Call for HLS Updates Authors

We are gearing up for a new year of Florida Bar Health Law Updates and are looking for volunteers to write articles for the publication throughout the year. The Florida Bar Health Law Section (“HLS”) Update is a bi-monthly electronic publication emphasizing various, emerging topics in health law, including, but not limited to, compliance, fraud and abuse, facility and professional licensure, life sciences, privacy and security, public health, transactions, and payor issues. The articles are short entries (typically a maximum of three to five paragraphs) that include an overview and brief explanation of an important topic in health law. For previous examples of HLS Updates, please see previous issues at this link: http://www.flabarhls.org/news/health-law-monthly-updates.

If you are interested in writing for the HLS Updates, please send an email to Flabarupdates@gmail.com and specify which area you would like to cover. If you do not specify a practice area, we will select one for you. Please note, we will try and place you in the practice area you selected; however, if demand is high for certain areas, we may have to assign people to practice areas they did not choose. Once we have assembled our team of writers, we will e-mail you with writing guidelines and your assigned coverage area.

A copy of the HLS Publishing Guidelines can be found here: pdf Florida Bar Health Law Section Publishing Guidelines (128 KB)

We look forward to working with you and having another successful year of HLS Updates!

Best,

Jamie Gelfman, Esq.
Editor-in-Chief

Help Spread the Word: New Eligibility Screening Tool from Children's Medical Services

To Members of the Health Law Section and its Executive Council:

Many of us know that law and medicine are not necessarily diametrically opposed to each other. I am taking the opportunity today to send you the attached news article links, showing how our professions can work together for the benefit of children in the State of Florida.

The Health Law Section congratulates John S. Curran, M.D. of the University of South Florida’s College of Medicine, on his recent appointment as Deputy Secretary of Children’s Medical Services (“CMS”) with the Florida Department of Health (“DOH”). One of the first tasks facing Dr. Curran in his new post will be getting the word out to nearly 13,000 children determined ‘ineligible’ for the CMS program last year that DOH has now implemented a new eligibility screening tool. Many of these children may now once again be eligible for services to address their chronic and serious illnesses.

I am asking each of you who may represent family practitioners, pediatricians, and children’s hospitals to help get the word out about the revised CMS eligibility screening tool to your respective clients. This could make a huge difference in the life of children in your community, so my deepest thanks to you in advance for your cooperation.

The Section also extends its gratitude to The Florida Bar Foundation and the FSU Public Interest Law Center for its support and hard work in bringing light to this important children’s health issue.

Very truly yours,

Charmaine T. M. Chiu

Chair, The Florida Bar Health Law Section

CCHIU@SMITHHULSEY.COM

Additional Resources

http://health.wusf.usf.edu/post/new-doh-hire-signals-new-approach-children-s-health#stream/0

https://thefloridabarfoundation.org/foundation-funded-project-protects-the-rights-of-chronically-ill-children-to-specialty-care/

Assistant United States Attorney Joins the Section Executive Council

Jason Mehta, Esq. was nominated to the Health Law Section Executive Council at the Council meeting on September 17. His term will end on July 1, 2016. Please make sure to welcome him at our next official function, Representing the Physician, taking place on January 7, 2016.

Download a copy of the official welcome letter from Section President, Charmaine Chu by clicking the following link:

pdf Letter Welcoming Jason Mehta to the Executive Council (32 KB) (PDF)

Health Law Journal Available

The Florida Health Law Journal - Winter 2009 is now available in the document library. Featured articles include:

Dedication of the Inagural Issue to Barbara J. Pankau by Jeanne Helton, Esq., Immediate Past Chair, Health Law Section
Forward by Troy Kishbaugh, Esq., Chair, Health Law Section
Introduction by James M. Barclay, Esq., Founding Editor-in-Chief
Preface by Barbara del Castillo, Founding Executive Editor
Health Law at the Division of Administrative Hearings by Honorable Robert S. Cohen
State Healthcare Facility Anti-fraud Licensure Laws by Grant P. Dearborn, Esq.
Professional Limited Liability Company: The Entity of Choice by Richard O. Jacobs, Esq., and Michael Igel, Esq.
Professional Regulation and Declaratory Statement Process by Bruce D. Lamb, Esq.
Just Dating Or Soul Mates? Patient Safety Meets Fraud And Abuse by Jay Wolfson, PhD, JD and Nir Menachemi, PhD

Click here to to view the Health Law Journal in PDF format.

Call for Manuscripts

Authors interested in publishing in the Florida Health Law Journal should submit manuscripts to James Barclay or call 850-591-4875 for more information.

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