Across the county in nearly every industry, large companies are laying off full time workers and are turning to staffing companies which, in turn hire what amount to temps, many on a part time basis.

In your negotiations, are you letting the other side think that they won?

Once again, this case demonstrates that simple, facial reliance on safe harbors under the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark do not guaranty safety for either hospitals or their physician employees and subcontractors.

Behold! We have the incredible shrinking hospital.

The federal Anti-Kickback statute makes it illegal to receive anything of value for the referral of federal health care program patients. How are you managing this potential pitfall?

Leaders must lead. They cannot bog themselves down in the morass of consensus building.

Modern office machines, from copiers to printers to maybe even label makers have memory devices, and those devices may be chock full of protected health information.

Sure, unlike immigration love, less than heartfelt medical group merger isn’t a federal crime.

Criminal and, at least, serious civil, liability lurks in many neat neighborhoods. Create your own neighborhood watch to make sure that it’s not lurking behind your medical group’s otherwise metaphorical neat lawn.

Disruptive physicians. But what if the physician isn’t actually disruptive, but simply nonconformist or challenging?