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The law firm of Wachler & Associates, P.C. specializes in all aspects of healthcare law:

Healthcare business transactions including contracts, corporate formation, mergers & acquisitions
Stark & fraud & abuse analysis
Regulatory compliance
Billing & reimbursement issues
Defense of third party payor & government audits
Provider participation & deselection matters
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Firm Updates

November 19, 2009: The House of Representatives passed a Medicare physician reimbursement fix. The bill blocks a 21.2 percent physician-payment cut required by a 1991 formula that had been designed to control costs. The bill revises the formula on a long-term basis and would provide for two separate updates, one for evaluation, management and preventive services, and another for other services. There is speculation, however, whether the bill will be able to move in the Senate.

November 2009: Members from the Senate Judiciary Committee proposed the Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009.

October 30, 2009: The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

October 30, 2009: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delayed the enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule until June 1, 2010.

October 29, 2009: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published an Interim Final Rule to conform HIPAA’s enforcement regulations to the statutory provisions of the HITECH Act.

Andrew Wachler was listed as one of Dbusiness' Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit of 2010.

October 23, 2009: Andrew Wachler discussed "Current Legal Issues for Hospices" at the National Hospice Work Group's Quality Improvement Forum.

October 13, 2009: Andrew Wachler presented "RACs and Medicare Audits: Compliance Tips and Successful Appeal Strategies" at the National Association of Homecare & Hospice Conference.

October 11, 2009: Wachler & Associates attorney Amy Fehn was recently quoted in the Pittsburgh Tribune on the topic of generation of Medicaid matching funds through provider assessments.