Business Law
Business Law News 2015, Issue 2
Content
- Bln Editorial Board: Message from the Issue Editor
- Business Law News Editoral Team
- Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2014-2015
- In the Absence of Agreement: California Courts Define Pricing for Non-contracted Medical Services
- Navigating Due Diligence in Health Care Transactions: Sensitive Information and Pitfalls
- Standing Committee Officers of the Business Law Section 2014-2015
- Table of Contents
- The Abyss of Managed Care and its 40-Year Impact on Payer/Provider Relations
- The Decay of California's Prohibition of the Corporate Practice of Medicine
- Using Statistics to Determine Whether Causation is Adequately Proven in Medical Malpractice Actions Involving Multiple Events Preceding the Injury
- What is the Meaning of Meaningful Use? How to Decode the Opportunities and Risks in Health Information Technology
- Health Law Basics for Business Lawyers
Health Law Basics for Business Lawyers
Charles B. Oppenheim
Charles B. Oppenheim is a principal in Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C. and has been practicing health law for more than 20 years. His practice includes transactional, operational, and regulatory healthcare law, and he is the immediate past Chair of the Health Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. He can be reached at coppenheim@health-law. com or (310) 551-8110.
Every business lawyer needs to know health law basics to avoid trouble when representing healthcare clients or handling business transactions relating to healthcare. This article aims to serve as the equivalent of a basic "checklist" for general business lawyers in these situations.
Business lawyers should be aware that everything involving healthcare is highly regulatedâoften in unexpected waysâunder both federal and California law. If you review a contract or advise on a transaction for a physician, or represent a high-tech start-up in the health field, there may be significant health law issues. Likewise, health law issues can arise when clinics or other healthcare providers buy, sell, or market items or services, or provide or accept discounts, or engage in a variety of other transactions, or anytime a patient’s medical information is shared or conveyed, and these are just a few examples.