Posted by: Robert Markette
December 09, 2005

Welcome to the Homecare Law Blog (or “blawg”).  The goal of this blog is to provide homecare and hospice providers with up to date information on changes in the laws governing how you operate, changes in policies, and any thing else that might be of interest to the homecare provider community (or to me).

Some of you may be familiar with our firm and may be familiar with the authors as well.  Gilliland & Caudill is an Indianapolis based law firm that represents health care providers, including home health and hospice providers around the country.   The authors contributing to this blog are John C. Gilliland II and Robert W. Markette, Jr.  Mr. Gilliland had represented  health care providers ranging from solo practitioners to large hospitals.  Over the past twenty years, John has represented a large number of home health and hospice providers.  John has spoken all over the country on subjects ranging from fraud and abuse to wage and hour.  My name is Robert W. Markette, Jr. and I am an associate at Gilliland & Caudill.  I practice primarily in the area of health care law and have assisted numerous home health and hospice providers with regulatory compliance matters. I have also spoken and written a great deal on the HIPAA Privacy and Security regulations.

Ok, now that the introductions are out of the way, let the blogging or "blawging" begin. 

(Editor's note:  I started writing material for the blog over a month ago.  Unfortunately, for technical reasons, I cannot have the post date reflect the actual draft date.  For now, I will put a note in the Pre-december entries reflecting the date they were actually written so that the references make sense.  For example, I actually wrote the above entry on October 25, 2005.  Technology, it's here to help.) 

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