An Epistle from Procrustes: Putting Doctors on the Iron Bed

My dearest Alexander (whose name means “ruler of men”): I have been referred to you by one of the most infamous Masters of the Universe, Caligula. By way of introduction, my name is Procrustes, the son of Poseidon and a robber-king in my own right. In mortality I was known to some as “The Subduer” [...]

Publications

News Flashes The Texas Medical Foundation Posted December 6, 2004 Employment Law Update: Job Protection for Returning Military; New DOL Forms Available; and the Flu Shots Shortage Posted November 16, 2004 Don’t Forget To Shred, Burn, Smash and Otherwise Pulverize the Trash� Posted June 1, 2005 Paying Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants Hourly? Then Be [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 1: The Doctor’s Appointment

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted October 1, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I pulled into Dr. Eberhardt’s parking lot on a hot, steamy Texas Hill Country day in August. As I got out of the car, I could see the heat shimmering up from the parking lot. For [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 3: A Visit to the Nursing Home, Chapter 1

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted November 6, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I walked up the sidewalk to Serendipity Village Rest Home to visit my grandparents. One advantage of having lived in the same small town where my folks and their folks grew up was that all of [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 4: The Storm

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted December 5, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I walked into the Serendipity Nursing Home. It was 6 pm on a dark, cold and drizzly Saturday evening in November. I was dateless as usual on this Saturday night (but that’s a story for another [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Why HIPAA is like Duck Poop (Do you go by State or Federal Law?)

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted January 2, 2003 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. It was a crisply cool and sunny Saturday morning and there I was in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in our little Texas Hill Country town. Wal-Mart is the closest thing we have to a [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Texas Supreme Court Incites People To “Channel While Dressed Like Tinkerbell”: Another Litigation Floodgate Opens

Applies to ICF-MR’s and covered entities Posted January 31, 2003 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I was taking my daily walk in the neighborhood when I saw a familiar person standing on the sidewalk a block away. I walked up and saw that it was Lucas Pahl. Lucas is the QMRP for [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land: It’s Heeeerrrre!!!

By Jerri Lynn Ward with Commentary by Hugh Barton Posted April 18, 2003 It’s April 14 and I had been tearing my hair out over my tax return, so I decided to take a break and go visit Fred Quinn in the hospital and my grandparents at the Serendipity Village Rest Home. I cleaned up [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Soap Opera at the Serendipity (Bad Faith Complaints)

By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. Posted June 5, 2003 Today, I was in the produce department at the local HEB Pantry Store trying to open one of those stupid, plastic, impossible-to-open produce bags. I was almost to the point of tearing into it with my teeth when I saw Sam Hershey, the Administrator at the [...]

Alert to Nursing Homes and Other Providers of Potential Sanctions and Penalties Under the Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act

In September of 1995, the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, as enacted by the 74th Texas Legislature, went into effect. The Act, found in Chapter 36 of the Texas Human Resources Code,seeks to address and punish those individuals and entities, participating in the Medicaid program, found to have defrauded the State Medicaid program. The greatest [...]

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