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Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog

We offer updates on national on regional issues such as malpractice defense, regulatory compliance, labor and employment issues and estate planning.

Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog
April 21, 2016

Protect Mental Health Records as Required by Law

It is well known that health care providers have a duty to comply with HIPAA when providing medical records upon request. Don’t forget health care providers in Illinois also have a duty to comply with the Mental Health Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. 740 ILCS 110/1.

Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog
January 15, 2014

OIG, CMS release Final Rule for the Stark Exception, Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Electronic Health Records (EHR) Donation

While the donation of a valuable item such as an EHR program would raise fraud and abuse concerns, exemptions under Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor were designed to encourage the widespread implementation of EHR and to let smaller providers accept gifts of EHR software without violating the law or statute.

Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog
September 3, 2013

Know Your Responsibilities Under Illinois’ Personnel Record Review Act Before Producing an Employee Personnel File

The State of Illinois has very specific requirements that apply to disclosure of employee personnel records. The requirements are codified in the Illinois Compiled Statutes as the Personnel Record Review Act, 820 ILCS 40/1 et seq. The Act addresses an entity’s response to requests for records from health care and other regulatory agencies, as well as an entity’s response to requests from its own employees and former employees.