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30 Jan 2020, 11:20 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Noting that the third prong is satisfied if the employee’s primary duty “calls on advanced knowledge that is typically required through a prolonged course of study,” the court concluded that Isett’s job required making a “final decision” based on specialized instruction and clinical experience, as opposed to on the job training in utilization review. [read post]
27 Jan 2020, 5:26 pm by Ben Vernia
”Of the more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments recovered by the Department of Justice this past fiscal year, $2.6 billion relates to matters that involved the health care industry, including drug and medical device manufacturers, managed care providers, hospitals, pharmacies, hospice organizations, laboratories, and physicians. [read post]
1 Dec 2019, 9:00 am by Michael H Cohen
In fact, the number or percentage of claims against primary care doctors are relatively low. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 10:16 am by luiza
CMS rightfully regards CCM services, which consist of efforts by healthcare providers to coordinate the care of patients, particularly those with illnesses or disease conditions that require constant vigilance, like diabetes, as a “critical component of primary care” that contributes to “better outcomes and higher satisfaction for patients. [read post]
Care Management Services To improve payment for care management and care coordination, CMS adopts several changes to these services. [read post]
CMS recognizes that although cybersecurity has a value to physicians, the primary motivation for a health care organization to provide software to physicians would be to protect themselves from cyberattack, especially given that a cyberattack on a single provider can threaten every entity in a larger interconnected system. [read post]
HHS’s press release announcing the proposed rules described the types of arrangements it hopes to promote with these new rules and provided several examples of coordinated care, value-based care, data sharing, and patient engagement activities that could not exist under current regulations, including: “In an effort to coordinate care and better manage the care of their shared patients, a specialty physician practice could share data analytics… [read post]
16 Sep 2019, 12:30 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
  Topics include Surrogate decision making Advance care planning Medical nutrition and hydration Double effect Futile care Physician-assisted death Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking Palliative sedation to unconsciousness Cultural humility Frank Chessa, Maine Medical Center [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Specifically, Noah noted that FDA could have ameliorated the effects of the opioid crisis by issuing more rigorous guidelines for primary care physicians in prescribing opioids. [read post]
The New York Health Care Proxy allows you to appoint an Agent to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to make them yourself. [read post]
31 Jul 2019, 3:08 am by Jon L. Gelman
It goes down to 4 percent in July 2020, 2 percent in July 2021, and is eliminated entirely in July 2022.Allowing physician assistants and advanced practice nurses to authorize medical marijuana: Under the prior law, only physicians could authorize the use of medical marijuana for patients. [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 5:20 am by Jack Sharman
  The appellate opinion merits a careful review, but a few initial definitions are in order. [read post]
23 May 2019, 12:21 pm by Amber Walsh
The key components of tax reform affecting PE-backed health care companies include the pass-through tax deduction, interest expense limitation and bonus depreciation. 2. [read post]
22 May 2019, 9:00 am by Staff
Starting physicians or physicians who are looking to expand their current practice may look to purchase an existing practice. [read post]
19 May 2019, 4:08 pm by Omar Ha-Redeye
In cases of emergency, the fiduciary duty of a physician requires them to provide care, even when it conflicts with their beliefs. [read post]