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We have extensive experience with the following areas: Petroleum, Litigation, Real Estate and more.

We advise business in the following areas: Employee Benefits, Litigation, Business Advisory and more.

For those seeking counsel in real estate matters, our areas of expertise include: Construction, Development, Land Use, Litigation and more.

We handle many private matters for individuals, including: Adoption, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Partnership, Estate Planning and more.

Every criminal case is a serious matter. There are lifelong consequences for any person accused or convicted of committing a crime.

Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.

Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.

Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.

As a part of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" a civil penalty structure was put in place for Health Insurace Portability and Asccountability Act (HIPAA) violations.

Our experience uniquely qualifies us to advise in governmental issues: Annexation, Associations/Non-Profits, Cities, Towns, & Counties, Colleges & Universities, Economic Development, Elections and more.

We provide legal advice for businesses in the following areas: Agribusiness Energy, Diversified Businesses, Emerging Businesses, Federal & State Tax, Finance, and more.

Probate is the court procedure by which a decedent’s property is administered for the purpose of passing ownership of assets remaining in the decedent’s name at his/her death.

Since 1976, our litigators have effectively and efficiently represented clients in federal and state courts in business litigation, municipal law, employment law, personal injury and a variety of complex litigation.

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Craig R. Emig of Jones • Wallace, LLC leads the pack and sets the pace during a Team 13 training run for the YMCA Half Marathon!


Lauren Jones of Jones • Wallace, LLC keeps her eye on the pack at the 2012 YMCA Half Marathon!

Healthcare Law News - Volume 16

HEALTHCARE REFORM, SINCE ITS ONLY A TAX

The recent Supreme Court decision leaves most of healthcare reform intact with the determination that the act’s penalty is not a penalty, but is a tax. This raises the question of what other tax provisions are parts of the Affordable Care Act.

A higher Medicaid payroll tax is the primary source of financing. Currently wages are subject to a 2.9% Medicare payroll tax with workers and employers each paying half. Self- employed people pay the entire 2.9% but may deduct half on their income tax returns.

Healthcare Law News - Volume 15

“WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED” – NOT AGAIN!

In the last century the United States Supreme Court, in perhaps one of its more unfortunate choices of words, ordered desegregation to proceed “with all deliberate speed”. In 1964 the Supreme Court noted that the term had been used to maintain segregation and ordered that desegregation move forward promptly.

Healthcare Law News - Volume 13

ACO FINAL RULE ON RISK SHARING

In late 2011, CMS released its final rule for ACOs under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The final rule provides a two track model. Under track one, a shared savings only approach is available, but only for the duration of the ACOs first agreement period. Track two is a two-sided gain/loss model for the period of the ACOs first agreement. After the initial agreement period, all ACOs will be required to participate under the two-sided share gain and share loss model.

Healthcare Law News - Volume 3

INDIVIDUAL PATIENT RECORD RIGHTS

Indiana law and federal law (HIPAA) require patient access to and copies of medical records to patients. This is the mirror image of preventing unauthorized disclosure and access. The failure to properly respond to patient requests for medical record copies is one of the fastest growing areas of complaint made about doctors to consumer and medical licensing boards.

Healthcare Law News - Volume 2

BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENTS – TIME TO UPDATE

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) contains the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”). HITECH modifies HIPAA regarding privacy and security of protected health information (“PHI”).

The biggest HITECH change, in practical terms, is that HITECH directly regulates business associates for the first time. Previously HIPAA only indirectly affected business associates. Starting in February 2010, HITECH requires:

COBRA provisions changed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA")

The recent Stimulus Bill passed by Congress is known in shorthand as ARRA. ARRA has provided a number of changes in COBRA requirements under the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) which were added by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”). COBRA rules generally allow an employee whose employment terminates (or has some other qualifying event) to elect to continue coverage under an employer’s group health plan for up to 18 months in most cases.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The recent stimulus bill (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or “ARRA”) contained a section which are referred to as the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) provisions which provide for certain changes in EMR adoption and in the HIPAA privacy and security standards. I have attached a summary decently offered by the California Health and Human Services Agency of the HITECH provisions of ARRA.

Physician Contracts

Early this year, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that should cause hospital administrators and group medical practice compliance officers to immediately contact their legal counsel to determine whether their physician contracts are current. This case, Kosenske v. Carlisle HMA, is the result of an action brought by a former anesthesiology group member practicing at Carlisle Hospital.

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