The New Health Care Law Reform Bill & PPACA | Foster Swift https://www.healthlawyersblog.com/author/alexander-rusek-business-criminal-litigation-civil-attorney Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:22:56 -0400 ICLE Institute Addresses Critical Issues in Health Care Law https://www.healthlawyersblog.com/icle-institute-addresses-critical-issues-health-care-law Thomas W. Huyck, Alexander S. Rusek, Jennifer B. Van Regenmorter, Badri Yono Jr. icle-institute-addresses-critical-issues-health-care-law Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:00:01 -0400 ​Foster Swift attorneys (left to right) Thomas Huyck, Alex Rusek, Jennifer Van Regenmorter, and Badri Yono attended the Institute of Continuing Legal Education's (ICLE) 31st Annual Health Law Institute Seminar in Livonia at Schoolcraft College on Thursday, March 12, 2026.

Co-sponsored by the Health Care Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, this one-day event covered the latest key updates and critical issues for professionals in the ever-changing landscape of health care law.

Topics included: Current state and federal regulations, investment trends influencing health ...

]]> DHHS Revises and Clarifies Guidelines for Patients’ Informed Consent When Providing Sensitive Medical Care https://www.healthlawyersblog.com/revised-guidelines-informed-consent-sensitive-medical-care Alexander S. Rusek revised-guidelines-informed-consent-sensitive-medical-care Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:00:02 -0400 In recent years, Michigan has been home to two of the largest sexual abuse scandals involving doctors in history: the sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar while employed by Michigan State University and the sexual abuse committed by Robert Anderson while employed by the University of Michigan. In both circumstances, the former doctors carried out their sexual abuse under the guise of medical procedures and without the informed consent of their targets. Michigan is not alone in being home to these types of sexual abuse scandals as similar acts have been alleged to have been committed by many other health care providers, such as Richard Strauss (Ohio State University), George Tyndall (University of Southern California), Derrick Todd (Bringham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (Boston, MA)), Major Michael Stockin (United States Army), amongst others.

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