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…
This article written by Michael A. Cassidy appeared in the September 2021 Issue of the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin.
Michael Cassidy has been included by his peers in the Health Care Law category in The Best Lawyers in America 2022. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a signal honor, confirmed upon lawyers by their
MLN Connects, on Monday August 16, 2021, published a special edition on COVID-19 vaccines codes and payment. It references the CMS explanation entitled “Medicare COVID-19 Vaccine Shot Payment”.
I have also attached a PDF of both documents if you cannot access the links.
In the August 12, 2021 MLN Connects News, CMS announced resumption of TPE Program.
Medical practices are now beginning to encounter Medicare payment claw backs by CMS for COVID Accelerated and Advanced Payments (CAAP) and Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecution for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) abuses.
Please check the following links below for additional information.
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The correct Medicare conversion factor for 2021 is $34.8931. I apologize for the math error.
Click here to read the article on the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee changes which appeared in the March 2021 edition of the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin.
On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) collaborated on announcing proposed HIPAA changes, intended to “empower patients” and “improve coordination of care”.
That’s encouraging, although one would have thought that to be unnecessary by now. HIPAA was enacted in 1996. It is a…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced “Amendments to Charge for Medical Records”. Attached is the link for a copy of the notice.
