Lashly & Baer attorney, Stuart J. Vogelsmeier, was interviewed about the potential impact for healthcare providers if the FTC’s proposed regulation would ban non-compete agreements. Here is the link to the podcast that was broadcast by Gist Healthcare on February 27, 2023. How the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Read more
Attorney Stuart J. Vogelsmeier provides an overview of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) December 2022 Audit Report in regards to providers claiming Medicare Bad Debts. His review provides practical insights for providers in complying with Federal cost report requirements and in the development Read more
Lashly & Baer attorney, Stuart J. Vogelsmeier, commented on the potential impact on healthcare providers of the FTC’s proposed regulation that would ban non-compete agreements. Here is the link to the story which appeared on January 11, 2023 in Healthcare Dive.
Friday, December 23, 2022 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Attorney Andrew R. Bramman and Riley J. Brown have joined Lashly & Baer, P.C. as associates. Andrew R. Bramman holds a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law and practices in the areas of Land Use, Urban Development, Environmental Law, and Read more
Congratulations to Lashly & Baer attorneys Kenneth Brostron and Lisa Stump for being named to the 2022 Missouri Lawyers Weekly Power List for Education Law.
Earlier in 2022, Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) area offices were charged with conducting follow-up inspections directed at hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that had been cited for violating Covid-19 safety requirements at the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Under the initiative, OSHA sought to Read more
St. Louis, Missouri (November 15, 2022) A total of 14 Lashly & Baer, P.C. attorneys have been honored by Super Lawyers. A total of nine lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2022 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list. They are Michael R. Barth, Kenneth C. Brostron, Julie Z. Devine, Read more
St. Louis, MO, United States, Lashly & Baer, P.C. attorney James P. Reinert was recently recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of Read more
For those hospitals and their departments affected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) outpatient prospective payment system (“OPPS”) mid-build audits, the saga has been long and convoluted. In early 2021, CMS and Cahaba Safeguard Administrators (“CSA”) announced that many hospitals had failed the mid-build audit, and would Read more
A recent United States Supreme Court decision clarified the mens rea requirements for the prosecution of doctors accused of illegally prescribing controlled substances pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act. In prosecutions under 21 U.S.C. § 841, the Government now must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a doctor knowingly or Read more
