Ancillary Documents

It’s been more than 30 years since the Patient Self Determination Act codified the use of advance directives in hospitals and other medical facilities. While traditional advance directives still serve an important role for your clients,…

Matrimonial Issues and Trust Planning: Using a separate/special revocable trust to preserve the separate property characterization of particular assets and to avoid commingling.

Much is written about the Privacy Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) found at 45 CFR 164. The Privacy Rules were intended to assure an individual’s right to privacy with respect to his or her…

Third parties are often requested to rely and act upon the authority of an agent under a durable power of attorney (“DPA”). For example, it is not uncommon for a child who has been designated as an agent for a parent under a DPA to use the…

I Fell and My HIPAA is Broken: 39th Heckerling Institute (PowerPoint Presentation)

HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) did much to simplify the lives of those who were in fear of losing health insurance coverage when changing jobs.

HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) did much to simplify the lives of those who were in fear of losing health insurance coverage when changing jobs.

This guidance explains and answers questions about key elements of the requirements of the HIPAA Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the Privacy Rule). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

Most estate planning involves decisions which may have significant financial consequences: e.g., the disposition of assets, the apportionment of taxes and the selection of the person or corporate entity who will manage the assets after the…

Demographers contend that more than one-half of all marriages in America will end by divorce rather than by death. As a consequence, practitioners often are required to undertake estate planning for a property owner who is in a second or…