Business Law Health Law Committee

Federally qualified health center must report nonreimbursable costs that “materially” relate to clinic operations to allocate overhead costs. Read more

A durable power of attorney authorizes an attorney-in-fact to execute a residential care facility’s stand-alone arbitration agreement. Read more

Hospitals are not required by consumer-protection laws to make price disclosures beyond what state and federal healthcare laws mandate Read more

Proper patient referral disclosures do not excuse noncompliance with worker’s compensation statute prohibiting a physician’s financially interested referrals Read more

Courts reviewing administrative decisions must take into account the standard of proof in the underlying proceeding. Read more

Medicaid does not bar States from asserting liens against beneficiaries’ recover of medical expense damages from third-party tortfeasors. Read more

Rehabilitation center that could reasonably foresee its patient’s suicide may not assert superseding cause defense to wrongful death claim. Read more

Peer review hearing officer is not automatically disqualified by the prospect of future engagements at the same hospital. Read more

County properly withheld COVID-19 outbreak locations from news organizations because disclosure would undermine contact tracing. Read more

A federally qualified health center’s community outreach expenses to increase utilization are not reimbursable under Medi-Cal. Read more