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		<title>Under Review: What You Need to Know About Clinical Privileges Hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;fair hearing&#8221; is used by different individuals and different organizations to refer to an administrative hearing or a private hearing in a hospital or professional association. There are a number of different types of proceedings that are often &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/under-review-what-you-need-to-know-about-clinical-privileges-hearings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=345&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Proposed Liposuction Bill Mean For Florida Plastic Surgeons?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Florida bill aimed at making liposuction procedures safer is making its way through the Senate in Tallahassee. The bill was created as a result of the deaths of four South Florida mothers in their 30s during liposuction procedures, &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/what-does-proposed-liposuction-bill-mean-for-florida-plastic-surgeons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=342&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Update</title>
		<link>http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/national-practitioner-data-bank-npdb-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  This legislation made many reforms to the American health care system and with it came many changes that will affect both health &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/national-practitioner-data-bank-npdb-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=339&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Changes to Florida&#8217;s Pain Management Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a pain management physician, it is important for you to be aware of changes in the laws governing the practice of pain management. The following laws were updated this summer, so the Florida Department of Health (DOH) &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/recent-changes-to-floridas-pain-management-laws/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=336&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s Strike Force Raids Pain Management Physicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida is reported to have one of the worst prescription drug abuse problems in the country. Because of this issue, pain management physicians have been under increasing scrutiny and attack by federal and state agencies.  If you are a pain &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/floridas-strike-force-raids-pain-management-physicians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=334&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Information on IPN for Nurses</title>
		<link>http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/more-information-on-ipn-for-nurses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As health law attorneys, we are often contacted by nurses who decided to self-report, were set up by colleagues, involved in an off duty incident (DUI, narcotics possession), or drug tested at work and were directed to IPN as a &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/more-information-on-ipn-for-nurses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=328&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Orlando Health Law Attorneys to Speak at Florida Hospital</title>
		<link>http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/orlando-health-law-attorneys-to-speak-at-florida-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorneys from The Health Law Firm will be presenting a seminar on contracts to Florida Hospital&#8217;s family medicine residents and medical students on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at Florida Hospital East Orlando. The lecture aims to provide information on contract &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/orlando-health-law-attorneys-to-speak-at-florida-hospital/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=311&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CVS Refuses to Fill Prescriptions For Some Florida Doctors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crack down on Florida pill mills continues with CVS pharmacies notifying some doctors that they no longer will fill their prescriptions for certain narcotic medications. According to Health News Florida, this new policy appears to be limited to Florida, &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/cvs-refuses-to-fill-prescriptions-for-some-florida-doctors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=308&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clinical Trial: When Research Goes Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three patients died in an unapproved medical trial conducted between 2003 and 2004. Now, the executives of Snythes Inc., a medical-device company, are awaiting sentencing this week after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor as &#8220;responsible corporate officers,&#8221; according to Business &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/clinical-trial-when-research-goes-wrong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=304&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Treatment: Physicians and the Professionals Resource Network (PRN)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an industry so concerned with serving others, physicians and other health professionals sometimes find that they are the ones being pushed towards a treatment program. According to a recent study, alcohol abuse is the most common reason for enrolling &#8230; <a href="http://thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/in-treatment-physicians-and-the-professionals-resource-network-prn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28306327&amp;post=302&amp;subd=thehealthlawfirmblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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