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Medicare Reimbursement Actions by the Government: Relief for Providers?
This article was originally published in the American Bar Association’s Health eSource newsletter in February 2020. By Mary Holloway Richard, Phillips Murrah, and Anna Stewart Whites, Attorney at Law, Frankfort, KY The tension between the government’s need to ensure appropriate use of Medicare funds and the need of providers to receive reasonable compensation for services […]
Summary of Landmark Johnson & Johnson Oklahoma Opioid Decision
The following summary of the Oklahoma Johnson & Johnson opioid decision is also published at Lexology.com. The decision in the non-jury trial, Oklahoma ex rel. Mike Hunter, Attorney General of Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al was filed on August 26, 2019. The trial, which lasted for thirty-three days, focused on the State’s sole claim […]
Attorney Mary Holloway Richard delivers presentation on behavioral health protections
Mary Holloway Richard, participated in a CLE webinar panel for healthcare counsel on Wednesday. Strafford Publications presented the webinar on protecting patients’ behavioral health information, and disclosure requirements and limitations. Richard’s presentation defines best practices for healthcare providers in situations where a potential breach in patient privacy may arise. The panel addressed the distinction between […]
Avoiding costly violations to the Anti-Kickback Statute
In this article, Oklahoma City Healthcare Attorney Mary Holloway Richard discusses the “Anti-Kickback Statute” and potential, federal violations of the statute as it relates to providers in the healthcare industry. What is the authority for the federal government to oversee providers’ relationships with durable medical equipment (DME) and device suppliers and drug companies, such as […]
Data breaches still HIPAA compliance concern for healthcare providers
HIPAA concerns, established in 1996 and evolving ever since, continue to be a very real compliance concern for healthcare providers. As an example, last year HHS collected $28.7 million from providers of healthcare services and payers for responses to HIPAA data breaches that HHS considered inadequate. According to Modern Healthcare, this is $5.2 million over […]