Sat.Feb 08, 2014 - Fri.Feb 14, 2014

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Bipartisan Plan for SGR Repeal Released

The Health Law Firm

By Lance O. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm and George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law After months of negotiations on how to revise Medicare's payment system for physicians, the bipartisan team of Senate and House committees have reached a deal on the policy. On February 6, 2014, lawmakers unveiled the agreement to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR).

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Appellate Court Rules Agency Personnel Should Not Have Ex Parte Contract With Hearing Officer on Case

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Taylor-Tillotson sought medical supplies and prescriptions, and the Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”) denied that request. On appeal, AHCA filed a motion to dismiss. In its motion, AHCA stated that it believed Appellant should be entitled to a new hearing since an AHCA staff member had ex parte communications with the original hearing officer.

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