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New Jersey Health Law Bulletin

Winter 2012

  • Implementation of the New Jersey Medicaid Electronic Health Record Program
  • Accreditation Required for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Suppliers
  • Hospital Political Activity May Not Affect Tax-Exempt Status
  • Revalidation of CMS Medicare Enrollment Form 855A
  • LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY UPDATE

- Restrictions on Purchase of Individual Health Benefit Plans
- Enrollment as Medical Supply Provider in New Jersey Medicaid/
  FamilyCare
- Use of Advanced Physical Agent Modalities by Occupational Therapy
  Assistants
- Health Benefits Plans - Claim Disputes and Standard Forms
- Extension of Moratorium on Adult Day Health Services Facility
  Applications
- Patients' Rights in Ambulatory Surgical Centers

  • Office of Inspector General Advisory Opinions:  Online Referral Service Arrangement May Violate Anti-Kickback Statute

Fall 2011

  • Implementation of Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor Program
  • Adoption of Patient Safe Handling and Violence Prevention Rules
  • Enactment of Medicaid ACO Demonstration Program
  • Implementation of Universal Transfer Form
  • LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY UPDATE


    - Required Disclosures by Health Care Professionals
    - Provision of Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers
    - Reuse of Prescription Drugs
    - Practice of Respiratory Care
    - Infection Reporting for Ambulatory Surgery Facilities
    - MRSA Infection Prevention Programs
    - Proposed Amendments to health Maintenance Organizations and
      Health  Care Quality Act Rules
     

  • Office of Inspector General Advisory Opinion:  Arrangement Between Medical Equipment Supplier and Skilled Nursing Facility May Violate Anti-Kickback Statute

Summer 2011

  • Proposed Registration and Licensure Requirements for Single-Suite Surgical Centers
  • Designation of Surrogates and Decision Making Process for Patients Without Surrogates
  • Demonstration Project to Improve Care Coordination for Medicare Patients
  • Department of Health and Human Services Proposes Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
  • LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY UPDATE

- Certificate of Need Required for Hospital-Based Obstetric and
  Pediatric Services
- Governor Signs Law Requiring Hospitals to Report Injuries to Police
- Advanced Practice Nurses Permitted to Determine Cause of Death
  and Execute Death Certificates
- Certain Licensed Psychologists Permitted to Prescribe Medications
- Governor Signs Law Requiring Distribution of Statement of Assisted
  Living Residents' Rights
- Requirements for Surgical Technologists
- Decrease of Minimum Corporation Business Tax on Certain New
  Jersey Subchapter S Corporations

  • Office of Inspector General Advisory Opinion:
    Referral Services Involving Certain Electronic Database Systems May Violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute

Spring 2011

  • Regulations Proposed to Regulate Accountable Care Organizations
  • Physician Assistants Are Entitled To Overtime Pay Mandated By The Fair Labor Standards Act
  • New Jersey Captive Insurance Companies to be Licensed by Department of Banking and Insurance
  • Proposed New Regulations to Extend Registration Requirements to Small Surgical Practices
  • LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY UPDATE

    - Corporation Provided Right To Renounce Corporate Opportunity Doctrine
    - New Standards for Electronic Prescribing Systems
    - Restriction of Botulinum Toxin Injections For Minors
    - Professional Corporations Permitted to Use or Register Alternate Names
    - Nursing Home Reimbursement Adjustment for Cost of Energy Improvements
    - Corporate Directors Maintain Rights to Indemnification Under Certain
      Circumstances
    - Notice of Invitation for Certificate of Need Applications: Proposed New
      Hospital in Bergen County
  • Office of Inspector General Advisory Opinion:
    Certain Transportation Arrangements Between Hospitals and Physicians' Offices Do Not Violate Anti-Kickback Statue

Winter 2011

  • New Jersey Supreme Court Broadens Acceptable Affidavits of Merit in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

  • New Jersey Appeals Court Rules That Physician Assistants Cannot Perform EMG Studies

  • Deadline for Physician-Owned Hospitals

  • Limit on Tax Exempt Status for Hospitals

  • Facility Fees Not Reimbursable

  • Medical Residents Not Exempt from Paying Taxes on Wages Earned

  • Healthcare Transparency and Disclosure Act Seeks to Regulate Out-of-Network Insurance Market

  • LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY UPDATE:

-  New Regulations for Dentists

-  Amendments to Hospital Licensing Standards

-  No Coverage for Those Injured Due to Their Own

-  Loan Repayment for Physicians and Dentists

-  Additional Discussion Required for Hospital Discharge
   Procedures

-  Continuing Medical Education Credit Granted

   Office of Inspector General Advisory Opinions -
   Arrangements Between Sleep Testing Centers and
   Hospital-Owned Facilities Violate Anti-Kickback Statute
   When Marketing Fees are Paid on "Per-Test" Basis

 

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