When does Medicare cover skilled nursing care?By Lawrence J. StarkElder Law, December 2018A basic outline of the requirements and limitations of Medicare's coverage of skilled nursing care—a subject that often confuses elderly clients.
All the latest developments in health care lawBy Eugene Basanta, Elizabeth LaRocca, & Ashley LindsleyHealth Care Law, October 2018Summaries of recent federal and Illinois health care cases.
When does Medicare cover skilled nursing care?By Lawrence J. StarkHealth Care Law, June 2018A basic outline of the requirements and limitations of Medicare's coverage of skilled nursing care—a subject that often confuses elderly clients
Health care reform—Guidance and then someBy Michael J. PowersLaw Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, April 2011A look at those aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the related Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010 that are most important to employers who sponsor healthcare plans for employees.
Food labeling: FDA needs to reassess its approach to protecting consumers from false or misleading claimsHealth Care Law, February 2011With strong support from First Lady Michelle Obama, there is increased emphasis on companies to offer more healthful foods. Recently, the Government Accountability Office issued a report concerning the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to regulate food labeling. Find a summary of the report here.
Illinois Medical Fee Splitting Statute amended to allow percentage billing contractsBy Rick L. HindmandHealth Care Law, December 2009On August 24, 2009, Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn approved Public Act 96-0608, which amended the fee splitting prohibitions of the Illinois Medical Practice Act and the Illinois Optometric Practice Act to allow percentage billing contracts and to provide additional detail regarding the scope of the prohibitions.
Care without coverage: too little, too lateHealth Care Law, June 2002The fact that a significant number of Americans have no health insurance has been, and continues to be, a key health policy issue facing this country. In May of 2002 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, "Care Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late," addressing the plight of Americans without health insurance in terms of their health status and access to health care services.
Recent council activitiesHealth Care Law, July 2001The Health Care Section Council met regularly throughout the spring of 2001 at the ISBA Chicago Regional Office.
All the latest developments in health care lawBy W. Eugene BasantaHealth Care Law, June 2001An ongoing question in health care law involves the status of nurses with respect to union organization under the National Labors Relation Act. 29 U.S.C
Recent council activitiesHealth Care Law, June 2001The Health Care Section Council met regularly throughout the spring of 2001 at the ISBA Chicago Regional Office.
All the latest developments in health care lawBy W. Eugene Basanta & Jonathan OliverHealth Care Law, April 2001In an opinion authored by Justice Stevens, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that a drug testing protocol followed by a state hospital constituted an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
All the latest developments in health care lawBy W. Eugene BasantaHealth Care Law, December 2000A decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals concludes that provisions of the Illinois Health Maintenance Organization Act, 215 ILCS 125/4-10 which require health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to provide a mechanism for review by an independent physician when the patient's primary care physician and the HMO disagree about the medical necessity of a particular treatment and further require the HMO to cover the treatment if deemed by the reviewing physician to be necessary, are mandated contract terms and part of the insurance plan, thereby avoiding preemption under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et. seq.
Calling all government attorneysHealth Care Law, December 2000The ISBA's Standing Committee on Government Lawyers wants to include you in its constituency.
All the latest developments in health care lawBy W. Eugene Basanta & Michele MillerHealth Care Law, September 2000Justice David Souter, writing for a unanimous Supreme Court, ruled in June that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong when it held that a health maintenance organization (HMO) was acting as a fiduciary when one of its physicians made an adverse treatment decision regarding a patient.
Legislation and regulationsHealth Care Law, April 2000The Health Care Section Council has, during the last several months, had the opportunity to review numerous health care-related bills introduced during the current session of the Illinois General Assembly.
All the latest developments in health care lawBy W. Eugene Basanta & Matthew R. BookerHealth Care Law, December 1999On September 28, 1999 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Herdrich v. Pegram, 154 F.3rd 362 (7th Cir. 1998).
The role of ADR in managed health care disputesBy Roderick B. MathewsHealth Care Law, December 1999The search continues for efficient and fair, user-friendly, level-playing-field means of resolving claims and provider disputes arising from managed health care.
All the latest developments in health care lawBy W. Eugene BasantaHealth Care Law, May 1999The United States Supreme Court has agreed to review the Seventh Circuit's decision in Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. v. Shalala, 143 F.3d 1072 (7th Cir. 1998)
Suicide and contributory negligenceBy Matthew R. BookerHealth Care Law, May 1999In the United States, the suicide rate actually exceeds the murder rate and, increasingly, the families of suicide victims are suing medical providers.
Researching health law issuesBy Nancy McMurrerHealth Care Law, March 1999Context and facts are always important in legal practice, but never so significant as in an interdisciplinary area of law.
