HEALTHCARE NEUTRALTM BLOG

The Healthcare Neutral Blog will share ideas and developments in alternative dispute resolution, healthcare business and law.

Welcome Betsy Ryan’s Healthcare Matters Blog!

                              I recently learned that Betsy Ryan, the President and CEO of the New Jersey Hospital Association, has started a blog called “Healthcare Matters.”  It appears as part…

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What It Means To Be Neutral

[An astronaut training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the NASA Johnson Space Center]          I recently read an excellent commentary in the New Jersey Law Journal (195 N.J.L.J….

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Balance Billing For Healthcare Services – Who Will Be Left Holding The Bag?

       One of the hottest areas for disputes in the healthcare industry is the practice of “balance billing” of patients by non-participating providers for services reimbursed by the patient\’s insurer…

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The Mediator’s Proposal: Too Much Of A Good Thing?

     Attorney John DeGroote, in his Settlement Perspectives blog, wrote last week about “The Mediator\’s Proposal: A Great Tool For Yesterday\’s Disputes.”  As John defines it, a “mediator\’s proposal” is:…

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AHLA Offers Practical Toolkit For Managing Healthcare Conflicts

     Before you head off for the long Thanksgiving weekend, consider signing up for a teleconference to be held next Tuesday that you might otherwise miss in the post holiday…

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Caught In The Legal Recession?

                                    Legal periodicals these days are filled with stories about the effects of the current economic downturn on the…

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