Appellate court rules on pre-suit requirement in medical malpractice cases
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has upheld a portion of Florida’s medical malpractice law ruling ...
Read More HHS proposes new safe harbors
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a rule that would amend the safe harbors to the ...
Read More FDA cracks down on hydrocodone combination drugs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Effective Oct. 6, 2014, hydrocodone combination products will be moved from a Schedule III to a more strict Schedule II ...
Read More CMS reverses decision on error data reporting
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stopped making public reports of eight different hospital-acquired conditions (HACs). ...
Read More New CMS rule allows flexibility in certified EHR technology for 2014
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule on Aug. 29 that allows healthcare providers more ...
Read More Some suing HHS over RAC appeals backlogs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and 11 hospitals are suing HHS for the backlog of appeals on Recovery Audit Contractor ...
Read More Medical Economics – 10 tips to assess Revenue Cycle Management vendors
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Running a financially successful practice depends on efficient revenue cycle management (RCM). RCM describes all of the steps involved in ...
Read More Western Pennsylvania Heathcare News – Defense Investigations –An Ounce of Prevention Just Might Keep You Out of Jail
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Just about every day there’s at least one story published in a newspaper somewhere in the U.S. about healthcare fraud. ...
Read More Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor – Nothing But Net–Four Keys to Drafting The Right Compliance Officer
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In recent years, the federal government has adopted what might be viewed as a “take no prisoners†stance when it ...
Read More Compliance: The First Step to Surviving Health Care Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In mid-May, law enforcement authorities announced the arrest of 90 people, including 16 physicians, who allegedly took part in Medicare ...
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