The Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform ("GOHCR") has announced a proposed strategic plan for the Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange ("PHIX"). The plan proposes a strategy for transitioning to electronic health records to promote efficiency, cut costs, and provide better quality of care. The deadline for submitting comments to GOHCR is December 20, 2009.
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Contributed by: Piyush Seth, Esquire
412.594.5640, pseth@tuckerlaw.com
As of November 6, 2009, approximately 54,700 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. As per American Immigration Lawyers Association, see AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09042065 (posted Nov. 17, 2009). USCIS has approved sufficient H1-B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from…
The Family and Medical Leave Act provides for job protected unpaid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child, an employee’s serious health condition, or to care for a parent, spouse or child with a serious health condition. The FMLA generally applies to employers with 50 or more employees, and to …
On October 30, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services published an Interim Final Rule addressing HIPAA Enforcement. The Interim Final Rule, effective November 30, 2009, defines the terms "reasonable cause", "reasonable diligence", and "willful neglect" and relates those definitions to the applicable civil money penalties in the event of a violation. The Interim Final Rule…
The FTC has again extended the enforcement deadline for the Red Flag Rules, this time until June 1, 2010. Additional details are available in the FTC’s Press Release.
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Paul Welk, Esquire
The "Public Option" is just an element of providing greater access to care. In concept, it is a government program similar in concept to Medicare/Medicaid. Opponents of the process believe there are better alternatives to a new governmental program, such as adding mandatory/enhanced provisions to existing commercial plans, e.g. employer play or pay, individual mandates, financial…
On October 20, 2009 the House voted to exempt small businesses from the Federal Trade Commission’s "red flag" rules. The bill, H.R. 3763, exempts healthcare, legal, and accounting practices with 20 employees or less from "creditor" status under the rules. The bill now moves on to the Senate.
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Paul J.
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A laptop containing personal information for hundreds of thousands of physicians, including many in Pennsylvania, has been stolen.
According to a letter Highmark sent to its affected network physicians, the stolen laptop belonged to an employee of the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), who violated company policy by transferring provider network data…
