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21 Aug 2015, 11:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers sponsoring health plans and members of their management named as plan fiduciaries or otherwise having input or oversight over the health plan should verify their company’s group health plan meets the out-of-pocket maximum rules of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) § 1302(c)(1) as well as a long list of other federal health benefit rules to minimize the risk that violations will compel the sponsoring employer to self-assess, self-report on IRS Form 8928, and… [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 10:05 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
Today, Haaretz informs us that the IDF has deployed the Iron Dome defense system to a town in southern Israel, fearing rocket attacks from Gaza in possible retaliation for the hunger striker’s poor medical condition and possible brain damage. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 7:52 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The EEOC says Magnolia’s prohibited discriminatory practices included only offering positions to certain applicants under the condition that the applicants pass a medical examination, as well as discharging or revoking job offers when it learned of or received records of prior medical conditions or current medical restrictions. [read post]
16 Aug 2015, 10:58 am
Patients and doctors can report problems that occur after implantation of a medical device to the FDA's Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database (MAUDE), but the device surveillance system is passive, NPR explained. [read post]
16 Aug 2015, 8:49 am by Bill Marler
Medical treatment is acutely important if the patient becomes severely dehydrated or if the infection spreads from the intestines. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Special care and scrutiny should be applied if the group health plan uses multiple service providers to help administer benefits (such as one third-party administrator for major medical coverage, a separate pharmacy benefit manager, and a separate managed behavioral health organization). [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 11:29 am by Dr. Shezad Malik
DePuy ASR Hip Failure Rate The metal-on-metal hip replacement system was recalled from the market after medical data found that about one out of every eight would fail within five years. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 4:38 pm by Kevin LaCroix
Yet, some mechanical failures can be caused by hackers who, for example, overload a system (i.e., by using a “spam attack” or by introducing a virus, that shuts down a system). [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 6:41 am by Ellen Houston
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the landmark case that sets forth the test for the admissibility of expert testimony. [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 2:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC) includes a clear message to health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates to adequately secure and ensure that workforce members properly use internet applications and other systems used to share, access or maintain personally identifiable health information considered protected health information (PHI) in accordance with HIPAA. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 6:32 am
  As we’ve discussed in more detail here, the failure-to-report decisions that the article does discuss aren’t likely to be of any use by then, since the FDA is currently transitioning from affirmative reporting systems (voluntary or otherwise) to “big data” crunching of information derived from millions of electronic medical records (its “Sentinel” system). [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 5:29 pm
” The initial denial specifically stated that: “Per the data in peer-reviewed medical literature, autologous stem cell transplant is not effective, reliable, and safe for auto-immune diseases, including systemic sclerosis. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 3:34 pm by Schachtman
” Our legal system allows expert witnesses to rely upon such studies, although clearly inadmissible, when “experts in the particular field would reasonably rely on those kinds of facts or data in forming an opinion on the subject. [read post]