Tucker Arensberg, PC attorney Lee Kim presented a national webinar on electronic health records.  It will be rebroadcast through April 2012.  For more information, please access the following link: http://lawreviewcle.com/cle_mcle_credits-2012-01-18-live-webcast-introduction-to-electronic-health-records.html.

The Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) has published an e-book on electronic health records authored by Tucker Arensberg, PC attorney Lee Kim, Esq.  Topics include the definition and purpose of EHR systems, client server and hosted solutions, types of EHR, certified EHR technology, requirements and objectives of "Meaningful Use," Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, HIPAA…

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Although this topic is not related to our mission at Med Law Blog, it is so important locally that we believe it necessary to post, and ask for your tolerance.

On December 27, 2011, Allegheny County mailed new 2012 property assessments to all residential properties within the City of Pittsburgh and the Borough…

 

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The Consulate General of Canada in Buffalo, along with their partner, the Western Pennsylvania HIMSS Chapter, is hosting a Canada – US Healthcare Technology Summit in Pittsburgh, PA.

As total annual U.S. healthcare costs have passed $2 trillion…

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A vendor of web-based services to help physicians achieve faster reimbursement from payors, reduce error rates, improve collection rates, improve patient compliance and satisfaction, and more efficiently manage clinical and billing information requested an advisory opinion from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General…

Medicare pay cut averted; Congress OKs
two-month patch

Physicians got a brief reprieve from a 27 percent Medicare pay cut Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives reached agreement with the Senate on a two-month extension of important policies that expire on Jan. 1.

The U.S. Senate last week voted to extend current Medicare …

The U.S. House of Representatives today rejected a Senate bill that would have averted a 27.4 percent Medicare physician payment cut scheduled for Jan. 1 and extended an expiring payroll tax reduction and unemployment insurance benefits. The net result was to leave 2012 Medicare payment rates in limbo.
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Tucker Arensberg, P.C. attorney Lee Kim will present a CLE on electronic health records via a live video webcast which will be broadcast nationwide on January 18, 2012. 

Topics discussed include the following:

  • What is an electronic health record (“EHR") system?
  • What types of EHR systems exist?
  • What is meaningful use?
  • How can healthcare providers

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All domestic and foreign profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, business trusts, insignias and marks, that have not made a new or amended filing with the Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2011 shall be required to file a Decennial Report on or before December…

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