Martin Merritt's Published Work on Physicians Practice
“Bonnie & Clyde” How Americans Came to Hate Health Insurance Companies
HealthLaw Blog Dec 12, 2024
The Hitman & the CEO of UHC
HealthLaw Blog Dec 6, 2024
Thanksgiving! a/k/a “The Death of a Thousand Cuts”
HealthLaw Blog Nov 23, 2024
What is “Wealth?” (And How Do You Teach Kids About It?)
HealthLaw Blog Nov 10, 2024
How Get Anything Into Evidence (And How to Use AI to Keep Evidence “Out”)
HealthLaw Blog Nov 4, 2024
Harris or Trump? You Decide. . . (No Really. Please End This!)
HealthLaw Blog Oct 30, 2024
Don’t Fear Asteroids: “Dating Apps” Will Likely Render Humanity Extinct
HealthLaw Blog Oct 21, 2024
How to be an A**hole Tips from an Expert
HealthLaw Blog Oct 1, 2024
The DEA Does Not have a Sense of Humor: Physicians Need to Be More Careful with Prescriptive Authority
HealthLaw Blog Sep 24, 2024
Why Does My Company Need to Be a “PLLC” and What’s a “Subchapter S?”
HealthLaw Blog Sep 14, 2024
Dallas Lawyers Assist Police Officers By Providing Estate Planning On 9/11
HealthLaw Blog Sep 12, 2024
Highway Robbery!
HealthLaw Blog Sep 7, 2024
Court Strikes FTC Non-Compete Ban
HealthLaw Blog Sep 5, 2024
Bans On Generic Mounjaro & Ozempic
HealthLaw Blog Aug 31, 2024
“E=MC2” Litigating Medical Trade Secrets & Lies.
HealthLaw Blog Aug 23, 2024
Eli Lily Threatens Weight Loss Clinics: “Stop Compounding Weight Loss Drugs”
HealthLaw Blog Aug 17, 2024
The SIU War On Doctors: “Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition”
HealthLaw Blog Aug 15, 2024
Helping Dallas Police With Wills & Powers of Attorney on 9/11
HealthLaw Blog Jul 31, 2024
How the FBI Investigates Clients
HealthLaw Blog Jul 24, 2024
Texas Federal Court Enjoins FTC Non-Compete Ban
HealthLaw Blog Jul 17, 2024
Supreme Court: “Chevron Deference” is Gone!
HealthLaw Blog Jul 8, 2024
Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Freedom
HealthLaw Blog Jul 4, 2024
New FinCEN Corporate Transparency: Lawyers Beware of Scams!
HealthLaw Blog Jun 22, 2024
Lawyers: How not to go to jail When Civil and Criminal Matters Overlap.
HealthLaw Blog Jun 14, 2024
Schrödinger’s Cat
HealthLaw Blog Jun 3, 2024
FTC Non-Compete Rule Effective Date
HealthLaw Blog May 23, 2024
The “Door Dash” Trap: Online Delivery of Legal and Medical Services
HealthLaw Blog May 10, 2024
FTC Bans Non-Competes
HealthLaw Blog Apr 25, 2024
If You are a Doctor, (or “Play One on TV.”) A Warning about MSO’s and Telemedicine Record Keeping.
HealthLaw Blog Apr 18, 2024
The “Unbreakable” Charles Stanley Churchwell Quadriplegia couldn’t stop this lawyer-surgeon
HealthLaw Blog Apr 10, 2024
Ozempic. What could possibly go wrong?
HealthLaw Blog Apr 4, 2024
The “Mailbox Money” Trap Physicians Beware
HealthLaw Blog Mar 31, 2024
Why Deep Breathing Calms Stress
HealthLaw Blog Mar 15, 2024
The Travel Act Strikes Again! Six Doctors Indicted in Pharmacy Scheme
HealthLaw Blog Mar 3, 2024
Money Laundering For People Who Aren’t Criminals
HealthLaw Blog Feb 20, 2024
Emotional Blackmail. And How to Deal with It.
HealthLaw Blog Jan 31, 2024
Overcoming Fear of a Courtroom
HealthLaw Blog Jan 25, 2024
Fox News v. Dominion Voting Systems: “So Absurd, No One Would Believe Us.”
HealthLaw Blog Mar 9, 2023
How to avoid pass-through billing traps
Physicians Practice May 3, 2019
New anti-kickback provisions impact laboratory-physician relationships
Physicians Practice Dec 4, 2018
Negotiating your contracts: Hidden pitfalls and traps
Physicians Practice Oct 9, 2018
How to prepare and manage payer audits
Physicians Practice Aug 27, 2018
Does your non-compete agreement violate anti-SLAPP statutes?
