News and commentary on developments in healthcare law. Articles track legislative, regulatory, and enforcement changes affecting independent practices, along with the firm’s advocacy on issues important to healthcare providers.
Is your practice interested in launching a virtual presence to weather the COVID-19 pandemic? You’re not alone. We address some of the important legal issues surrounding telehealth.
Funding, access, transparency, wages, and more— the new year brings many new federal rules for the practice of healthcare. We round up a year’s worth of changes that could affect you in 2020.
The new year brings new laws governing the practice of healthcare in Illinois. Here’s the roundup of the ones most likely to affect you.
Did you miss any Jackson LLP blogs this year? Here’s a countdown of the five legal tips and updates that your peers searched, visited, shared, and commented upon most in 2019.
Illinois’ medical marijuana laws recently saw dramatic changes. Stay abreast of how the new law impacts your practice. Be sure
Katie Jones, a marketing expert, recently assisted in the development of the sites quickdoctor and doctor4u. We picked her brain about the advent of online pharmacies and why they’re currently leaps and bounds better than retail stores and brick and mortar pharmaceutical establishments. She had some enlightening points about the development and benefits of online pharmacies.
If the safety and quality of nursing home services decreases, elderly and disabled patients may seek an alternative means of care, such as that offered by in-home health. Home health providers can provide the individualized care that patients and their families seek, and they can often significantly delay an individual’s transition into a full-time care facility.
Despite their efforts and actions to repeal Obamacare, the GOP did not have the sweeping success they had anticipated for 2017. As the new year begins, let’s take a look at the current state of the Affordable Care Act and how it will affect patients and providers in 2018.
With the 2018 midterm elections rapidly approaching, change may be this year’s only constant.
September is Healthy Aging Month! Because so much of our health is tied to our genetic makeup, we wrote this post about the importance of knowing and taking detailed family health histories. Read on, and share your favorite checklists, surveys, or tools for gathering this information.
If you feel like your TV advertisements increasingly include more prescription drugs, you’re right. Pharmaceutical companies are pouring money into their consumer marketing campaigns, spending $4.5 billion in 2014, $3.5 billion in 2012, and $2.5 billion in 2000.
