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Believe it or not, if you are on a wRVU-based compensation formula, you may make substantially more — or substantially less — in 2021 if you maintain your 2020 productivity level, without any changes to your employment agreement. How? CMS … Continued

Never in my 22 years of practicing health law have I encountered government-issued guidance involving strippers, until now. More precisely, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (the OIG, otherwise known as the kickback … Continued

It wasn’t until I saw a Facebook post from a law school friend last week that I realized that 20 years ago this month, I became a lawyer. I saw his post of a picture of his bar license, noting … Continued

This month, the Health Law Section of The Florida Bar published an article Ms. Bittinger wrote on Florida case law regarding what amount insurers should pay non-par (or out of network) providers. Ms. Bittinger analyzed two cases in which courts … Continued

Frustrated with your Medicare-Physician-Fee-Schedule-based reimbursement from payers? Hearing a lot about alternative payment structures from insurance companies for patient care but not quite sure how to put one in place? Want to be paid for value rather than volume? Click … Continued

Physician employment agreements continue in importance. A reporter from the Wall Street Journal interviewed Ms. Bittinger last week on physician compensation and referral issues for a story she’s working on. She learned of Ms. Bittinger from her national speaking and … Continued