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New York Proposes Legislation to Provide Terminally Ill Persons a Medication to Peacefully End Their Life

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Now Is the Right Time to Consult with Legal Counsel About Preparing Advance Directives that Reflect End-of-Life Wishes- New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act (A136/S138) is once again before the New York State Legislature in...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Oklahoma Patient's Right to Pharmacy Choice Act Preempted by ERISA

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On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Glen Mulready, in his official capacity as Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma, Oklahoma...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2023

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Personal information from federal lawmakers and congressional staff members was available on the dark web following a breach of DC Health Link, the health insurance marketplace for Washington, D.C. In an internal memo sent to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The “State” of Telehealth: Texas

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As part of his 2021 of the State address, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, introduced his intention to permanently expand telemedicine services that were made available during the COVID-19 public health emergency (the...more

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Day 1 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

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If I printed a tee shirt for the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, what would it say? In past years, it would have been “Big Data,” Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, ACA, Risk, Medicare Advantage or Quality. This...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Modernizing Medicare: CMS Expands Reimbursement for Virtual Care and Telehealth

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As part of the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule) published on November 23, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took significant steps toward modernizing Medicare to expand...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

NJ Law Mandates New Patient Disclosures About Insurance

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The New Jersey Out-of-Network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act takes effect today – August 30, 2018 – and requires all licensed health care professionals in the state who bill health...more

Holland & Knight LLP

EMTALA as a Basis for a Qui Tam Case?

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The Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) requires a hospital with an emergency department (ED) to provide "an appropriate medical screening examination" when an individual comes to the ED and a request is made on...more

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Direct Primary Care Legislation Continues its Roll Across the Country: Florida Governor Rick Scott signs Florida House Bill 37,...

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Direct Primary Care. Direct primary care (DPC) is a style of clinical practice in which a healthcare provider (usually a physician or a physician group) offers primary care services to patients who pay a monthly membership...more

McAfee & Taft

Payment is due at the time services are rendered

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Typically, physicians collect co-payments from patients when services are provided, submit claims for reimbursement to government and commercial payers, and then send bills to patients for the balance owing. The payment and...more

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Telehealth Roundup: Federal Bill Seeks to Expand Medicare Use of Telehealth; Delaware and Connecticut Update Telemedicine Laws

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On July 7th, the House introduced much anticipated bipartisan telehealth legislation. The Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015, introduced by Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) and co-sponsored by Representatives Gregg...more

Perkins Coie

OIG Warns Lab “Pull-Through” Arrangements May Be Illegal

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In an important advisory opinion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) gave a thumbs-down to a proposed clinical laboratory “pull-through” arrangement even though the patients in...more

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