Edward S. Kornreich

New York Court Finds Clinic Not Liable for Employee’s Disclosure of PHI
Roger A. Cohen,Edward S. Kornreich,Robyn Sterling,Richard J. Zall, March 2, 2012
A federal district court dismissed an action against an employer alleging vicarious liability for an employee's dissemination of a patient's protected health information (PHI) related to treatment for a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Specifically, the court found that the employer, a private...

CMS's Proposed Rule on Medicare Overpayments
Ryan P. Blaney,Edward S. Kornreich,Elizabeth M. Mills,Richard J. Zall, February 29, 2012
On February 14, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule implementing Section 6402(a) of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), which requires health care providers and suppliers to report and return Medicare and Medicaid overpayments no later than 60 days after the...

GME FTE Resident Counts Found Subject to Revision without Reopening of the 1996 Cost Report
Brian Kinsella,Edward S. Kornreich,James F. Segroves, December 19, 2011
In Kaiser Foundation Hospitals v. Sebelius, No. 11-92 (D.D.C. Dec. 12, 2011), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that despite the passing of the three-year limitation period prohibiting the reopening of a Medicare cost report, providers may challenge their number of 1996...