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#LawJobChat No. 15 focused on careers in health law.   Health lawyers Matt Fisher (@matt_r_fisher), Julie Meadows-Keefe (@esq140) and Arianne Callendar (@HealthLawPro) contributed to the informative discussion.  You can read the chat transcript, but here some key takeaways:

• You don’t need a science degree to be a successful health lawyer.  However, accounting and computer science backgrounds can help—especially in the compliance field.
• Compliance is huge!!  With the focus on containing healthcare costs, there’s an increased focus on fraud and abuse.  There are increased obligations on providers such as reporting/returning overpayments, reduced false claims act standards and mandatory compliance.
• You can find compliance jobs in law firms, consulting firms and companies.
• Laws that keep health lawyers busy include ACA, HIPAA, Stark Law (civil), and Anti-Kickback Statutes (criminal)

The next #LawJobChat is scheduled for Thursday, July 26, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.  Contact me if there’s a topic you’d like to discuss.

Tags: #LawJobChat, aca, health law, healthcare

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