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Massachusetts Health and Hospital Law Manual

  • Book

  • 475 Pages
  • October 2023
  • Region: United States
  • Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE)
  • ID: 5907779
Taking an interdisciplinary, industry-based approach, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Law Manual presents the many business and legal issues facing health care providers, payors, and other participants in the health care industry, along with the regulators overseeing them. This comprehensive manual focuses on health care delivery in its legal, business, regulatory, advocacy and personal aspects. Practice pointers and hypotheticals provide concrete guidance as you navigate the federalization, consolidation, bureaucratization, and increasing regulation of this dynamic area of practice.

Table of Contents

Chapter 01 - Introduction
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP

Chapter 02 - Payment and Reimbursement for Health-Care Services
Kyle Faget, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Zachary J. Sher, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Exhibit 2A - Provider Types and Services Covered by MassHealth

Chapter 03 - State and Federal Administrative Agencies Regulating Health-Care Providers and Payors
Olivia K. Benjamin,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Jessa Boubker,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP

Chapter 04 - Hospital Law Basics
Adria E. Warren, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP

Chapter 05 - Representing Physicians and Other Practitioners
William M. Mandell, Esq.,
Pierce & Mandell, PC

Chapter 06 - Postacute Care: Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living, Hospice, and Home Health
Patricia Noyes-Corrigan, Esq.,
Gargiulo / Rudnick LLP

Chapter 07 - Fundamentals of Managed Care
Michele M. Garvin, Esq.,
Boston Children's Hospital
Lauren Sparks, Esq.,
Katherine M. Sullivan, Esq.,
Benjamin Wilson, Esq.,
Ropes & Gray LLP

Chapter 08 - Federal and State Enforcement
Angela J. Benoit, Esq.,
Duane Morris LLP
David S. Schumacher, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC

Chapter 09 - HIPAA and HITECH
Laura L. Ferguson, Esq.,
Locke Lord LLP
David S. Szabo, Esq.,
Locke Lord LLP
Exhibit 9A - HIPAA Standards and Transactions

Chapter 10 - Biomedical Research
Jessa Boubker,
Foley & Lardner LLP

Chapter 11 - Patients’ Rights
Joshua L. Abrams, Esq.,
Partners HeathCare Systems, Inc.
Angela J. Benoit, Esq.,
Duane Morris LLP
Diane B. Moes, Esq.,
Exhibit 11A - G.L. c. 111, § 70E: Patients’ and Residents’ Rights

Chapter 12 - The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
Olivia K. Benjamin,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Jessa Boubker,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Alan H. Einhorn, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP
Exhibit 12A - Selected EMTALA Authorities and Resources

Chapter 13 - Telehealth
Ryan J. Cuthbertson, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
Amy M. Joseph, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
Jeremy D. Sherer, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC

Authors

Editor(s)
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Ethical Commentator(s)
James S. Bolan, Esq.,
Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox & Bolan LLP, Newton

Author(s)
Joshua L. Abrams, Esq.,
Partners HeathCare Systems, Inc., Somerville
Olivia K. Benjamin,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Angela J. Benoit, Esq.,
Duane Morris LLP, Boston
Jessa Boubker,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Ryan J. Cuthbertson, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC, Boston
Alan H. Einhorn, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Kyle Faget, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Laura L. Ferguson, Esq.,
Locke Lord LLP, Houston
Michele M. Garvin, Esq.,
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston
Amy M. Joseph, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC, Boston
William M. Mandell, Esq.,
Pierce & Mandell, PC, Boston
Diane B. Moes, Esq.,
Patricia Noyes-Corrigan, Esq.,
Gargiulo / Rudnick LLP, Mashpee
David S. Schumacher, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC, Boston
Zachary J. Sher, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Jeremy D. Sherer, Esq.,
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC, Boston
Lauren Sparks, Esq.,
Waltham
Katherine M. Sullivan, Esq.,
Washington
David S. Szabo, Esq.,
Locke Lord LLP, Boston
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Adria E. Warren, Esq.,
Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston
Benjamin Wilson, Esq.,
Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston