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HIPAA Policy

This is a sample HIPAA policy.
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Physician Contract Review Tool

Use this tool to assess existing hospital/physician relationships in order to identify potential violations of the federal Stark Law, anti-kickback law or False Claims Act (or similar state laws), which could trigger disclosure and/or repayment obligations. This tool can also be used as an aid in negotiating and drafting new agreements with physicians. While this tool was designed primarily with the Stark Law in mind, some of its questions are applicable to an anti-kickback analysis as well.
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Hospitals/Providers ("Unique Service" Agreements-Terms to Consider)

The purpose of this checklist is to identify certain provisions/subjects that should be considered in connection with the drafting or analysis of certain “unique services” contracts.

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Top 10 Patent and Regulatory Things You Need to Know when Bringing a Biopharma Product to Canada

Nancy Pei, Partner, Alice Tseng, Partner, Toronto Office and Daphne Lainson, Partner, Chair of Firm, Ottawa Office, Smart & Biggar LLP

Wed, 12/16/2020 - 07:20

Canada is an attractive market for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Most Canadian consumers have some form of drug coverage through government programs and/or private insurance. Below are ten patent and regulatory topics that in-house counsel need to know before bringing an innovative product to Canada.

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property, Health Law

Region: Canada

Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments

Articles

Top Ten Considerations for Healthcare M&A

Adria E. Warren, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP (awarren@foley.com)

Wed, 10/28/2020 - 00:00

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Interest Area: Health Law

Region: United States

Articles

Comparing Supplementary Protection Regimes Between Canada (CSPs) and The EU (SPCs)

Nancy P. Pei, Partner, Smart & Biggar LLP, and Daniel Wise, Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

Thu, 10/15/2020 - 07:59

4 pages

Amendments to the Canadian Patent Act and enactment of the Certificate of Supplementary Protection Regulations flowing from the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in September 2017 introduced a new framework in Canada for the issuance of Certificates of Supplementary Protections (CSPs). Key aspects of the two regimes, Canada's and the EU's, are compared in this chart.

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property, Health Law

Region: Canada, European Union

Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments

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