Use this link to view the article “Pennsylvania’s New Opioid Laws and How They Impact Physicians” that appeared in a recent edition of the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin.
For additional information contact Lauren Rulli (lrulli@tuckerlaw.com) or Mike Cassidy (mcassidy@tuckerlaw.com).
It has not been unusual for employed physicians to seek the protection provided to independent medical staff members through the due process procedures provided by medical staff by-laws. The case of Levitin and Chicago Surgical Clinic v. Northeast Community Hospital is the exact opposite; Dr. Levitin was an independent medical staff member seeking Title VII…
PBGH just recently sent out a client alert regarding UPMC/Highmark Continuity of Care Settlement as follows: UPMC and Highmark have announced a settlement agreement that addresses the Consent Decrees’ Continuity of Care provision. This settlement will govern continuity of care beginning January 1, 2016 until the end of the Consent Decrees on June 30, 2019.…
The ruling by Judge Ward of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas highlights another facet of the ongoing dispute between UPMC and Highmark.
On February 18, 2015, Judge Ward of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas ruled that the arbitration agreements contained in the various agreements between Highmark and UPMC hospitals, most of…
On January 15, 2015, the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Bair v. Manor Care of Elizabethtown, PA, LLC 2015 Pa. Super. 9 (2015) ruled that a nursing home arbitration agreement was not enforceable when the facility did not sign the agreement.
M. Sylvia Bair commenced this action for wrongful death and survival in the Court of…
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2015/01/15/attorney-protests-highmark-decision-not-to-cover.html?ana=e_pit_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2015-01-16&u=Q07Y4wkGfGK/yax/+9TKVA082d9b56&t=1421417967
Scott Leah, an attorney in Tucker Arensberg’s Pittsburgh office, recently circulated the below client alert:
Employers with more than 50 employees need to be aware of a recent ruling on FMLA notices, which employers are required to give to employees.
In Lupyan v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc., 761 F.3d 314 (3d. Cir. 2014), the…
Michael Cassidy was recently appointed as counsel for the Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS). More information can be found at the below link.
Mike Cassidy was published in the July 2014 edition of the Allegheny County Medical Society Legal Bulletin regarding Highmark and UPMC Consent Decree. You can read the article, here.
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=7909
Included is the link to the PA Attorney General announcement on the UPMC – Highmark Consent Decree. I will be adding mu=y summary and comments later today.
Mike Cassidy
