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“But these guys down the street are doing a deal, so why can’t I?” questioned the frustrated physician. “Well, who knows exactly what they are doing, and even if they are doing a deal, that does not mean it is right, right?” responded the mildly patient health care lawyer.

“Why should I bother creating a compliance program for my practice?” griped the physician at yet another seminar on health care compliance. “Seems like just expensive busywork and what will I get out of it?” he continued.

Sally Scott drove up to her office building for work on a comfortably warm, sunny, and crisply quiet morning in September. The sky was deep blue, not a cloud in sight. Sally was happy. She had just been promoted to office manager for Acme Medical Group. Sally was unprepared for the angst of the next few hours.

Is your health care practice or business ready for a potential review or audit by a federal agent?

On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered its opinion about key legal issues in lawsuits challenging federal health care reform passed by Congress in 2010 through a law known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”).

“There is just too much to worry about to keep our practice afloat,” complained the office manager to the health care lawyer speaking at a medical-legal seminar. “Our physicians are not helping me and just tell me to figure it out,” she followed up.