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Can Your Practice Afford to Pay $1,500,000 for HIPPA Violations?
Kathleen Quiroz and Jerry B. Cohen
M.D. News Magazine (January 2010)
A review of federal regulations issued on October 30, 2009 by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”).
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Planning to Leave Your Group Practice or Terminate a Physician Employee? Then Plan on Issuing the Patient Notices Required by the Texas Medical Board
Kathleen Quiroz and Jerry B. Cohen
M.D. News Magazine (November 2009)
A recap of the notices a physician must give to patients and the Medical Board if the physician is terminated or chooses to leave his or her medical practice.
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Physician Ranking by Health Plans
Kathleen Quiroz and Jerry B. Cohen
M.D. News San Antonio (September 2009)
A new Texas law will go into effect that addresses physician rankings by health benefit plan issuers.
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Medical Office Leases - Negotiating Key Issues
Shelley P. Morkovsky, Kathleen Quiroz and Jerry B. Cohen
M.D. News San Antonio (July 2009)
Having a commercial lease that properly suits your business is a key factor in the “health” of your medical practice.
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Stimulus Includes Money for Physicians
Kathleen Quiroz and Jerry B. Cohen
M.D. News San Antonio (May 2009)
Included within ARRA is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH, which is intended to play a transformative role in the use of technology in healthcare.
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Physician Non-Compete Covenants
Kathleen Quiroz and Jerry B. Cohen
M.D. News San Antonio (March 2009)
Given the complex legal and often emotional issues surrounding non-compete covenants, we frequently receive calls from physician practices or individual physicians regarding non-compete covenants. Should our group require one? Should I sign one? Are these things even enforceable?
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Texas Franchise Tax - The Revamped Version
Kathleen Quiroz and Jerry B. Cohen
M.D. News San Antonio (January 2009)
Like most Texas businesses, physician practices and other healthcare providers recently have filed their first state franchise tax return under the new Margin Tax, and we are now able to survey the impact of this new tax.
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What Makes Them Tick and What Makes Them Blow Up
Bruce M. Mitchell
Texas Society of CPAs (August 20, 2008)
An outline of key elements of Buy Sell Agreements.
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