Recent Newsletters
Schaum Law is dedicated to not only serving the medical professions, but also corporate real estate and other property agreements. We produce a periodic newsletter that is directed toward informing our subscribers to changes in laws that may have a positive or negative effect on their practice or them personally.
Business Ownership Information
March 2025 TO: MEMBERS OF THE LONG ISLAND JEWISH ORGANIZED MEDICAL STAFF If you own a business or entity such as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), OR Professional Corporation, (PC), the deadline is almost here to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) form...
Adhere to Appropriate Protocols
February 2025 TO: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS An interesting case was recently reported in this month’s New York State Bar’s Law Journal, It was a matter before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, concerning a plaintiff physician who claimed that she was...
“Grieving Families Act” Rejected a Third Time
To: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES On December 21, 2024, Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed the ‘Grieving Families Act.’ This is the third time the Governor has rejected this piece of legislation. The bill would have, among other things allowed family members who lost loved ones...
Charting Abundantly Clear Warnings to Patients
To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS Last month’s newsletter addressed an Administrative Warning attended by our office, before the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct, (OPMC), concerning the prescribing of certain prescriptions to a family member. It...
NYS OPMC Administrative Warning
Our office recently attended an Administrative Warning, before the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct, (OPMC). Under the NYS Public Health Law §230, a “warning” is issued if the director of the office of professional medical conduct, after obtaining...
Physician Privileges
As reported in the New York Law Journal, a recent court ruling in the United District Court of the Eastern District of New York held that a voluntary physician cannot sue a Hospital under its bylaws, - in this matter Northwell Health, Inc. - for race discrimination...
ERISA Benefits
September, 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Insurance companies have long sought to claw back deemed overpayments to beneficiaries. To this end, an interesting case, reported in the Law Journal, was recently ruled upon in the Southern District of New York. The...
Covered Services
July, 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES The issue was recently presented to our office, - may an “in-network,” (INN), physician establish a new and separate practice in order to bill a carrier as an “out-of-network,” (ONN), entity? A physician presented the fact-pattern...
Professional Corporations
June 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS A recent event experienced by a client leads us to ask the following questions - Have you reviewed whether or not your maintain professional corporations or similar entities which you have not utalized for many years? If the...