2011

In Georgopoulos v. Humility of Mary Health Partners Inc., Dr. Georgopoulos was placed upon a six month surgical proctoring requirement because of extended operating times and excessive use of blood products.  In addition to many procedural defenses, Dr. Georgopoulos’s primary substantive defense is that his patient survival and freedom from major cardiac events…

UCLA Health System ("UCLAHS") has agreed to settle potential HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule violations for $865,000 after an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights ("OCR").  UCLAHS has committed to a corrective action plan for compliance purposes.

“Covered entities are responsible for the actions of their employees. This is…

In CMS Advisory Opinion AO-2011-01, CMS has issued a favorable advisory opinion allowing the physician recruitment arrangement with a hospital and a physician practice which imposes a restrictive covenant upon the recruited physician.

Restrictive covenants and recruitment arrangements had initially been prohibited by the Stark Rules. However, bowing to industry comment, CMS amended the physician…

Eligible professionals (EPs) must successfully e-prescribe for Medicare patients 10 times before June 30, 2011 using claims-based reporting to avoid the penalty in 2012. Earning the e-prescribing incentive for 2011 will not necessarily exempt an EP or group practice from the 1 percent penalty starting on January 1, 2012. For 2013, the 1.5 percent penalty is based…

Several physicians employed by Court Street Family Practice, a division of the Sisters of Charity Health Systems Inc. (Health System) resigned to join a competing practice owned by a competing health system. The employment contracts included a “Limitation of Practice” clause which “forbade them from practicing medicine with Central Maine Health Care Corporation, its affiliates or…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–June 10, 2011

Contact: Rosemary Martinelli, Tucker Arensberg, P.C., 412-594-3919

PITTSBURGH ATTORNEY SELECTED AS PEER REVIEWER FOR NATIONAL HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

Pittsburgh, PA–Intellectual property and healthcare information technology law attorney Lee Kim has been selected to the national peer review panel for the 2012 annual conference of HIMSS–Health Information Management Systems Society. Ms.

The deadline to be in compliance with Version 5010 HIPAA electronic administrative transactions is January 1, 2012.  All physicians, other health care professionals, payers, and clearinghouses that electronically submit HIPAA transactions will be required to comply.  Risks associated with failing to comply include claim rejections and interrupted cash flow.

Free webinars are available through the GetReady5010…

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