William Mack Copeland

Principal,

William Mack Copeland MS, JD, PhD, LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Bill is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics.

Copeland is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and is a life fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He was awarded the American College of Health Care Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent's Award in 2007.



May

20

2024

Dealing with the Disruptive Practitioner in a Legally Compliant Manner

Disruptive activity by practitioners in the hospital takes many forms. When it happens, it is important that the hospital and/or the medical staff take appropriate steps to see that it does not affect patient care or disrupt operations.

William Mack Copeland
  • Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT,
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤149.00
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May

22

2024

Physician Employment Agreements: Problem Areas that can be Landmines

We will review the elements of the physician employment agreement that can cause the greatest problems, focusing on the pitfalls and the complications that can develop when the parties do not fully understand what is being agreed to.

William Mack Copeland
  • Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT,
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤149.00
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May

27

2024

Anti-Kickback, Fraud, Stark, and Marketing - Where are the Landmines

This webinar will provide an in-depth understanding of the Federal False Claims Act, Federal Anti-Kickback, and Stark laws, and discuss how marketing activities can trigger either or both.

William Mack Copeland
  • Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT,
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤149.00
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May

30

2024

Stark After Tuomey, Intermountain Health, Akron General, Prime Healthcare, and Kalispell Regional

The session will provide an overview of the physician anti-referral law (known as Stark II), and its available exceptions. It will also show how violation of Stark II can raise FCA concerns, and it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact participants.

William Mack Copeland
  • Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT,
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤149.00
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Physician Employment Agreements: Items to Consider

We will review the various elements of the physician employment agreement, focusing on the pitfalls and the problems that can develop when the agreement does not clearly define the relationship, and/or when the parties do not fully understand what is being agreed to,Such items as term and termination, termination for cause, duties of the physician, call, non-compete, and compensation are all items that should be clearly set out in the agreement and fully understood by the parties.

  • William Mack Copeland
  • Recorded
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤199.00
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Physician Employment Agreements: Items to Consider

We will review the various elements of the physician employment agreement, focusing on the pitfalls and the problems that can develop when the agreement does not clearly define the relationship, and/or when the parties do not fully understand what is being agreed to,Such items as term and termination, termination for cause, duties of the physician, call, non-compete, and compensation are all items that should be clearly set out in the agreement and fully understood by the parties.

  • William Mack Copeland
  • Recorded
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤199.00
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Dealing with the Disruptive Practitioner in a Legally Compliant Manner

Disruptive activity by practitioners in the hospital takes many forms. When it happens, it is important that the hospital and/or the medical staff take appropriate steps to see that it does not affect patient care or disrupt operations.

  • William Mack Copeland
  • Recorded
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤199.00
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Marketing to Medicare or Medicaid Beneficiaries - What You Can and Cannot Do

If your organization, be it a hospital, physician practice, DME provider, or any other provider offering healthcare services or supplies, engages in marketing its product or services, care must be taken to ensure that the organization does not run afoul of the Anti-Kickback Statute.

  • William Mack Copeland
  • Recorded
  • Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Price: ¤199.00
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