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Ever more frequently, hospitals require physicians to indemnify them as part of the credentialing process. Although the HCQIA may allow for recovery of attorneys fees arising from frivolous litigation, that is different from complete indemnification.  Furthermore, in Pennsylvania, hospital licensing requirements limit hospitals’ rights in this area.  I have attached a copy of the article…

You might have not noticed in the last blog post that there is a provision in the Pennsylvania Notice regarding electronic health records.  The Notice does not establish a fee for electronic health records.  Rather it states that the cost for production of health records in an electronic format shall not exceed the cost of…

Effective January 1, 2016, the following fees may be charged by a health care facility or health care provider in response to a request for production of medical charts or records:

Not to Exceed
Amount charged per page for pages 1-20 $1.46
Amount charged per page for pages 21-60 $1.08
Amount charged per page for

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The following issues have been resolved over the last month, at least through June 30, 2019, which is the expiration date of the Consent Decrees entered into with the approval of the Commonwealth Court by the parties in June of 2014.

Continuity of Care.  An arbitration award, a copy of which is attached, provides as…

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.…

On September 9, 2015, Sally Quillar Yates, Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo entitled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing” to address the issue of incentivizing executives, as individuals, to follow appropriate compliance protocols by emphasizing potential individual liability.

The memo stresses the importance and the difficulty of…

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