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In this issue...
Welcome
Current Developments
Upcoming Events
News
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Welcome
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Greetings
to all former students, alumni, and friends of the Hall
Center for Law and Health! On behalf of the Hall Center, its
faculty, and student organizations, we would like to invite you to
browse the first issue of our new e-newsletter. This e-newsletter
serves as an informational source to all Center alumni and the Indiana
health law community about the Center's research, activities, and
alumni developments. It will also include a short essay from a
member of the health law faculty, an essay from an alumni practitioner,
and two essays from students associated with the Center. The
essays will focus on current developments in the area of health law and
hopefully give you some insight into what your colleagues are up
to. Two students will edit the e-newsletter. Please become
involved in the Hall Center for Law and Health. We welcome you.
With warmest regards,
Professor Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH
Dr. David Orentlicher, JD, MD |
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Current Developments
CMS Initiatives Affecting Physician Self-Referral and Hospital/Physician Alignment Strategies, by William H. Thompson
Abstract:
The last several months are notable for a
flurry of regulatory activity by CMS impacting physician
self-referral. This short brief outlines CMS' efforts to regulate
physician self-referral through the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee
Schedule, the long awaited "Phase III" of the final Stark Law
Regulations, and the Disclosure of Financial Relationships
Report. Read the full text.
 The Continuing Discussion Over Non-Physician Health Care Provider Scopes of Practice, by Mark Douglas
Abstract:
As momentum gains at the state level for
health care reform, the debate over the financing and delivery of
health care has provoked many discussions about the different roles of
health care providers and stakeholders. This essay discusses the
evolving role of different non-physician providers in a changing health
care world and the ways in which attorneys may advise their health care
clients to utilize them in the most effective manner. Read the full text.
 Solidifying Corporate Governance: Sarbanes-Oxley and the Draft Form 990, by Thomas Donohoe
Abstract: On June 14, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service released a significantly revised draft of the Form 990
Return of Organizations Exempt from Income Tax for public
comment and discussion, which seeks to provide greater transparency,
promote tax compliance, and minimize the filing burden of tax-exempt
organizations. This essay will address the similarities between
the draft Form 990 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which the government
used to achieve similar objectives in the private sector, and how
tax-exempt hospitals should take note of the "spirit of Sarbanes-Oxley"
now more than ever. Read the full text.
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Upcoming Events
November 8, 2007
Presidential Health Care Reform Proposal Panel-Market Based Reform
1-2
p.m., Room 385, sponsored by the Health Law Society and the Health,
Economics, Law and Social Issues Group at the IU School of
Medicine. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to
healthls@iupui.edu if you plan on attending.
November 8, 2007
Peer Review in Indiana: Its Effect on Medical Staff Proceedings & Business Decision-Making
CLE
sponsored by the Indianapolis Bar Association Health Care Section,
presented by Brian Betner, an associate at Hall Render Killian Heath
& Lyman, 4:00-5:00 p.m., IBA Education Center. For more
details and registration, visit here. |
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News
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Center Faculty Updates
Professor Jennifer Drobac
Presenter: Foley's Philandering: The Sexual Harassment of Working Teens in Washington, D. C.
[draft title], ICASH (International Coalition Against Sexual
Harassment) Conference, New York, New York (August 13, 2007).
Presenter: I Can't to I Kant: The Sexual Harassment of Working Adolescents, Competing Theories, and Ethical Dilemmas, for panel entitled Atypical Workers in a Different Key: Young, Old, Female and the Law of Work
, Law and Society Association 2007 Conference, Berlin, Germany
(July 28, 007). Professor Drobac also continues to serve as a
trustee on the Board of Trustees for the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation.
Professor Robert Katz
Professor
Katz is researching the legal and ethical issues raised when nonprofit
tissue banks compete for donated human tissue for use in
transplantation. He presented a work-in-progress on this topic,
entitled "When Tissue Banks Compete for Transplant Tissue, Who Wins?"
at the Midwestern Law and Economics Association's
fall conference, held at the University of Minnesota Law School on October 13, 2007, and at the annual conference of ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action), held in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15, 2007.
