To IDR or not to IDR – That is the Question

By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. & Ashley Katz, Paralegal The Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) sets up your entire case, helps to build the defense, and organize the pertinent documents early on in the game. When to IDR: Anytime you have a defense Old tags if the tag was cited again with new findings in the [...]

The IDR Process – The Latest, Most Cost Effective, Legal Tool

Garlo Ward, P.C. has a very important goal: to offer only effective and efficient legal services. The first section of our mission statement illustrates this goal perfectly. To provide high-quality, individualized, value-added legal services in a cost-effective manner with integrity, honesty and loyalty. In carrying out this mission, we are constantly searching for the most [...]

Fighting for Dollars to Keep Afloat

Posted April 25, 2002 Nursing facilities in Texas are struggling to keep afloat. With dramatic increases in liability insurance premiums, the second lowest amount reimbursed to facilities per resident in the nation, and significant civil monetary or administrative penalty imposition by the State and CMS, it is not surprising that numerous facilities are shutting their [...]

Benefits of Legal Representation in Investigations

Posted April 28, 2002 It takes just one dissatisfied patient to endanger your reputation and ability to practice or attract potential patients. Regardless of how unwarranted or inaccurate a patient’s complaint against a particular dentist may be, each and every investigation conducted by the Board of Dental Examiners must be taken very seriously, as the [...]

The Continuing Saga of the Granny Cam Law

Posted May 6, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. As you know, Texas Senate Bill 177, effective June 15, 2001, authorizes overt electronic monitoring in the rooms of nursing home patients. Monitoring would include use of video cameras and audiotaping. The purpose of this article is to give you the basics for dealing with this [...]

Helpful Information to Protect Your License to Practice Medicine in Texas

Posted May 23, 2002 If you are a doctor, you’re aware of the risks you face when dealing with patients. Unsatisfied patients can file complaints against you and seek disciplinary action, and it is possible that your license to practice may be placed in jeopardy. Other issues such as substance abuse or mental disorders can [...]

Proposed Changes to the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information

Posted June 4, 2002 Please contact Jerri Lynn Ward for more information. The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has proposed changes to the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“Privacy Rule”) to address the importance of protecting the privacy of health information following the passage of the Health Insurance Portability Act [...]

The Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee

By Jerri Lynn Ward, esq., Garlo Ward, P.C. with Interviews with Rose Ireland, Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging; and L. Eric Friedland, esq., Martin & Friedland, P.C. Posted June 27, 2002 We live in the most litigious society in the world. The effect is corrosive to the human spirit and to [...]

Prescriptive Authority of Advanced Practice Nurses

Posted July 17, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. Recent amendments to rules 222.1-222.10 of the TAC clarify the definition of professional nursing and the duties of Advanced Practice Nurses. Advanced practice nurses with limited prescriptive authority can: sign prescription drug orders in alternate sites where the physician has delegated the authority [...]

Reasonable Insurance Premiums

Posted August 19, 2002 Applicable to all long term care facilities By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. and Beth Alford, Vice President of Risk Management for Tutera Health Care Services, L.L.C. As we all know, long term care facilities often have difficulty obtaining reasonably priced liability insurance. One of the reasons for this [...]

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