Category: healthcare

whcchealthinnovations
The West Virginia Health Care Authority has announced the 2012 certificate of need capital expenditure minimum threshold of $2,916,104. The new threshold is effective beginning January 1, 2012. The threshold is used as a part of the analysis by health care providers who must determine whether or not a certificate of need is […]

whcchealthinnovations
The Engage with Grace Project is an effort to raise awareness of the importance of end of life care planning and discussing your wishes with your family and friends.
Dr. Bryan Vartabedian captures the simplicity of the project in his post, “It began with a simple idea: Create a tool to get people talking.
Their […]

whcchealthinnovations
This past week I received notice that I was again selected by my peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 in the field of “Health Care Law”.
In all, nine lawyers from Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011. Congratulations to my […]

Martin Trussell
The current issue of the American Health Lawyers Association’s Connections magazine features an article I co-authored with fellow AHLA health lawyer, Jody Joiner, on the impact of social media use in health care.
The article, Risky Business: Treating Tweeting the Symptoms of Social Media (PDF version), is featured in the March 2010 issue […]

Martin Trussell
Although it is cold today in West Virginia - I’m hoping it will be hot in Florida in February.
I thought I would take a moment on this cold wintry day to write about the hot health topics that will be discussed at the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Hospitals and Health Systems […]

Jaan Sidorov
On March 18, 2010 I will be speaking on Medical Records Law at a seminar in Charleston, West Virginia. The seminar is sponsored by Lorman Educational Services. Joining me for the day long seminar will be three very knowledgeable health care colleagues:
Michael T. Harmon, MPA, CIPP/G, Compliance Specialist for the West Virginia […]

John Goodman
Dawn Miller of the Charleston Gazette highlights the ongoing Fit West Virginia (#FitWV) effort ongoing via Twitter in her op-ed piece, West Virginians try to tip scales on obesity.
The idea was born back on West Virginia Day as a result of Jason Keeling asking his blog readers to discuss solutions to West […]

John Goodman
The American Health Lawyers Association’s Public Interest Committee recently published a new white paper on on the federal self-referral law also known as the “Stark Law” which looks at and considers what, if any, changes to the Stark Law might be beneficial under the current health care system and the proposed […]

John Goodman
The discussion about health care reform has been front and center lately. Along with the debate comes the discussion and questions about the role technology will (should) play in the reform efforts. I was reminded of a photo I found a few months ago while I was home visiting my dad and […]

jennifergorman
The Declaration of Health Data Rights collaborative effort was announced this week by setting forth a simple, straightforward framework for health consumers right to their personal health information.
The social media driven initiative has grown support throughout the week. The effort is being endorsed and supported by a variety of companies/organizations and bloggers. […]