From the excellent Health Lawyers Weekly (AHLA member benefit), here's the table of contents from the October 20 issue:Top Stories
- OIG Confirms Compliance Guidance Applies To Physician Investments In Medical Device Firms -- Compliance guidance on joint ventures involving physician investors applies to medical device and distribution entities, said the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) in an October 6 letter responding to a request for more guidance in this area. Full Story
- CMS Releases Expanded List Of Potential Quality Measures For 2007 Medicare Physician Voluntary Reporting Program -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted on its website a list of eighty-six quality measures that it expects to be available in 2007 for its Medicare Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP), according to the agency's October 16 fact sheet. Full Story
Articles & Analyses
- Employed Physicians And Independent Contractors: A Brief Overview: Matthew C. Jones and Paul D. Snitzer, Duane Morris LLP
Current Topics
- Employment and Labor
Seventh Circuit Finds Non-Board Certified Surgeon Failed To Prove Racial Discrimination After His Application For Active Status Was Not Approved- EMTALA
U.S. Court In Puerto Rico Dismisses Patient's EMTALA Suit, Agreeing Claim Is "Artfully Pleaded Medical Malpractice"- Food and Drug Law
URAC Releases First Draft Standards For Accreditation Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers- Fraud and Abuse
1. Eighth Circuit Affirms $500,000 Fine Against Ambulance Transfer Service For Filing False Claims
2. OIG OKs Network Organizer's Variable Compensation Arrangement With Marketing Firm That Generates Minimal Federal Healthcare Program Business
3. Washington High Court Finds State Antikickback Law Does Not Prohibit Physicians From Dispensing Prescription Drugs To Patients For A Profit
4. Update- Health Information Technology
NGA Launches State Alliance To Advance HIT- Healthcare Access
Job-Based Health Coverage Declines Nearly 4% Over Last Five Years, As Uninsured Population Grows- Individual/Patient Rights
Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Lower Court Erred In Awarding Damages On Lack Of Informed Consent Claim- Medicaid
1. Maryland High Court Says Minors Who Are Resident Legal Aliens Entitled To Preliminary Injunction After State Cut Medical Assistance Benefits
2. OIG Finds $27.3 Million In Medicaid Overpayments For Deceased Beneficiaries
3. States Need Additional Guidance In Addressing Medicaid Third-Party Liability Issues, GAO Says- Medical Malpractice
1. Iowa Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That Medical Malpractice Suit Was Time Barred By Applicable Statute of Limitations
2. Hawaii Appeals Court Overturns Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Suit, Finds Issues Of Material Fact On When Patient Should Have Discovered Physician's Alleged Negligence- Medicare
1.CMS Finalizes Methodology For Determining States' Part B Premium Allotments
2. CMS Proposes To Make Part D Claims Data Available To Researchers
3. CMS Implements Pay For Performance For Small Physician Practices- News in Brief
Former CMS Administrator McClellan To Join AEI-Brookings Joint Center- Physicians
1. Tennessee Appeals Court Affirms Arbitrator's Award In Diagnostic Center Dissolution Dispute
2. California Appeals Court Rules Fraud Indictments Do Not Preclude Enforcement of Hospital's Relocation Agreement Against Physician
3. Pennsylvania Appeals Court Finds Billing Manager's Presence At Peer Review Meetings Does Not Affect Applicability Of State's Peer Review Law- Quality of Care
CMS Implements Pay For Performance For Small Physician Practices
Hospital Deaths Among Medicare Inpatients Fall, But "Quality Gap" Between High-Rated And Low-Rated Hospitals Widens, Study Says- RICO
Eighth Circuit Finds Medical Device Distributors Cannot Go Forward With RICO ClaimsCopyright 2006 American Health Lawyers Association. Printed with permission.
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