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Sometimes You Get Involved in Litigation Whether You Want to or Not

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Sometimes, despite your best efforts and your best practices, you get involved in litigation. Employees and former employees sue your organization or you or both. Sometimes you are brought in as a witness in such litigation. Contractors and vendors sometimes may sue over contractual matters.

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Health Care Providers Must Wait for RAC Appeal Hearings While Medicare Beneficiaries Receive Top Priority

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In December 2013, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) notified hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and other health care providers that due to a backlog of Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) appeals, the agency would be suspending acting on new requests for hearings filed.