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20 May 2009, 10:16 am
Without a doubt, times are tough for physicians in private practice. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 8:10 am
In news that may not come as a shock to those of us who have been through the cycle of hospitals purchasing physician practices before, a recent study has found that hospitals are losing considerable amounts of money on acquired physician practices. [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 10:37 am
In what would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to many medical practices that rely on the Stark in-office ancillary services exception (which allows physicians to refer within their practices for Stark services), President Obama's proposed FY 2014 would seek to eliminate the exception for physical therapy, radiation therapy and advanced imaging such as CT and MRI. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 10:15 am
On March 26, 2013, the Office of Inspector General published much-awaited guidance on physician-owned medical device distributorships (commonly known as "PODs") in the form of a Special Fraud Alert. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 8:44 am
Well, another interesting article this week regarding the exodus of physicians from private practice. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 7:40 am
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has announced that the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act annual assessment for calendar year 2013 will be 25% applied to the prevailing primary premium for each participating health care provider. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 7:49 am
One of the often overlooked requirements in the federal Affordable Care Act is that healthcare providers now have an obligation to refund overpayments to the Medicare within 60 days of discovery. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 8:36 am
As if physicians didn't already have enough to worry about, it appears that many states are now contemplating expanding the scope of practice of nurse practitioners. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 8:19 am
A recent article on CNNMoney discusses the not-so-new news story about the financial struggles of private medical practices. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 4:30 am
This is the first installment in a new series on the Physician Law Blog entitled “Small Doses” designed to provide you with quick updates on meaningful issues. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 11:29 am
Last week, the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine published proposed regulations amending the physician controlled substances prescribing regulations to, among other things, expand the regs to include butalbital, carisoprodol and tramadol hydrochloride. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 11:27 am
The long-anticipated implementation of ICD-10 coding finally began this past Thursday, October 1, 2015. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 6:03 am
One of the common struggles I often come across in private medical practices is what to do when a senior physician wants to go part-time. [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]
29 Feb 2012, 3:56 pm
I have been speaking with physicians for years about the importance of developing effective fraud and abuse compliance programs in their practices and I often still get the same response: The government is only interested in the big fish like pharmaceutical manufacturers and hospitals -physicians are under the radar. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 11:10 am
More and more physicians are considering hospital employment as an alternative to private practice. [read post]
12 Sep 2016, 6:07 am
In March 2016, we covered the conviction of Dr. [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 7:24 am
Yesterday the U.S. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 12:03 pm
Physicians in Pennsylvania who have been dispensing and billing for prescription drugs under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation program will be disappointed to learn that House Bill 1846 (which already passed the House) was approved by the Pennsylvania Senate yesterday, essentially clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law. [read post]
13 May 2014, 8:23 am
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) today issued a proposed rule which would amend the federal civil monetary penalty (CMP) regulations addressing new CMP authorities created under the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
