Michael F. Schaff to Serve as Speaker at American Health Lawyers Association’s Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Wilentz Health Law and Corporate Co-Chair Michael F. Schaff will join the  "Year in Review" presentation at the American Health Law Association's virtual 2021 Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute. Mr. Schaff will be joined by Robert Homchick, Esq. and Kristen Rosati, Esq. to discuss significant legal developments in health law since 2020. Topics of interest include: 

  • COVID-related legislation and Blanket regulatory waivers
  • The rise of telemedicine
  • COVID-related claims and developing immunity
  • COVID financial relief for providers and attendant risks
  • Health care reform: Significant Supreme Court decisions and status of the Affordable Care Act
  • The Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care and the final regulations from CMS and OIG
  • HIPAA and HIT developments: Information blocking and interoperability, OCR enforcement and data breaches
  • Transparency Rules and Reimbursement Trends
  • Fraud and abuse: The beat goes on

Designed for in-house and outside counsel, compliance officers, privacy officers, reimbursement specialists, accountants, consultants, and others who advise physicians and hospitals and health systems, the virtual program focuses on the legal, regulatory, transactional, and compliance challenges faced by physicians and by hospitals and health systems.