The trial court in Baptist Health vs. Murphy has issued a decision permanently enjoining Baptist Health from enforcing its economic credentialing policy, and finding that Baptist Health tortuously interfered with the plaintiff physician’s contracts and engaged in deceptive trade practices under the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Law.
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Two physicians who complained to a professional organization about a fellow doctor who testified in a malpractice case are liable for defamation, a Minnesota jury has found.
The jury in Yancey v. Weis (Court File No. 27-CV-07-15651) found the defendants defamed plaintiff Charles Yancey, M.D. when they claimed to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)…
Pittsburgh, PA — The law firm of Tucker Arensberg, P.C. announced that Neil E. Hendershot has joined the Harrisburg office of the firm as a Shareholder. Neil practices in the areas of elder law, personal and estate planning, family business succession, estate and trust administration, Orphans’ Court (PA probate court) litigation, real estate, and charitable organizations. Neil authors the "PA Elder, Estate & Fiduciary Law Blog", and also the "PA HealthCare DecisionMaking" website.
Neil participates actively in state and local bar association activities. Neil previously served as Chairman of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and has served as an Editor of that Section’s bi-annual Newsletter continuously since 1983. He is currently (2007-09) that Section’s elected delegate to the PBA House of Delegates, and is serving a three-year term on the RPPT Section’s governing Council.Continue Reading Tucker Arensberg Announces New Shareholder
We are sending this Employee Benefits Law Alert to update an alert we distributed on February 18, 2009. Government representatives have explained that although the Act states that insurance companies providing insurance for group health plans will be entitled to reimbursement of the COBRA subsidy, the employer (and not the insurance company) generally will be entitled …
CMS recently published a resource reference listing the internet resources available for fraud and abuse research and reference. Below is a link to the Medicare Learning Network publication and direct links to the fraud and abuse web resources cited therein.
Medicare Learning Network
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Fraud_and_Abuse.pdf
OIG Listserv
http://www.oig.hhs.gov/mailinglist.asp
CMS Website
This article has been revised to reflect recent guidance. It is important that you read the revised article at the following link:
www.medlawblog.com/uploads/file/Revised Cobra Alert 2_26_09 _2_.pdf
Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (the “Act”). Although a substantial portion of the Act is dedicated to …
CMS has aggregated the various web pages pertaining to Medicare fee-for-service providers. The link to that website is included below and is also included separately in the links section on the title page of the Blog.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/Downloads/FFS_Provider_Web_Pages.pdf
AHLA and a Florida newspaper have reported an ongoing case in which 4 trauma surgeons have obtained a TRO blocking their summary suspensions, but the case is not over yet and there is no formal opinion. The AHLA report and the newspaper link are below.
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As they do every year, the Internal Revenue Service increased the dollar limits (adjusted for cost-of-living increases) that apply to qualified retirement plans. There are three separate charts below that list the limits that have changed for 2009. The three charts are separated to identify the revised limits for: (1) defined contribution plans, (2) defined benefit plans, …
On January 21, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Dr. Poliner’s petition to review the Fifth Circuit’s holding , leaving standing the decision that Texas Health System and Dr. James Knoechel qualified for HCQIA immunity.
