The cases where hospitals are denied HCQIA immunity are few and far between, especially when that denial is predicated upon the due process requirement of HCQIA, because of the due process exception condoning procedures that are fair under the circumstances.
In Smigaj v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association, the Washington Court of Appeals reversed…
MARCH 8-9, 2012: Canada – US Healthcare Technology Summit: Improving Care through Innovation
Thursday evening networking 3/8/12 & Educational Seminar Friday 3/9/12 Doubletree Pittsburgh
As total annual U.S. healthcare costs continue to soar, the role of healthcare and technology has taken over discussions in Washington and on Wall Street – and now Pittsburgh. On March…
In what is becoming well settled law, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that a medical resident is entitled to seek production of the evaluations and records of other residents as part of a federal discrimination claim, regardless of the confidentiality rules of state peer review statutes.
In Gargiulo v. Baystate …
Lee Kim has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s eHealth Privacy and Security Special Interest Group as a Health Law and Policy Coordinating Committee Liaison and a Web Liaison. A new goal of this special interest group is to foster a collaborative relationship between IT professionals and healthcare attorneys so that each group may…
The USPTO is required by the America Invents Act ("AIA") to study and report on ways of providing independent, confirming genetic diagnostic tests where gene patients and exclusive licensing for primary genetic diagnostic tests exist. In an effort to gather information, the USPTO is hosting two hearings:
1. Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9 AM…
Tucker Arensberg, PC attorney Lee Kim presented a national webinar on electronic health records. It will be rebroadcast through April 2012. For more information, please access the following link: http://lawreviewcle.com/cle_mcle_credits-2012-01-18-live-webcast-introduction-to-electronic-health-records.html.
The Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) has published an e-book on electronic health records authored by Tucker Arensberg, PC attorney Lee Kim, Esq. Topics include the definition and purpose of EHR systems, client server and hosted solutions, types of EHR, certified EHR technology, requirements and objectives of "Meaningful Use," Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, HIPAA…
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On December 27, 2011, Allegheny County mailed new 2012 property assessments to all residential properties within the City of Pittsburgh and the Borough…
