Steven M. Harris is an advisor to business and professional organizations, counsels privately- and publicly-owned corporations and healthcare clients on contractual and regulatory issues, succession planning, and related transactional matters. He represents clients in acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and contract disputes.
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Understanding, Counsel Can Help to Navigate Payor Audits
Receiving notice from a payor that you are being audited can be alarming. Questions will inevitably run through your mind, such as, Why? How? How...
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Five Situations Where Hospitalists Need a Healthcare Attorney
It is inevitable that, at some point in your career, you will need to hire a healthcare attorney. Proper representation is the best way to ensure...
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Practice Expanding: The Rising Trend in Hospitalist Co-Management
As the practice of medicine continues to transition to performance-based payment systems, the number of mergers of hospitalists and specialists...
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Expert Witness Primer Offers Tips for Hospitalists
Editor’s note: Second in a two-part series on hospitalists as expert witnesses. You have officially decided to take the plunge and become an...
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What Hospitalists Should Consider Before Becoming an Expert Witness
Editor’s note: First in a two-part series on hospitalists as expert witnesses. Recently, you have found yourself pondering whether you want to be...
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Greater Transparency for Financial Information in Healthcare Will Prompt Questions from Patients
The movement toward greater transparency of financial information in healthcare is providing patients with access to data that might affect their...
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How to Avoid Data Breaches, HIPAA Violations When Posting Patients’ Protected Health Information Online
Know which medical information must be de-identified before it’s shared over social media
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What Physicians Should Know About Buying into Hospitalist Practice
Review these ownership provisions before signing your employment agreement
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Feds Extend HIPAA Obligations, Violation Penalties
Final rule expands breach notification, punishment for business associates who break confidentiality laws
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Four Factors Physicians Should Consider Before Job Termination
Ways to prevent employment turnovers from being disruptive for doctors, employers
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The Process of Selling a Hospitalist Group from Start to Finish
Guidelines for mergers and acquisitions for hospital medicine practices of any size
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More Hospitalists Opt for Part-Time Work Schedules
Key issues that physicians should address in their part-time employment contracts
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Contracts Need to Ensure Physicians are Free Agents
How to avoid restrictive employment agreements that prevent moonlighting, volunteering or appearing as an expert witness outside your clinical...
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Physician Noncompete Clauses
Most physician employment contracts have them; know what yours restricts.
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Verify Your Liability Coverage before Taking that New Job
Now is the time to dust off your employment agreement and professional liability insurance policy and review what happen in the event a lawsuit is...