Contributed by: Piyush Seth, Esquire
412.594.5640, pseth@tuckerlaw.com
As of November 6, 2009, approximately 54,700 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. As per American Immigration Lawyers Association, see AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09042065 (posted Nov. 17, 2009). USCIS has approved sufficient H1-B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from…
Contributed by Paul Welk, Esq.
pwelk@tuckerlaw.com, 412.594.5536
A federal judge in Arkansas sentenced a physician to one year of probation, a $5,000 fine and 50 hours of community service educating professionals on HIPAA; an account representative to one year of probation and a $2,500 fine; and an emergency unit coordinator to one year of …
The Family and Medical Leave Act provides for job protected unpaid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child, an employee’s serious health condition, or to care for a parent, spouse or child with a serious health condition. The FMLA generally applies to employers with 50 or more employees, and to …
CMS Finalizes Supervision Requirements For Hospital Outpatient Services
By Joan L. Lowes, Lori A. Wink, and Regan E. Tankersley, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman
The waiting is over for hospitals that have been anticipating further word from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the direct supervision requirements applicable to outpatient
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In Wojnicki v. Warren Geriatric Village, Inc. a malpractice action against Dr. Manisha Gupta and Anchor Senior Medical Services, LLC., a Michigan state court ruled that the nursing facility must indemnify Dr. Gupta for failing to provide the tail portion of a claims made malpractice policy.
The issue in this case was which party is…
One component of the ongoing health care reform debate is the cry for tort reform. While tort reform would certainly be welcome in the health care industry, the need for tort reform is more an issue of justice than controlling health care costs. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Congressional Research Service provided a report (Medical…
On October 30, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services published an Interim Final Rule addressing HIPAA Enforcement. The Interim Final Rule, effective November 30, 2009, defines the terms "reasonable cause", "reasonable diligence", and "willful neglect" and relates those definitions to the applicable civil money penalties in the event of a violation. The Interim Final Rule…
CMS has issued MAC instructions for processing purchased services. Denials are keyed to the answer to question 20 on CMS-1500 (or ANSI X12 837P – line level PS1), which is the question regarding “Outside Lab.”
The FTC has again extended the enforcement deadline for the Red Flag Rules, this time until June 1, 2010. Additional details are available in the FTC’s Press Release.
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Paul Welk, Esquire
CMS has issued the final rule for the 2010 Physician Fee Schedule. Among other items, it implements the 21.5% reduction (pending Congressional intervention of course) and eliminates consult billing while enhancing E&M WRVUs. Link to text below. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3539&intNumPerPage=10&checkDate=&checkKey=&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5&intPage=&showAll=&pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrder=date
