Search for: "physicianlaw"
Results 301 - 320
of 351
Sort by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
29 May 2009, 7:22 am
In its recent Advisory Opinion No. 09-05, the OIG reviewed a proposed arrangement whereby a hospital would compensate physicians for on-call services performed on behalf of the hospital’s uninsured patients. [read post]
27 May 2009, 6:46 am
Major Medicare fraud and false claims settlements against large providers and pharmaceutical and device companies are reported in the news on a regular basis these days. [read post]
20 May 2009, 2:13 pm
Pennsylvania physicians need to be aware that legislation (House Bill 1405) has once again been introduced in the Pennsylvania House which would severely limit the ability of physicians to refer to entities in which they have investment interests. [read post]
20 May 2009, 10:16 am
Without a doubt, times are tough for physicians in private practice. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 12:39 pm
According to a statement by Governor Edward G. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 6:13 am
Things appear to be heating up between the lagest health system and the second largest health system in the Pittsburgh health care market. [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 8:04 am
The Pennsylvania Board of Nursing has published regulations implementing a 2007 law which gives nurse midwives the authority to prescribe, administer, and dispense drugs pursuant to collaborative agreement with a physician. [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 6:41 am
Several Congressman, including Senator Ted Kennedy, are renewing their efforts to change the way physicians receive information about new prescription drugs. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 1:12 pm
A recent whistleblower case out of the federal 3rd Circuit in Pennsylvania highlights some of the dangers in not properly documenting financial relationships between physicians and hospitals. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 8:25 am
Massachusetts has joined the small but growing list of states regulating gifts and payments by pharmaceutical and device manufacturers to physicians. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 7:31 am
As yet another warning to physicians and the medical device industry, the Department of Justice has entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with medical device maker Neuromtrix in connection with an alleged kickback arrangement with referring physicians. [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 7:30 am
Those of us in the health care industry are, by now, quite used to reading about major prosecutions and settlements by the federal government against drug and device companies for improper relationships with physicians. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 7:32 am
Medtronic Inc. announced this week that beginning in 2011, it will start disclosing payments of more than $5,000 per year to physicians for consulting fees, royalties or honoraria. [read post]
The Obama Prescription For Health Care Begins To Take Shape: Doctors Get Ready to Tighten Your Belts
26 Feb 2009, 5:53 am
President Obama's prescription for health reform is beginning to take shape and the early prognosis is that physicians will be on the losing end. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 6:57 am
Now that Tom Daschle is out of the running for Secretary of HHS, there's been much buzz about who President Obama's next choice will be. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 6:57 am
Yesterday President Obama signed the much touted stimulus bill into law. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 11:59 am
In what is surely to be a bright spot for most physician in Pennsylvania, Independence Blue Cross and Highmark announced today that they are withdrawing their request to merge. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 6:50 am
According to an article in today's Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has apparently unofficially informed Highmark Blue Shield and Independence Blue Cross of certain conditions it will place on the merger. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 5:24 am
So much has been said and so little done over the last ten or more years about healthcare reform that many of us have stopped listening. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 6:09 pm
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) published a notice today seeking proposals and recommendations for developing new and modifying existing safe harbor provisions under the Federal anti-kickback statute and for developing new OIG Special Fraud Alerts. [read post]
