Law Office of Marc Meyer

11/01/2021

To my friends interested in Healthcare Law in the Houston area!

Did you RSVP yet? Join us for our last meeting of the year!

09/10/2021

EMS agencies need to take note!

BREAKING: President’s COVID-19 Action Plan Likely to Require Mandatory Vaccinations for EMS Agencies https://mailchi.mp/pwwemslaw/nationwide-covid-vaccine-requirements

08/07/2020

Rejecting applications because a form filled out by a third party not controlled by the applicant contains blanks in fields that don’t apply. This is the definition of arbitrary and capricious.

USCIS requires law enforcement involved in visa applications to clear paperwork hurdles.

04/08/2020

For my EMS friends who were interested in the ET3 model. Very predictable, given the current pandemic crisis.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just announced that it is delaying the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model until Fall 2020.  CMS says it is “seeking to support the community of organizations that are responding to the public health emergency stemming from the Nov...

02/14/2020

Primary care providers take note - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today released an updated toolkit to help primary care providers manage patients who have chronic pain and are taking opioid therapy. The information contained in this toolkit can be seen as a practice standard you need to follow! See the announcement and a link to the toolkit here:

02/11/2020

March Section Meeting: Hospital Payments for Motor Vehicle Injury Cases:
Strategies for Payment and Legal Framework. RSVP by March 2 at 12p to: [email protected] or 713-274-5245 | Vegetarian meals must be requested in advance. Those who RSVP but fail to attend will be responsible for the cost. Baker Donelson

08/01/2019

I've posted before about the CMS Emergency Triage, Treatment and Transport (ET3) program that is a going to change the reimbursement model for ambulances. tt promises to be an exciting change, and if you are an ambulance service providing emergency services, you will be able to apply to be part of the program starting August 5th. For more information and a link to the application process, see this page:

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07/25/2019

This is the type of situation that can get nurses in trouble because the facility often finds that they need someone to blame, and that is often the nurse.

That said, I know the Ben Taub ER from many years of taking patients there with HFD. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often, which is a testament to the job that the nurses do in a wildly overcrowded ER. BTW, Houston Chronicle, that is a terrible headline, grammatically.

The Ben Taub Hospital death that resulted in the government last month assuming greater oversight of the Houston safety-net hospital involved a patient left unattended and ultimately found passed out in a bathroom, according to a federal report.

07/10/2019

If you own an ambulance service, you must always make sure you meet the conditions of participation to get paid by Medicare and Medicaid. Having the appropriate state licenses is certainly a prerequisite to meeting those requirements.

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Bucks County Ambulance Companies and their Owners Agree to $450K+ Judgment for Defrauding Medicare PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that amb...