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| Legal Aspects of
Medical Practice |
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| October
24-26, 2003 |
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Union League
Club of Chicago
65 W. Jackson Blvd.
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| PROGRAM |
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| Friday, October
24, 2003 |
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| Day One:
Business Management and Financial Strategies for Physicians |
| 7:30am-8:25am |
• Onsite Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:25am-8:30am |
• Opening Comments-
Leonard I. Kranzler, MD, JD, Course Director |
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| 8:30am-8:35am |
• Introduction-
Dan Steinberg, Vice President of Investments,
Smith Barney |
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| Session
I - Asset Protection Basics for Physicians |
| 8:35am-9:55am |
• Family Limited
Partnerships, Exemptions, Trusts, Joint Ownership
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Law of Fraudulent Conveyance
• Bankruptcy |
John Marren,
JD
Partner
Hogan Marren, Ltd. |
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• Off Shore
Trusts |
John Tatooles,
JD |
| 9:55am-10:15am |
• Family Limited
Partnerships
• IRS Audit/Tax Planning |
Perry Weinstein,
CPA, MST
Partner in Charge of Real Estate
FGMK, LLC
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| 10:15am-10:30am |
Morning Break |
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| Session
II-Financial Management Basics for Medical Practices |
| 10:30am-12:00pm |
• Key Financial
Issues
• Financial Leverage Benefits and Cost Flow
• Maximize Earnings
• Spreadsheets-Expenses
• How to run a practice in a Managed Care Environment
• How to Proactively Manage Performance |
Judy Aburmishan,
CPA, CHBC
Partner in Charge of Health Care Services
FGMK, LLC |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm |
• Lunch |
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| Session
III - Comprehensive Wealth Management |
| 1:00pm-1:55pm |
• Financial
Planning
• Investment Management |
Dan Steinberg
Vice President, Investments
Smith Barney |
| 1:55pm-2:15pm |
• Corporate
Retirement Plan |
Steve Scott
Group Pensions
Manulife Financial |
| 2:15pm-2:35pm |
•Trusts and
Wills |
John Marren,
JD
John Tatooles, JD |
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| 2:35pm-2:50pm |
• Afternoon
Break |
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| Session
IV - Practice Transition Issues |
| 2:50pm-3:45pm |
• Charitable
Trusts
• Family Limited Partnerships Part II
• Installment Sales, Grantor Trusts
• Buying/Selling
(Re. Goodwill) |
Perry Weinstein,
CPA, MST
Partner in Charge of Real Estate
FGMK, LLC |
| 3:45pm-4:30pm |
• Practice Transition
topics (Include Buying/Selling Practices)
• Practice
Growth - Vertical Integration
• Practice Growth
- Horizontal Integration |
Judy Aburmishan,
CPA, CHBC
Partner in Charge of Health Care Services
FGMK, LLC |
| Legal
Aspects of Medical Practice |
| *4:30pm-6:00pm |
• Anti-Trust
in Healthcare
• Medical staff By-Laws - Legal Issues
• Contracts with Managed Care |
John Marren,
JD |
| 6:00pm |
• Adjourn
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| Saturday, October
25, 2003 |
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| Day Two:
Legal Aspect of Medical Practice |
| 7:30am-8:00am |
• Continental
Breakfast |
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| Session
I - Civil and Criminal Fraud and Abuse Laws |
| *8:00am-10:00am |
• Overview of
the Key Federal and State Laws
• Government Enforcement
of Fraud and Abuse Laws
• Special Focus: The Impact
of Qui Tam/Whistleblower Laws on
Government Enforcement of Healthcare Fraud
• Private
Sector Class Actions - An Emerging Area of Private Enforcement
• Areas of Health Care Fraud Enforcement Activity
• How to Avoid Being a Target of Government Enforcement |
Steven Cohen,
JD
Partner
Cohen Law Group |
| 10:00am-10:15am |
Morning Break |
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| Session
II - Family Law |
| 10:15am-11:30am |
• Pre-nuptial
• Child Custody
• Divorce
• Parent's Rights |
Jeffery M.
Leving, JD
Partner
Jeffery M. Leving, Ltd. |
| Session
III - Malpractice Laws |
| *11:30am-12:00pm |
• Principles
of Malpractice Laws
• Defense of Professional Liability
Claims
• Trial Theories & Practice
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What persuades juries
- How to
be an effective witness in
your own
defense
- The Deposition: Visual
Aids,
Demeanor and Language |
John Seibel,
JD
Cassiday, Schade & Gloor |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm |
• Lunch |
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| *1:00pm-2:15pm |
• Session
III - Continued |
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IV - Risk Management |
| *2:15pm-3:30pm |
• How to Avoid
and Prevent Claims
• Maintaining and Developing
Good Relationships
• Handling of Medical Records
• Coordinating Care
• Staying in Your Area
of Expertise |
James P. Nuzzo,
DPM |
| 3:30pm-3:45pm |
• Afternoon
Break |
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| *3:45pm-4:45pm |
• Falsification
of Physician Testimony |
Russell M.
Pelton, JD
Partner
McGuireWoods Ross & Hardies |
| Session
V - Plaintiff Counsel Perspective |
| *4:45pm-6:00pm |
• Plaintiff
Counsel Perspective |
Barry R. Chafetz,
JD
Partner
Corboy & Demetrio |
| 6:00pm |
• Adjourn
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| Sunday, October 26, 2003 |
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| Day Three:
Practice Development and Legal Aspects Continued |
| 7:30am-8:00am |
• Continental
Breakfast |
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| Session
I - Practice Development and Market Opportunity |
| *8:00am-9:30am |
• Operational
Audits to Identify Internal Waste
• Operational
Audits to Identify Potential Theft By Employees and Vendors
• Market Review to Identify Opportunities to Increase
Practice Revenue |
Rebecca S.
Busch, RN, MBA, CCM, CBM, CFM, FHFMA
CEO and President
Medical Business Associates |
| Session
II - Legal Aspects of Medical Practice |
| *9:30am-10:00am |
• Employment/Partnership
Contract
• Medical Practice Acts
• National
Practitioner Data Bank
• Workmen's Compensation
Statutes
• Litigation in Workmen's Compensation
Statutes
• Stark Laws |
Ryan Meade,
JD
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Systems in Management
Rush University
Ajunct Professor
Institute for Health Law
Loyola University, School of Law |
| 10:00am-10:15am |
• Morning Break |
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| *10:15-11:00am |
• Session
II - Continued |
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III - Physician Regulations |
| *11:00am-12:00pm |
• Physician
Reimbursement (Medicare Changes)
• Pre & Post
Payment Regulations
• Denial of Payment - How to
challenge Denials
• Patient Dumping/ EMTELA
• Frequently Litigated Aspects of Medicare Rules
• Utilization Review
• Unintended Legal Consequences
of HIPAA
• Impaired Professional |
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| 12:00pm-1:00pm |
• Lunch |
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| *1:00pm-2:00pm |
• Session
III Continued |
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| Session
IV - Physician-Patient Relationship |
| *2:00pm-4:00pm |
• Informed Consent
• Special Risks with Special Patients
• Standards
of Care
• Medical Record Issues |
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| 4:00pm |
• Adjourn -
End of Course |
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