McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 6 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry.
FOCUS
Patient Safety Act Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Held Hospital’s Internal Review was Not Discoverable
FEDERAL UPDATES
CMS Extends Deadline for Electronic Health Records
OIG Proposes Additions to Anti-Kickback Statute Harbors
OIG Extends Fraud Waivers for ACOs
National Physician Rating Site Released
CMS Supports Quality Physician Care with $840 Million Pilot
STATE UPDATES – NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Releases Final Period of Registration for Surgical Practices
Final Extension of New Jersey Prescription Blanks
New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Proposes Rule for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
New Jersey Pushes Bill to Allow for Reversion of Charitable Assets from For-Profit Hospital if Acquired by Nonprofit Hospital
Hospital Prevails on Health Care Quality and Improvement Act in Discrimination Case
STATE UPDATES – NEW YORK
Second Circuit Remands Decision for Inadequate Medicaid Payments
New York State’s $6.4 Billion Transformation
New York Proposes Uniform Standard for Health Information
New York Proposes Standards for Shielding ACOs from Antitrust Laws
STATE UPDATES – MASSACHUSETTS
Health Pricing Transparency Goes into Effect
Massachusetts Hospital Owes No Duty for Former Employee’s Past Abuse
Massachusetts State Law Caps Hospital Group Damages after Violating EMTALA
Massachusetts Rule Proposal for Technology Proficiency Qualification for Physician License
STATE UPDATES – CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Requires Thirty-Day Notice for Physician Practice Acquisitions
HIPAA UPDATES
Health Information in Employment File Not Protected by HIPAA, Says Michigan District Court
New Jersey Bill Sparked after Privacy Breach