Contributed by Lee Kim, Esq.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it will adopt rules to enable Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs)). MBANs are low-power wideband networks. MBAN technology comprises multiple body-worn sensors that transmit patient data to a control device for actively monitoring a patient’s health, such as vital signs, blood glucose…
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently affirmed a lower court’s judgment entered in favor of a nursing home in a case under the Relatives Liability statute. Liberty Nursing & Rehabilitation Center filed a filial support action against a former resident’s son for the resident’s unpaid bills after the resident’s discharge in 2008. The parties submitted the…
HCQIA, ” due process” immunity…
Continue Reading Federal Court Denies HCQIA Immunity for Failure to Provide Due Process
An agreement between Highmark and UPMC is expected to be announced at 12:30 p.m. today by Gov. Tom Corbett’s office today, sources have told the Post-Gazette.
Details of the agreement were not immediately known and none of the parties involved would comment this morning.
Legislators and others said today that a three-year pact, until…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published corrections to its Meaningful Use Stage 2 proposed rule in the Federal Register. “This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the proposed rule entitled ‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2’ which appeared in the March 7, 2012, Federal Register.”
The…
Contributed by: Lee Kim, Esq.
412.594.3915
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received a report that a physician practice, Phoenix Cardiac Surgery (PCS), was posting clinical and surgical appointments for their patients on an Internet-based calendar that was publicly accessible. OCR investigated and found that PCS had implemented few policies and procedures to…
Pacific Radiation Oncology LLC v. Queen’s Medical Center is a “retro” case in which the plaintiff physicians have obtained a temporary restraining order barring Queen’s Medical Center from adopting a closed department policy for its radiology oncology department.
Although this case is just in its early stages, it is interesting to note that federal court…
Martindale-Hubble announced that Tucker Arensberg as a “Top Ranked Law Firm.” This ranking is awarded to law firms with more than 21 attorneys and which at least 1 in 3 of their lawyers earned the AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, the highest possible rating. An AV Preeminent certification is a significant accomplishment – a …
| For Immediate Release: | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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NEW AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE CARE, CONTROL MEDICARE COSTS, OFF TO A STRONG START
OVER 1.1 MILLION BENEFICIARIES NOW SERVED BY ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS
A new program that will help physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers work
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Special Alert
CMS proposes one-year delay for ICD-10
Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a rule that proposes to delay ICD-10 one year from Oct. 2013 to Oct. 2014. The one-year delay of ICD-10 is in response to continued concerns from MGMA and others that adoption of the new code…
