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Mike Cassidy Named one of America’s Best Lawyer in Healthcare for 2013
Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. In the U.S., Best Lawyers publishes an annual referral guide, The Best Lawyers in America, which includes 39,766 attorneys in 80 specialties, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
UPMC and Highmark Expected to Settle Contract Dispute
An agreement between Highmark and UPMC is expected to be announced at 12:30 p.m. today by Gov. Tom Corbett’s office today, sources have told the Post-Gazette.
Details of the agreement were not immediately known and none of the parties involved would comment this morning.
Legislators and others said today that a three-year pact, until…
Tucker Arensberg Named as Top Law Firm by Martindale-Hubbell and Fortune Magazine
Martindale-Hubble announced that Tucker Arensberg as a “Top Ranked Law Firm.” This ranking is awarded to law firms with more than 21 attorneys and which at least 1 in 3 of their lawyers earned the AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, the highest possible rating. An AV Preeminent certification is a significant accomplishment – a …
Pittsburgh Health Care Rankings
The Commonwealth Fund published a recent report ranking 306 communities on 43 measures of health system performance. The title of the report is “Improving Health Care from the Ground Up” and can be accessed at www.commonwealthfund.org.
I have attached the ranking of the Pittsburgh community and was somewhat surprised to see it ranking in the…
Mike Cassidy Recieves CHC Certification from HCCA
The Health Care Compliance Association says that, “The CHC© is a professional with knowledge of relevant regulations and expertise in compliance processes sufficient to assist the health care industry to understand and address legal obligations, and promote organizational integrity through the operation of effective compliance programs.”
Michael Cassidy, chair of the Health Care…
Allegheny County 2012 Property Reassessment
Client Alert
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…
2012 Pennsylvania Medical Records Fee
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced the Medical Records Fees for 2012.
Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau Decennial Filings
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…
U.S. News and World Report Ranks Tucker Tier 1 Healthlaw Firm
The annual US News and World Report Best Law Firm survey ranks Tucker Arensberg in the Best Law Firms as a Tier 1 Pittsburgh law firm in the healthcare, and many other categories.
http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/tucker-arensberg-p-c-/overview/18425/