Contributed by Lee Kim, Esq.
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Yesterday, I attended the Western Pennsylvania 2012 Cybersecurity Conference. It was a unique opportunity to learn about cyber-threats, including cyber-attacks and cyber-crime. As a healthcare technology attorney, I asked the panelists about their thoughts on these issues as they pertain to the healthcare industry. In response, I was told that…
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In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, more than one-hundred physicians’ groups have urged the elimination of the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, asserting that the formula is an impediment to successful health care delivery and payment reforms that can improve the quality of patient care while…
Contributed by Lee Kim, Esq., USPTO Reg. No. 53,125
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MMRGlobal is targeting the healthcare entities that have an electronic health record system with claims that its "foundational patents" limit the entities’ ability to communicate protected health information without potentially infringing its patents. Through its outside counsel, it has begun sending 250 letters to entities…
As they do every year, The Internal Revenue Service released the dollar limits that apply to qualified retirement plans.Continue Reading The 2013 Limits for Qualified Retirement Plans
Sheikh v. Grant Regional Health Center is another case in a growing body of evidence that courts are granting less leeway and protection to hospitals which abuse the HCQIA immunity and reporting protections.
This is not a final decision awarding damages! It is only a decision by a Wisconsin federal district court rejecting the hospital’s motion…
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CMS has reported that it had 14 breaches of protected health information between September 23, 2009, and December 31, 2011. CMS notified the 13,775 Medicare beneficiaries affected by the breaches. However, according to the Office of Inspector General of HHS (OIG), it did not meet several ARRA requirements.
Lee Kim, attorney in the health law practice group of Tucker Arensberg, P.C., was recently featured in a Pittsburgh Business Times article entitled, "Growing number of carriers offering companies cybersecurity insurance."
Link to the article: www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2012/10/05/growing-number-of-carriers-offering.html.
Michael A. Cassidy, JD, CHC, shareholder and director of Tucker Arensberg, P.C. and Chair of the Health Law Practice Group, was recently featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article entitled "Patients may suffer as doctors switch practices, health systems."
Link to the article: www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/patients-may-suffer-as-doctors-switch-practices-health-systems-654855/.