Physicians Practice Jul 10, 2018
Telemedicine Wins Big in Texas, After Lengthy Battle
Physicians Practice Jun 10, 2017
The Ugly Case of Healthcare Fraud in Texas
Physicians Practice Magazine Dec 8, 2016
Is Your Patient Telling the Truth?
Physicians Practice Oct 30, 2016
Supreme Court Issues False Claims Act Opinion publication date
Physicians Practice Jul 24, 2016
What to Know about Claims Audits from Payers
Physicians Practice Dec 26, 2015
A Stroke of Luck for Overregulated Healthcare Industry
Physicians Practice Nov 29, 2015
Is Your Lab Paying Your Practice an Illegal Kickback?
Physicians Practice Aug 16, 2015
Waiving Patient Payments a Kind, but Problematic, Gesture
Physicians Practice May 10, 2015
Tax Court Rules on Physician-Hospital Employment Bonuses
Physicians Practice May 3, 2015
OIG Offers Overbilling, Kickback Guidance to Hospitals
Physicians Practice Apr 26, 2015
Texas Medical Board Unplugs Telemedicine for Some
Physicians Practice Apr 19, 2015
CMS Self-Disclosure Protocol “Good Intent, Bad Process.”
Physicians Practice Mar 29, 2015
Texas AG Probes Physician Investment in Pharmacies
Physicians Practice Mar 8, 2015
ABCs of Healthcare Corporate Compliance Programs
Physicians Practice Feb 15, 2015
The HIPAA Threat Tied to Online Patient Behavior
Physicians Practice Feb 1, 2015
New CMS Rule Cracks Down on Past Medicare Offenders
Physicians Practice Dec 14, 2014
What if Medicaid Expansion Was Upheld by Supreme Court?
Physicians Practice Nov 9, 2014
Heroes Stricken in the Line of Duty at Dallas Hospital
Physicians Practice Oct 19, 2014
Termination of Network Provider Contracts
Physicians Practice Sep 7, 2014
Understanding ‘Commercial Reasonableness’
Physicians Practice Aug 31, 2014
Understanding Physician Co-Management Arrangements
Physicians Practice Aug 24, 2014
Investing in Ancillary Service Providers: Legal Risks for Physicians
Physicians Practice Jul 27, 2014
A Physician’s Guide to Navigating Peer Review
Physicians Practice Apr 6, 2014
Tips for Physicians Considering Concierge Practice
Physicians Practice Mar 9, 2014
Battling Uncompensated Care in Dallas County, Texas
Physicians Practice Jan 26, 2014
Why Insurance Companies Should Collect Patient Payments
Physicians Practice Jan 20, 2014
Physician Retirement Planning Basics
Physicians Practice Jan 5, 2014
‘Serious’ Attempts to Capture Patient Copays at Your Medical Practice
Physicians Practice Dec 22, 2013
Forgiving Patient Copays Can Lead to Unforgiving Consequences
Physicians Practice Dec 15, 2013
Why the New Compounding Pharmacy Law Matters to Physicians
Physicians Practice Dec 8, 2013
Why United Healthcare Sent Termination Letters to Doctors in 10 States
Physicians Practice Nov 24, 2013
AAPS Announces Court Challenge to Obamacare
Physicians Practice Nov 3, 2013
Ethics on Ending the Patient-Physician Relationship
Physicians Practice Oct 27, 2013
The Evolution of Government Intrusion on the Medical Profession
Physicians Practice Oct 20, 2013
The Basics of Physician Asset Protection
Physicians Practice Oct 13, 2013
Time to Cut Physician Reimbursement Red Tape
Physicians Practice Oct 6, 2013
Selling Your Medical Practice from a Wealth Management Perspective
Physicians Practice Sep 29, 2013
The Age of ‘Regulopathy’
Physicians Practice Sep 22, 2013
Suspect Joint Ventures under Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute
Physicians Practice Sep 15, 2013
Ore. Doctors Fined for Failing to Disclose Payments from Implant Firm
Physicians Practice Sep 8, 2013
Health Insurance Exchanges: Good News, Bad News for Physicians
Physicians Practice Aug 25, 2013
The Sunshine Act and Continuing Medical Education
Physicians Practice Aug 18, 2013
OIG Opinion on Federal ‘Carve Out’ May Implicate ACOs
Physicians Practice Aug 11, 2013
Employer Mandate Delay: The Path to a Single-Payer Healthcare
Physicians Practice Aug 4, 2013
Physicians Should Take a Closer Look at Group Purchasing Organizations
Physicians Practice Jul 28, 2013
The Paradox of ACO Waivers of Medical Fraud and Abuse Laws
