Blog Posts: Healthcare

Beginning April 10, 2020, thousands of health care providers across the country began receiving funds from the US Government in the form of grants made under the federal CARES Act, signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020. The purpose of the CARES Act is to get money into the hands of the “front line” providers of healthcare to actual or pot...

On April 11, 2019, in a federal court, a Dallas jury returned verdicts of guilty against seven of the defendants in the criminal case styled “United States v. Beauchamp” [i] and commonly known as “Forest Park.” Of the original twenty-one defendants:  seven were convicted after a jury trial. Ten (including Dr. Beauchamp) pled guilty, one...

Video Transcript My name is Kraig Marton and I work in Healthcare here at Jaburg & Wilk. Do healthcare professionals have to report legal trouble to their licensing board? It turns out that healthcare professionals have a duty to report certain things to their licensing board. What kind of charges must be reported? Any kind of felony must be reported, ag...

Providers of behavioral health services should be aware that the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), released in May 2013 after more than ten years in preparation, contains references to International Classification of Diseases version 9 (ICD-9) codes, and not to the newer ICD-10 codes.  No public...

For years the goal of many young doctors was to gain ownership in their medical practice entity.  For many, when the time came for them to "make partner," they signed on the dotted line without fully understanding the legal relationships involved and the consequences if things did not work out as planned. Now we are in an environment of sharply declining reim...