Steven I. Kern, JD

M.E. Medical Office

24029 Skyline

Mission Viejo

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The author is a health law attorney with Kern Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann in Bridgewater, NJ, Lake Success, NY, and Philadelphia.

Articles

Viewpoint: Intent not part of healthcare fraud finding

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With healthcare fraud now estimated to be a $100-billion-a-year enterprise, the federal government has developed new tools to aggressively pursue fraud.

Q&A: Withholding medical records

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Get your questions answered on handling an outstanding account balance.

End-of-life care: Who decides when to pull the plug?

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Efforts to thwart the increasing costs of healthcare cannot succeed without addressing the question of how much care to provide the terminally ill.

Q&A: When patients request 'frivolous' letters

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Generally, the cost of writing letters is not included as a covered service under managed care contracts.

PHRs can boost efficiency, but also hold malpractice risk

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Since personal health records could be the wave of the future, it is important to understand their risks and benefits.

Medicine vs. religion: Your legal obligations

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What is your obligation when confronted with parents who are unwilling to accept medical advice in the best interest of their child because of their religious convictions?