Help has arrived for health care providers who are fed up with the burdens and delays of credentialing with multiple health carriers in the state of Washington. Beginning this year, a new law should address two significant problems that have long plagued the credentialing process, which is the method insurance carriers use to ensure that […]
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Previously overlooked legal rules could raise costs for physicians seeking to establish or expand small outpatient surgery centers. New enforcement of previously overlooked legal requirements could significantly raise costs for physicians seeking to establish or expand small outpatient surgery centers. The Washington State Department of Health recently limited exemptions in its Certificate of Need Program, […]
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In 1997, the Bar issued ethics advisory opinion No. 1736, addressing whether a claimants’ counsel could indemnify a settling defendant to protect the defendant from outstanding liens that might encumber the settlement. The Bar concluded that the answer was “no” because that would constitute a form of financial assistance beyond the narrow parameters of the rules of […]
Read More…Learn how the Affordable Care Act will affect you and your practice in this ongoing series from LOMAP. In preparing to write this “Young People’s ACA” post, I called a young attorney in hopes that she would clue me in to what a younger-than-me solo or small firm attorney would be thinking. She reminded me […]
Read More…Learn how the Affordable Care Act will affect you and your practice in this ongoing series from LOMAP. Read other posts from our Navigating the Affordable Care Act series. What made up an insurance plan before the Affordable Care Act varied widely, or was hard to ferret out with no comparison tool available. The Marketplace changes that […]
Read More…Learn how the Affordable Care Act will affect you and your practice in this ongoing series from LOMAP. Read other posts from our Navigating the Affordable Care Act series. Last week we determined that most solo and small firms are probably small employers. This week we speak to the solo attorney. How does the ACA affect you […]
Read More…Small business owners, are you ready for the changes brought on by the ACA? Read other posts from our Navigating the Affordable Care Act series. Small business owners, are you ready for the changes brought on by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? If you are, well done! If not, do not despair. The WSBA’s Law Office Management […]
Read More…Learn how about the ACA’s strides in women’s healthcare in this ongoing series from LOMAP. Read other posts from our Navigating the Affordable Care Act series. Women made great strides in equal treatment under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), though it seems this is one of the best-kept secrets about the health care law. A recent […]
Read More…Learn how the Affordable Care Act will affect you and your practice in this ongoing series from LOMAP. The health insurance landscape continues to change significantly with each implementation phase of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and members have started asking us about how it affects them. In response, the WSBA’s Law Office Management Assistance […]
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