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
Mike Cassidy Recognized in 2017 America’s Best Lawyers – Healthlaw
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BASIC CONTRACT ISSUES FOR NEW PHYSICIAN CONTRACTS
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INTRODUCTION
When physicians have finally completed the medical education journey, many are confronted with a “physician employment contract,” usually from a hospital or medical practice, which could define the essential terms of their professional relationship for many years to come. If the parties live happily ever after, neither may ever read the contract again. However,…
Basic Contract Issues for New Physician Contracts
By Michael Cassidy on
INTRODUCTION
When physicians have finally completed the medical education journey, many are confronted with a “physician employment contract,” usually from a hospital or medical practice, which could define the essential terms of their professional relationship for many years to come. If the parties live happily ever after, neither may ever read the contract again. However,…
CMS Posts Open Payment Data – $7.52 Billion in 2015
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CMS published the 2015 Open Payment Data on June 30, 2015. This is the link to the notice and the CMS site: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
CMS has presented tables in its press release showing the highest paid specialties and highest paying companies. Over the last two years, Novartis has paid approximately $842 million to 344,000 recipients, which…
CMS Finalizes 60-Day Overpayment Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the 60-day overpayment rule. I have attached the article I prepared for ACMS Legal Bulletin here.
Has There Been Actual Medicare Reform?
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Mike was published in this month’s Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin regarding the Medicare reform. You can find the article here.
Tucker Arensberg’s Michael Cassidy Named a Top Author by JD Supra
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The law firm of Tucker Arensberg, P.C. is pleased to announce Michael Cassidy has been named a Top Author by JD Supra. Mike is the founder and frequent contributor to the Med Law Blog (www.medlawblog.com). This award recognizes the top authors being read by executives, in-house counsel, media and other professionals across the JD Supra…
Final 60 Day Overpayment Rule
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CMS has issued the final regulations to implement that section of the Affordable Care Act amending the Social Security Act to provide that retention of identified overpayment could be a false claim and be subject to both the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Civil Money Penalty Act (CMP).
ACA § 6402(a) established new Social…
Progress on Medicare Payment Reform
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HHS is gearing up to design and implement a revised Medicare payment system. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) has designated a merit based incentive payment system (MIPS) as a goal. CMS is tasked to design a value based payment system based upon quality, resource use, clinical practice improvement, and meaningful…