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What Does a “Do Not Resuscitate” Notice in a Person’s Home Mean?

Posted on August 15, 2013

Occasionally, I see a Massachusetts “DNR Notice” in someone’s home (usually the home of an elderly person). The notice is formally named a “Comfort Care-Do Not Resuscitate” notice – “CC/DNR” for short. Recently, I noticed a CC/DNR in an elderly client’s home. The client said that she didn’t know much about the...

Employee Misclassification: A Caution to All Employers

Posted on November 8, 2011

For those businesses that utilize independent contractors as part of their business model, employee misclassification has become a major issue. It is one that is taking on increasing importance within the United States, as well as here in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, employers who are found to have misclassified their W-2...

How to Challenge Extrapolation of a Payor Audit

Posted on June 27, 2011

At some point in your professional health career, you might be the recipient of a dreaded post-audit letter like the following from the fictional “PayLess Health Plan”: Dear Doctor, Thank you for your cooperation with our recent audit of our payments to you. We reviewed 20 of...

Physicians Denied Access to Complaints Against Them

Posted on May 19, 2011

Physicians under investigation are routinely unable to respond to Board of Registration in Medicine inquiries because they are unaware of the charges to which they are required to respond. The denial of copies of complaints and materials related to those complaints to the physician who stands accused violates the Board’s enabling statute...

Choosing the Legal Form of a Service or Professional Business — an Urban Legend

Posted on April 13, 2011

There are good reasons to organize a professional practice or other service business as a limited liability company (LLC) or a limited liability partnership (LLP), and there may also be good reasons not to. But, the matter is complicated and sometimes what is thought to be a good reason turns out to be...