In MLN Matters article MM 12159, CMS has published summaries of the following:
Mike Cassidy will be one of the panelists discussing “The Myths About Telehealth: Telefraud vs. Telemedicine Fraud” at the virtual CTeL Digital Health Summit on Thursday, December 16, 2021.
CMS has announced a delay to implementation of PECOS Multi-Factor Authentication in the MLN Connects publication on Thursday, December 9, 2021: 2021-12-09-MLNC | CMS. This is a link to the publication and in the link you will find links to the PECOS announcements.
A recent Wall Street Journal article in their “The Future of Everything” commentary stream discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to “tap the treasure trove of information locked in electronic health records to treat people in real time”.
An interesting concept. Not all that long ago this would have been disparaged as…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most institutional care settings. A copy of the CMS press release can be found at https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-issues-emergency-regulation-requiring-covid-19-vaccination-health-care.
This rule applies to those facilities subject to CMS regulations. Several facilities are regulated by the CMS, but this…
The Pennsylvania Senate announced on October 26, 2021 that it has passed Senate Bill 705, and a copy of the Senate Press Release can be found at https://www.pasenategop.com/blog/senate-approves-telemedicine-bill/.
A previous telemedicine bill was passed in Pennsylvania in July of 2018, when the Pennsylvania Senate approved Bill 780, which was discussed in my MedLaw…
Tucker Attorneys Mike Cassidy and Jerry Russo have been named as presenters for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) 2022 Health Law Institute. They will be presenting a program entitled “Federal Telehealth Enforcement: Policy Through Prosecution”. Stay tuned for more information on this PBI Health Law Institute program as the date draws nearer.
Congratulations to Mike Cassidy on his recent appointment as a Member of the Legal Advisory Group of the National Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law (CTeL). Mike will co-present on behalf of CTeL, in a webinar entitled “The Myths about Telehealth–Hear the Facts”, at CTel’s Digital Health Summit in December.
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This well written article by Martha M. Rumore, Pharm.D., J.D. from Medical Economics, provides insight into the many aspects of intellectual property law as it relates to the medical profession. As an additional point regarding the discussion of patent law, it must be kept in mind that patent litigation costs are not inexpensive. Even…
This article written by Michael A. Cassidy appeared in the September 2021 Issue of the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin.
