Firm offers ‘Electronic Health Records’ seminar
The law firm of Miller Canfield will host an “Electronic Health Records Seminar” on Tuesday, March 9, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Miller Canfield Troy office (840 W. Long Lake Rd., Ste 200) and Wednesday, March 10, from 7 to 8:15 a.m. at the Miller Canfield Ann Arbor office (101 N. Main St., 7th floor).
The firm’s health law attorneys, principal Joe Gustavus and associate Rose Willis, as well as principal counsel at the University of California and Miller Canfield alumna, Rachel Nosowsky, will present the update about the latest laws and regulations affecting selecting and contracting health information technology systems.
The seminar will include information and insight on:
—Identifying and addressing key business, license, warranty, and other contract terms in EHR system procurement contracts.
—Assuring compliance with applicable health laws and regulations.
—Qualifying for EHR system adoption financial incentives.
—Avoiding penalties for failure to adopt an EHR system.
—Planning for future interoperability needs and transitions to successor EHR systems.
A continental breakfast will be provided and due to limited space, advance reservations are required. Register by Friday, March 5, at millercanfield.com/events or to Sandy Bera at (248) 267-3345 or bera@millercanfield.com.
State Bar’s Domestic Violence Committee sponsors event, March 15
Sarah Buel, a nationally recognized speaker and advocate for victims of domestic violence, will lead a three-hour event titled “Witness Tampering in Civil and Criminal Intimate Partner Violence Cases” sponsored by the State Bar of Michigan’s Domestic Violence Committee. The event will take place Monday, March 15, in Ann Arbor, and it will be broadcast live in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Auburn Hills.
Buel, previously a victim of domestic violence, is a clinical professor at the University of Texas Law School. She has spent 32 years working with battered women, abused children and juveniles within the legal system. Her topics will include barriers to escaping domestic violence, perpetrator accountability, and compassionate representation.
Buel will be speaking from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 15, in Room 114 at Cooley Law School, 3475 Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor. The training will be simulcast live to three other Cooley Law School locations: Room 309, Cooley Center, 300 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing; Room 305, 111 Commerce Ave. SW, Grand Rapids, and Room 100, 2630 Featherstone Rd., Auburn Hills.
The training is free. Registration is encouraged, however drop-ins are welcome. For additional information, contact Amanda Chubb at (517) 346-6396 or achubb@mail.michbar.org.
Rail company charged in north Mich. forest fires
GRAYLING, Mich. (AP) — State officials have filed charges against a railroad company accused of operating an unsafe train that ignited fires in northern Michigan two years ago, damaging 1,300 acres of forest.
Several homes and other buildings also were destroyed in the April 2008 fire near Grayling and another in Arenac County. Total losses were estimated at $1 million.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said last week that Saginaw-based Lake State Railway Inc. had been charged with two felony counts of setting fire to forest land.
The company also was charged with two misdemeanors of operating an engine without equipment designed to contain sparks from trains.
Cox said the courts could require fines and restitution.
Phone messages seeking comment were left last week with Lake State Railway.
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