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Our National Seminars are designed to deliver innovative and cutting-edge solutions to the most pressing issues your physician and administrative leaders and organizations face on a daily basis. Whether your challenges are medical staff related, dealing with credentialing or peer review issues, or negotiating contracts, we have a seminar to fit your needs. Join us this season in Phoenix, Amelia Island, or New Orleans to learn from our nationally recognized faculty.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield recently agreed to settle antitrust claims after more than a decade of litigation. The deadline to submit a claim for a share of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Proposed Net Settlement Fund is quickly approaching. Join attorneys Dan Mulholland and Moises A. Tonoc Bonilla for this informative how-to so that you don’t miss out on the opportunity to receive a piece of the settlement fund.

What’s New in Health Law

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New Cases

Court Dismisses Class Action Brought Against Health System for Sharing Information from Website and Patient Portal with Facebook and Google

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a healthcare system’s motion to dismiss a class action brought pursuant to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”). Goulart v. Cape Cod Healthcare, Inc.

To read more about this case and to find out what’s new in healthcare law, visit our What’s New page

Question of the Week

In our professional practice evaluation process, we sometimes adopt a performance improvement plan (“PIP”) that includes proctoring, second opinion consultations, and/or prospective case review.  In our PIPs, we try to include the kind and the number of cases that have to be reviewed.

The last several times we have done this, however, the physician stopped practicing at the hospital and never completed the PIP. This has become an issue at reappointment.  Any suggestions??

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HortySpringer’s Contract Control Program for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems is now available!

Healthcare contracts can be challenging, but with the right support, they don’t have to be. We have teamed up with our friends from LegalSifter to offer a tailored Contract Control Program just for hospitals and health systems. This lets you review contracts you receive from others, draft new contracts using HortySpringer curated templates, negotiate agreements and manage the contracts after they’re signed. It’s a full-service solution that simplifies the entire contract process.

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