Professor Andrew Klein
Professor
Klein is spending the fall semester as a visiting fellow at Clare Hall
College at the University of Cambridge, where he also is a visiting
scholar in the Faculty of Law. During his time overseas,
Professor Klein is working on an article about how developments in the
world of genetics might impact toxic tort litigation. In
November, he will present his work at Clare Hall's Arts, Social
Science, and Humanities (ASH) Colloquium Series. During the
summer, Professor Klein presented a paper on the topic of forum non conveniens
during a conference on international law at the University of
Athens in Greece. He also is a co-author of a student-oriented
textbook on tort law that will be published by Carolina Academic Press
in 2008.
Alumni and Center Updates
As co-chair of the Indiana University Health Care Reform Workgroup, Professor Eleanor Kinney
has recently been working with other IU colleagues to develop health
care reform strategies for Indiana. After a public listening tour
and an examination of options with stakeholders, the Workgroup is in
the process of developing reform options. The Workgroup will be
presenting these options in a series of town hall meetings throughout
the state, starting in mid-October. All readers are encouraged to
attend one of these meetings. A schedule of meetings will be
posted on our website. From more information on the Workgroup,
please visit http://healthcarereform.iupui.edu/.
 The Hall Center for Law and Health is also pleased to announce the new Consortium in Health Policy, Law and Bioethics
. This consortium, funded as one of IUPUI's new
signature centers, is an organization of three academic centers at
IUPUI: (1) IU Center for Bioethics (IUSM); (2) Hall Center for
Law and Health (IU Law - Indianapolis); and (3) the Center for Health
Policy (SPEA). The Consortium is a virtual organization which is
overseen by a Steering Committee of the member Center
Directors. The Consortium's mission is to provide an
innovative, interdisciplinary organizational environment that enhances
existing IUPUI/IU capacity in health policy, law and bioethics. The
Consortium will strive to develop social and public policy in health,
facilitate cross-cutting interdisciplinary research, and support
current and developing degree and certificate programs. The Consortium
will fulfill its mission through education, research, and public
outreach/service functions. The Center hopes to have interested
alumni and health lawyers involved in the consortium shortly. For
more information on the Consortium, please visit
http://www.healthcarereform.iupui.edu/consortium/index.html.
 The late William S. "Bill" Hall, '51, and John Render, '71
, received Distinguished Alumni
Awards in May, 2007. Both men were honored for their
contributions and service to the law school, the university, and the
community. The Hall Center for Law and Health was named for
Mr. Hall and his late wife Christine. Mr. Hall and Mr. Render
founded the firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, which
provides legal services to Indiana and national health care
organizations. (Pictured are Alumni Board President Eric Reigner,
'88; Rosanna Hardin Hall, daughter of the late Bill Hall, pictured in
the portrait; John Render, '71 and Interim Dean Susanah M. Mead, '76.)
Heather McCabe, '03,
Director of the Public Health Law Program in the law school's Hall
Center for Law and Health, was elected a Fellow of the Institute for
Action Research in Community Health (IARCH) at the Indiana University
School of Nursing.
On September 20, the Health Law Society co-hosted a panel discussion with the Health, Economics, and Law Interest Group at the IU School of Medicine entitled: The 2008 Presidential Candidates and Universal Health Care. Over 50 students attended the event to hear Ms. Priscilla Keith, '93,
from Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, and
Dr. Aaron Carroll, from the IU School of Medicine, comment about the
2008 presidential candidates who are proposing some form of universal
health care.
The Health Law Society sent Ms. Jenny Lemmon,
JD expected 2009, to the American Health Lawyer's Association Annual
Meeting in Chicago, IL on June 24-27. Ms. Lemmon had the
opportunity to network with and hear from various health law experts
from around the country who spoke on issues ranging from antitrust to
long-term care. |
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