On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which would broadly prohibit companies from entering into or enforcing non-competition agreements or clauses
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THE ABC’S OF THE S.I.U.: What Providers Need to Know
Medical record requests by payors are commonplace for health care providers. Typically, these requests are received by a front desk employee who responds to the inquiry in short order. Yet,…
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COVID-19/Coronavirus Patient Notice and Acknowledgement Forms
The CDC has issued and updated specific guidance on the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic for health care professionals on its website (accessible here: CDC Coronavirus – Health Care Professionals) and has…
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PA Secretary of Health Clarifies Permitted Medical and Dental Procedures
***UPDATE: Effective as of May 8, 2020, the PA DOH as issued revised Guidance permitting dental practices to resume non-urgent and elective care with limitations. See our post here.…
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Coronavirus Resources for Physicians and Dentists
With the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the significant governmental actions being taken at federal, state and local levels, physicians and dentists around the country are seeking guidance…
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Diagnostic Imaging Services Must Follow Patient Reporting Obligations Under New PA Law
Pennsylvania’s Patient Test Result Information Act, which is set to take effect December 23, 2018, requires diagnostic imaging services providers that identify a “significant abnormality” in their test results to…
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How Much Can I Prescribe? Delaware and New Jersey Enact Stricter Opiate Prescribing Laws
Beginning April 1, 2017, the regulations regarding opiate prescribing will be changing. A Delaware healthcare practitioner will only be able to prescribe initial opioid prescriptions for acute pain episodes for…
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The Switch to ICD-10
The long-anticipated implementation of ICD-10 coding finally began this past Thursday, October 1, 2015. As of that date, government and commercial payors ceased to accept claims under the old coding…
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First Court Decision on the Medicare/Medicaid 60-day Overpayment Rule
You may have heard some years ago that the Affordable Care Act established a “60-day overpayment rule” that requires a provider to report and return any overpayment from a federal…
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More Physicians Opting to Punch the Time Clock
Curious what the future of medicine will look like? According to this recent article on CNBC.com, it appears that for many physicians it will involve a boss, a timeclock…
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