As a follow up to our most recent post on What You Need to Know About PA’s Child Protective Services Law, you should know that the Pennsylvania Superior Court (PA’s
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What You Need to Know About PA’s Child Protective Services Law
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As of December 1, 2015, the PA Medical Society has retracted its opinion that physicians, health care practitioners and practice staff must obtain child abuse clearances under the PA Child …
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Pennsylvania Health Care Name Badge Law
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A new provision in the Pennsylvania Health Care Facilities Act will take effect on June 1, 2015 requiring healthcare facility personnel, physicians in private practice and their employees to wear…
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill would Limit Retroactive Denials
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These days, more often than not, physicians and up on the short end of the stick when it comes to new health care legislation. However, last month a bill was…
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Bill Limits Physician Dispensing Under Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Program
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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…
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Pennsylvania gets Federal Approval for Medicaid Expansion
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has agreed to permit Pennsylvania to expand its Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act to cover low income adults whose…
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Pennsylvania Department of Health Clarifies Clinical Laboratory Law
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On December 18, 2013, Pennsylvania Act 122 amended the Pennsylvania Clinical Laboratory Act to, among other things, impose licensure requirements on out of state clinical laboratories and to place certain …
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Pennsylvania Law Prohibits Certain Clinical Laboratory Arrangements
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Creative clinical laboratory arrangements seem to be proliferating of late in Pennsylvania. Laboratories, like many providers, are eager to find ways to more closely align with referring physicians. Such arrangements…
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2013 Pennsylvania MCARE Insurance Assessment Announced
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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…
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J-1 Physician Waivers in Pennsylvania: Change in Processing Times
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On October 9, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH) announced that it has changed the Pennsylvania rules regarding the J-1 Physician Waiver Program. DOH has established three filing periods…
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