Could You Be Facing A Professional Licensure Investigation? Part II
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jun, 2018
The American Nurses Association – Michigan Chapter’ in its Summer newsletter, published the second of the four-part series discussing professional licensure investigations, and health care professionals’ rights when advised that such investigation have been initiated. In this second article, the health care professional’s rights and the importance of preparing for the investigator’s interview are […]
Want to Reduce Patient No-Shows?
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jun, 2018
Patient no-shows have always been an issue for health care providers. According to the American Osteopathic Association, no-show rates in an outpatient setting can range between 23 percent and 34 percent, resulting in a loss of 14 percent of anticipated daily revenue. Medical Economics highlighted the results of a recent study conducted at Nassau University […]
Category: Professional Development
Pfizer to Pay $23.85 Million for Alleged Violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jun, 2018
Pfizer was alleged to have used a tax exempt, non-profit foundation as a conduit to pay drug co-pays for Medicare patients who were either prescribed two Pfizer drugs for the treatment of renal cell cancer (Sutent and Inlyta) or another Pfizer drug for the treatment of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (Tikosyn). The Anti-Kickback […]
Category: Anti-Kickback Statute, Medicare, News & Updates
Post Tagged with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Fraud & Abuse, Medicare, Physician, The Health Law Center Become More Efficient With EHR, Leaving More Time With Patients
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jun, 2018
Medical Economics provides guidance to healthcare providers to help in improving their efficiency with EHR documentation. Being more efficient leaves more time for the patients. “The healthcare industry has been ready for an overhaul of the Meaningful Use program, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is prepared to deliver. What can physicians expect? […]
ANA Publishes Ethical Guidance on Caring for Patients Experiencing Pain
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in May, 2018
The American Nurses Association has published a position statement to provide ethical guidance and support to nurses as they fulfill their responsibility to provide optimal care to persons experiencing pain. The national debate on the appropriate use of opioids highlights the complexities of providing optimal management of pain and the suffering it causes. While effective […]
Category: News & Updates, Nursing, Opioid Epidemic, Professional Development
CMS Proposed Rule For Short-Term, Limited Health Insurance: Would You Get The Coverage You Expect?
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in May, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that seeks to expand the sale and use of short-term, limited duration health insurance plans (“skinny health plans”), by extending the maximum duration of such plans from three months to twelve months. These types of health insurance plans by definition are not required to […]
Category: Medicare
Post Tagged with Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare, The Health Law Center American Nurses Association Provides Resources To Address Opioid Epidemic
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in May, 2018
Dealing with opioid addiction is one of the most significant issues the U.S. health system faces today, and nurses are playing a key role in our nation’s efforts to deal with the crisis. For health care professionals, many aspects of opioid addiction present challenges – not least the danger that they themselves may have succumbed. […]
Category: News & Updates, Nursing, Opioid Epidemic, Professional Development
Post Tagged with Opioid Legislation Introduced to Address and Prevent Sexual Assaults
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in May, 2018
A series of bills have been introduced in the Michigan House to prevent sexual assaults and enhance the reporting and prosecution of sexual assault and domestic violence cases. The bills aim to extend the retention period for certain medical records from 7 to 15 years, increased penalties related to a health professional misrepresenting medical […]
Category: Michigan Legal Updates, News & Updates
Physicians to Pay $700,000 to Settle False Claims Action
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in May, 2018
Three physicians located in Pennsylvania, Florida and Indiana agreed to settle allegations that they each received improper payments for referrals from Universal Oral Fluid Laboratories (UOFL), a Greensburg, Pennsylvania, drug testing lab. By accepting payments from UOFL, the three physicians caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare for drug testing services. According to […]
Category: Medicare
Post Tagged with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, False Claims Act, Fraud & Abuse, Stark Law Minimize Third Party and Payors Inteference
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in May, 2018
Primary care physicians say they find their practices increasingly beset by outside interference that gets in the way of effective patient treatment. When asked about the main problem facing primary care today, 70 percent of physicians tagged “third-party interference” as the biggest challenge, according to the Medical Economics 89th Annual Physician Report. Most physicians in the […]
Category: Professional Development
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