In Ramamurthy v. JFK Medical Center and Solaris Health System the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey affirmed a summary judgment dismissing Dr. Ramamurthy’s Petition for Injunctive Relief, which sought a court order prohibiting a suspension imposed by the hospital. Dr. Ramamurthy had argued at the trial court level that the hospital had
2010
MedLawBlog Recognized as a ‘Top 100 Twitterers in the Legal World’
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Michael Cassidy’s MedLawBlog was recently recognized by OnlineClasses.org as one of the ‘Top 100 Twitterers in the Legal World’. This list recognized feeds that had legal news and updates.
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Connecticut Supreme Court Reinstates Physician’s Peer Review Damages
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Posted in Credentialing and Peer Review
The Connecticut Supreme Court issued an interesting decision in the case of Harris v. Bradley Memorial Hospital & Health Center Inc. in May of 2010, which was precipitated by the summary suspension of Dr. Harris. Not only did it overturn the trial court’s grant of judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of the hospital, after…
10 Day Medicare Hold for June
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Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has instructed its contractors to hold claims containing services paid under the Medicare physician fee schedule for the first 10 business days of June.
Congressional leaders are trying to avert a 21 percent payment cut scheduled to take effect June 1 under the current fee schedule.
The 10-day…
Houses Passes SGR Medicare Fix But Senate Adjourns For Holiday
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Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
The AMA issued the following news release regarding the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Medicare physician fee cuts scheduled to go into effect on JUne 1, 2010.
Congress failed to address this year’s Medicare physician payment cut before the June 1 deadline next week. Although the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation at the last minute to …
FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Red Flags Rule Through December 31, 2010
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Posted in Compliance
At the request of several Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is further delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule through December 31, 2010, while Congress considers legislation that would affect the scope of entities covered by the Rule. Click here to read the announcement.
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Medicare SGR Developments
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Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider legislation to block the pending 21.2 percent cut to physician Medicare payments soon. The cuts will take effect June 1 unless final legislation is signed into law before then. The proposed bill, H.R. 4213, “The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010” also includes numerous other…
Discovery of Peer Review Materials
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Posted in Credentialing and Peer Review
Two recent decisions emphasize the ongoing battle for discovery of peer review information in negligence cases, and confirm that confidentiality is alive and well, but no longer automatic.
In Shell v. Sudan, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska ordered that deposition questions regarding a hospital risk analysis tool were not…
Draft HIPAA Security Standards from HHS
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Posted in HIPAA, HIT, and EHR
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has issued draft guidance on HIPAA Security Standards as it pertains to risk analysis. The aim is to assist organizations in identifying and implementing the most effective and appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to security electronic protected health information (also known as "ePHI").
While the draft…
@medlawblog on Twitter now has 302 followers
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@medlawblog on Twitter, <http://www.twitter.com/medlawblog>, now has 302 followers and is listed on 17 lists. We tweet and retweet about the latest in health care law and news. Please check us out on Twitter.