

• Electronic Health Records and the National Health Information Infrastructure ( October 2004 )
  Paul T. Smith of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

  A broad-based public and private initiative is promoting the development of a national system of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs). This initiative raises challenging issues for health care providers, public health authorities, consumers and regulators.

• The New HIPAA Privacy Rule -- What is it and who should care? ( June 2003 )
  John A. Rosendahl and Mary Re Knack of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC

  HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. In trying to streamline the complicated and fragmented health care system and reduce costs, Congress included within HIPAA what it entitled "Administrative Simplification" provisions, designed to make it easier and cheaper for health care providers and health plans to transmit health information electronically.

• Health Care Law Alert ( January 2001 )
  Pepper Hamilton LLP

  This alert reviews the basics of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s final rule authorized by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulating the privacy of identifiable patient health information.

• Health Care Services Update ( September 2000 )
  Sharon R. Klein and Carol A. Ferri of Pepper Hamilton LLP

  This update discusses the new standards issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for electronic transactions and code sets for the processing of health care claims.

• Expert Medical Reports Required By Article 4590i must Refer To Each Defendant ( November 2000 )
  Barker, Leon & Fancher, LLP

  The San Antonio Court of Appeals in Morrill v. Third Coast Emergency Physicians, P.A., (Opinion delivered October 1.

• OIG Publishes Draft Compliance Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices ( July 2000 )
  Arent Fox LLP

  This article reviews the HHS Office of Inspector General's (OIG') draft compliance guidelines for individual and small group physician practices.

• Professional Malpractice Overview ( May 2000 )
  Phillips P. O'Shaughnessy, P.A.

  Legal Malpractice Florida Clients cannot be comparatively negligent in relying upon the attorney's .