| MGMA has published the following alert:
Congress repeals SGR! |
| In a significant victory for physician group practices and MGMA, late this evening the Senate voted (92-8) to approve the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, H.R. 2. This legislation, which passed the House of Representatives on March 26, permanently repeals the Medicare Sustainable |
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Western PA may now be ready for Narrow network contracting. Attached is the ACMS March 2015 Bulletin article for further information.
| March 27, 2015 – Special Alert |
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| Historic SGR repeal passes in House |
| Today, the House of Representatives passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, H.R. 2, by a vote of 392–37. This legislation permanently repeals the SGR and returns stability to physicians and Medicare patients.
MGMA President and CEO Halee Fischer-Wright released the following statement: “The House of Representatives |
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Very interesting reading for those in the privacy and security space – http://www.verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2014/.
The Ohio State Medical Board has proposed new telehealth prescribing regulations, which are predicated upon whether the drug is a controlled or not a controlled substance.
Non-Controlled Substances
For non-controlled substances, physicians may prescribe or dispense medication to a person on whom the physician has never previously conducted a medical evaluation only if the…
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
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a Bill late last week, which will take effect as of January 1, expanding telehealth coverage in New York. This law does three things which are on the leading edge of telehealth coverage:
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On December 6, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Health posted the allowable charges for Medical Records for 2015. See attached.
