Farrow-Gillespie Heath Witter’s health law attorneys provide counsel on health law transactions and compliance and requirements. The firm’s attorneys have published the following articles in regard to regulatory issues:

Telemedicine/Telehealth: Update on Regulatory Issues

This article was originally printed in Dallas County Medical Society’s Dallas Medical Journal, November 2019. This article will focus on updates to regulatory issues that could impact a physician’s practice of telemedicine or any other provider’s practice of telehealth. The terms ‘telemedicine’ and ‘telehealth’ are often used interchangeably, but there is a growing difference. Telemedicine […]

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The Revised AdvaMed Code of Ethics on Commercial Interactions with U.S. Health Care Professionals

Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) is a trade association for companies producing medical devices, diagnostic products, and health information systems. Relationships between AdvaMed member companies and Health Care Professionals (HCPs) are vital to the development of medical technologies, their safe and effective use, and medical research and education. However, these relationships can also create risk […]

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What Is the Stark Law?

Federal Stark law applies alongside anti-kickback law to create strict civil penalties for any physician who makes a “self-referral.”  Specifically, the law bars a physician from referring a Medicare or Medicaid patient to receive any designated health care service from any person or entity with which the physician has a financial relationship.  This relationship could […]

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What Is the “Anti-Kickback” Statute?

Physicians and health care other providers face numerous prohibitions against self-referrals and against making referrals in exchange for remuneration.  The federal Anti-Kickback Statute is a criminal law that prohibits the knowing and willful payment of remuneration in exchange for referrals of services payable by federal health programs, which include health care services for Medicare or […]