YOUR PRESENTERS: Jane Pine Wood, Attorney, McDonald Hopkins Elizabeth A. Sullivan, Attorney, McDonald Hopkins Richard Cooper, Attorney, McDonald Hopkins

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Recently-enacted laws and new regulatory requirements are creating new risks for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups, especially those that remain unaware of the new laws or fail to respond in appropriate ways. To help your lab stay "street legal" and fully compliant, join us for a special legal/regulatory audio conference on October 27, 2009.

These new laws cover a lot of ground—from specific requirements on how laboratories can help physicians' offices acquire EMRs (electronic medical record systems) to the new security-breach disclosure requirements.

Find out what your lab should do to stay on the right side of the law. Listen as attorney Elizabeth Sullivan of McDonald Hopkins provides you with a full understanding of how to meet both the spirit and the letter of these new regulations.

Pathologists will be particularly interested in regulatory updates involving two recent trends in anatomic pathology. First, attorney Jane Pine Wood will discuss how and why a small but growing number of hospitals are actually putting anatomic pathology services out for bid at contract renewal time, and will suggest strategies and effective negotiating points that community hospital-based pathologists can use to counter such actions by hospital administrators.

You’ll also get details on a related trend—urologists and GIs who internalize their anatomic pathology referrals, then ask local pathologists to provide discounted pathology professional component (PC) services. Attorney Wood has up-to-the-minute market intelligence on this trend, along with recommendations for ways that local pathology groups can respond to these requests while retaining access to pathology case referrals priced in a profitable manner.

Register today for "New Legal Issues and Regulatory Changes and Their Potential Impact on Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups," then listen as our panel of legal experts introduces you to six brand-new or recently changed laws, regulations, and market practices that govern how clinical labs and pathology groups conduct their affairs. It's essential knowledge for your senior executive team, compliance officers, and legal advisors, so invite them all to join you for this comprehensive new audio conference on October 27, 2009.

And don't forget the question-and-answer session that allows you to ask your specific questions of these well-respected experts in laboratory medicine law and compliance. This direct access helps you cue your own legal team with up-to-the-minute legal knowledge and precedents and get advice that's tailored to the unique needs of your laboratory.

Learn about the necessary steps your laboratory must take to comply with these new laws and regulations. Best of all, the audio conference format allows you to assemble key team leaders in your lab to participate in the call together. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions and identify the most important action items to keep your lab legal and compliant. Reserve your place today for this very special audio conference!

For one low price—just $195 (through 10/21/09; $245 thereafter)—you and your entire team can take part in this fast-paced, insightful audio conference. Best of all, you’ll be able to connect personally with either of the panelists when we open up the phone lines for live Q&A.

Here's just some of what you’ll learn during this insightful 90-minute conference:

• EMR “donations” by labs to office-based physicians: the essential do’s and don’ts.
  
  
• Legal (and successful) ways to respond to urologists and GIs who want to bring anatomic pathology services into their clinics.
  
  
• How clinical labs and pathology groups can legally waive deductibles and co-pays when they are out-of-network” providers.
  
  
• The latest insights on why some hospitals put anatomic pathology services out to bid—and what your pathology group can do right now to keep that from happening.
  
  
• What the new team at the FDA is doing with Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs or “Home Brews”), and what simple steps your lab can take to stay compliant with LDT requirements.
  
• New HIPAA rules: Preparing your lab to disclose privacy breaches and report to them to the right federal agency.
  
  
• How your lab should respond when competing labs “give away” EMRs to doctors at no charge.
  
  
• New tactics by managed care plans that hurt pathologists—and legal ways your group can protect your pricing and reimbursement.
  
• How to turn the tables on urologist and GI groups with a better understanding of the new laws and changing regulatory mandates.
  
  

  …and much more!

Your audio conference registration includes:

• A site license to attend the conference (invite as many people as you can fit around your speakerphone at no extra charge)
• Downloadable PowerPoint presentations from our speakers
• A full transcript emailed to you soon after the conference
• The opportunity to connect directly with our speaker during the audience Q&A session
  
  
  Register Now! Or for more information, call us toll-free at 800-560-6363.
  
  
  Distinguished Faculty:
  
  Jane Pine Wood is a member of McDonald Hopkins, LLC which specializes in health law, which includes regulatory, compliance, and contractual matters, including Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement issues. Ms. Wood represents physicians, hospitals, clinical and anatomic laboratories, imaging centers, home health agencies, mental health providers, clinics, independent practice associations and integrated delivery systems in corporate, regulatory, reimbursement, contractual and other areas. She received her J.D. degree in 1987 from Vanderbilt University School of Law and is a member of the Massachusetts State, Ohio State and American Bar Associations and is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association.
  
  Elizabeth A. Sullivan is an associate in the McDonald Hopkins LLC Business Law Services Department. She has experience reviewing contract agreements and preparing memoranda on shareholder rights in Ohio, physician on-call requirements, federal labor requirements, and other business and healthcare related topics. Elizabeth participated in the McDonald Hopkins summer associate program. Prior to joining the firm, Elizabeth served as a law clerk for the Corporate Legal Department of University Hospitals Health Systems. She also served as a law clerk for the Physicians Legal Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
  
  
  Richard Cooper, Esq is Head of the National Healthcare Practice Group of McDonald Hopkins. He also serves on the firm’s Board of Directors. Mr. Cooper has a national health law practice that includes the representation of a large number of laboratories on corporate, regulatory/compliance, contracting, strategic, venture and M&A/joint venture matters. Laboratory clients include both independent and hospital-owned laboratories plus clinical, anatomic and specialty labs. He received his JD from Georgetown University.
  
  
  

  
  

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