Physicians Practice Jul 21, 2013
Healthcare Reform Mandate Delay: History Repeating Itself
Physicians Practice Jul 14, 2013
How ERISA Affects Medical Practices
Physicians Practice Jun 30, 2013
ABMS: Maintenance of Certification ‘Means Something’ to Patients
Physicians Practice Jun 23, 2013
Stark Law: Understanding the Rule
Physicians Practice Jun 9, 2013
The War on Doctors and Patients
Physicians Practice Jun 2, 2013
Healthcare through the Lens of Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism
Physicians Practice May 26, 2013
Gloves Are Off in War between Payers, Providers
Physicians Practice May 19, 2013
Surviving a Payer Claims Review Audit
Physicians Practice May 12, 2013
The Government’s Not-So-Secret Takeover of Healthcare
Physicians Practice May 5, 2013
AAPS Sues over Maintenance of Certification
Physicians Practice Apr 28, 2013
Potential Pitfalls of Physicians Owning Compounding Pharmacies
Physicians Practice Apr 21, 2013
Health Insurance Exchanges and Physicians
Physicians Practice Apr 7, 2013
Accountable Care Organization Facts Every Physician Should Know
Physicians Practice Mar 24, 2013
Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: A Primer
Physicians Practice Mar 17, 2013
Ancillary Medical Services: Stark Law and Ethical Issues
Physicians Practice Mar 10, 2013
The Real Reason for the Medicare Crisis
Physicians Practice Mar 3, 2013
Five Key Areas of the New HIPAA Rules for Physicians
Physicians Practice Feb 24, 2013
Code Correctly to Avoid RAC Audits at Your Practice
Physicians Practice Feb 17, 2013
HIPAA Highlights: Interpreting the New Rule Modifications
Physicians Practice Feb 14, 2013
The New Sunshine Act Regulations for Physicians
Physicians Practice Feb 10, 2013
Avoiding Obstruction of Justice in Healthcare Cases
Physicians Practice Feb 3, 2013
Your Medical Practice Photocopier Could Be a HIPAA Liability Time Bomb
Physicians Practice Jan 27, 2013
Compliance Tips for Your Medical Practice
Physicians Practice Jan 20, 2013
Healthcare Providers Fight Back vs. Recoupment Audits, Slow Payments
Physicians Practice Jan 13, 2013
Navigating Changes in the Recovery Audit Contractor Landscape
Physicians Practice Dec 30, 2012
States Should Be Wary of Expanding Medicaid Under ACA
Physicians Practice Dec 16, 2012
Concierge Medicine: The Cash-only Solution to a Successful Practice
Physicians Practice Dec 9, 2012
Understanding How Federal Health Laws Are Published and Organized
Physicians Practice Nov 25, 2012
The Basics of Independent Practice Associations
Physicians Practice Nov 18, 2012
When It is Legally Acceptable to Accept Gifts at Your Medical Practice
Physicians Practice Nov 11, 2012
Stark Law, the AKS, and AMA Ethical Opinions on Drugs and Devices
Physicians Practice Nov 4, 2012
Stark Law and Pharmaceutical Company Kickbacks
Physicians Practice Oct 28, 2012
Weighing Whether an ACO is Right for Your Medical Practice
Physicians Practice Oct 21, 2012
Stark Law and Gifts Sent to Your Medical Practice
Physicians Practice Oct 14, 2012
Understanding Fair Market Value: A Guide for Physicians
Physicians Practice Oct 7, 2012
Is Your Medical Practice Lease Safe?
Physicians Practice Sep 30, 2012
Medical Records: Detail Physician Decisions in Every Chart
Physicians Practice Sep 23, 2012
Stark Law: Huge Divide between Physicians, Feds
Physicians Practice Sep 16, 2012
Obama or Romney: Who Will Address Today’s Healthcare Problems?
Physicians Practice Sep 9, 2012
Physicians Need to Be Aware of New Federal Anti-Fraud Weapons
Physicians Practice Sep 2, 2012
HIPAA Audits to Create More Headaches for Physicians
Physicians Practice Aug 26, 2012
Stark Law and Accountable Care Organizations
Physicians Practice Aug 19, 2012
Opting Out of Medicare in Three Steps
Physicians Practice Aug 12, 2012
Poll of the Week – Opting Out of Medicare?
Physicians Practice Aug 7, 2012
The Six Main Reasons Physicians Are Dropping Medicare Patients
Physicians Practice Aug 5, 2012
Calif. Medicaid Ruling Shows Overcharging Not ‘Always Illegal’
Physicians Practice Jul 29, 2012