Edgar C. Morrison, Jr.

Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Health Reform Law
Edgar C. Morrison, November 16, 2011
Minutes after President Obama signed landmark Health Reform legislation on March 23, 2010, the first suit challenging the law was filed in U.S. district court in Florida. That case, after working its way through the district court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit,...

Improperly Supervised Diagnostic Imaging Constitutes False Claims
Edgar C. Morrison, October 12, 2011
A federal court in the middle district of Tennessee has granted a $10 million judgment against a medical imaging company for causing false claims to be submitted to the Medicare program, after evidence showed that the company failed to have a properly certified physician present during dye contrast...

New Texas Law Allows Physician Assistants to Own PAs and PLLCs
Edgar C. Morrison, September 9, 2011
A new Texas law, effective September 1, 2011, allows physician assistants for the first time to become owners jointly with physicians of either professional associations or professional limited liability companies. The law reflects the change in the scope of practice of physician assistants and the...