INTRODUCTION
Few discussions of health care reform, i.e. the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) occur without mentioning the fact that the legislation exceeded 2,000 pages, therefore, a summary of the provisions that directly affect your reimbursement and your practice structure and health care coverage obligations might be helpful.
I. MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT
1. Physician …
On June 17, 2010, the federal government published the final interim regulations on the “grandfathering” of healthcare plans that existed when the health care reform legislation became law on March 23, 2010. These rules will help employers and plan sponsors determine if their health care plans comply with the health care reform law. Under the new rules…
Last Thursday, June 17th, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the National Labor Relations Board lacked authority to act in nearly 600 decisions issued from the end of 2007 to March of this year. In New Process Steel v. National Labor Relations Board that the Board was not authorized to issue decisions when…
Michael Cassidy’s MedLawBlog was recently recognized by OnlineClasses.org as one of the ‘Top 100 Twitterers in the Legal World’. This list recognized feeds that had legal news and updates.
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Contributed by Scott R. Leah
One of the provisions of the new health care legislation recently enacted by Congress and signed by the President which has not received much publicity is a section that amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to include a guarantee of "a reasonable break time for an employee to express milk…
The law firm of Tucker Arensberg is hosting a complimentary seminar covering the important issues impacting employers regarding the recently passed health care legislation. The program ‘Health Care Reform: What Every Employer Needs to Know and Do’ will take place on May 5, 2010 at the Doubletree Pittsburgh/Monroeville Convention Center. Registration and breakfast are from…
Contributed by Piyush Seth
As of April 5, 2010 US Citizenship and Immigration Services reported that only 6,791 of the 65,000 "regular" cap and only 2,734 of the 20,000 advance degree cap petitions had been received. Click AILA for more information.
In previous years the 65,000 H-1B cap has been reached within the first week of…
Contributed by Albert Lee & Katherine Koop
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Graduating from medical school, joining a practice and staying until retirement rarely happens these days. (Although nationwide physician turnover rates have been on the decline, from 6.7% in 2006 to 6.1% in 2008, some estimate that 40% of newly practicing physicians leave their initial practice …
Contributed by Lee Kim, Esquire
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The mention of the HIPAA security rules often provokes an irrational fear in people who are not so technically inclined, but there is a difference between knowing the legal compliance requirements and being an information technology specialist. Here is a simple summary of your security obligations and…
