Highlights of the AHLA Conference in Virginia Health Care News.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, I was in Arlington, Virginia, participating in the American Health Lawyers Association (“AHLA”) conference entitled “Healthcare Reform: The Law and Its Implications.” I was 1 of 8 practicing health law attorneys from Florida participating in the conference. The number of legal issues and implications of the new law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or “PPACA”) discussed was overwhelming; the following are a few highlights of changes most likely to impact physicians and other providers:
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Blalock, Walters is pleased to announce that Robert Stroud, has had an article published by the American Academy of Private Physicians (AAPP).
AAPP is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 for the purpose of supporting and fueling the growth of medical practices that provide “concierge” and other forms of personalized, value-based medical care.
The article, titled Health Care Reform Legislation Impacts Concierge Medical Practice Models discusses how “the sweeping health care reform legislation enacted on March 23, 2010, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “PPACA”), as amended on March 30, 2010 by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, has significant implications for ‘concierge’ or ‘boutique’ medical practice business models.” “On behalf of our concierge physician clients, Blalock Walters is developing tailored solutions to the issues discussed in this article, based on such factors as the number of physicians, patient population and current business model,” said Stroud. Read The Full Article
