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New York Healthcare Law Bulletin
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Winter 2013 |
QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATE LAW
DEVELOPMENTS
- Impact of the SAFE
Act of 2013 on Mental Health Professionals in New
York
- Public Health and
Health Planning Council Adopts Recommendations to
Redesign the Certificate of Need (CON) Process
- Second Circuit
Reverses Conviction of a Pharmaceutical Sales
Representative for Off-Label Promotion
- DOH Issues Proposed
Regulations For Electronic Prescribing and
Dispensing of Controlled Substances
- DOH Issues Proposed
Regulations Requiring Hospitals to Adopt Protocols
for the Early Identification and Treatment of Sepsis
- DOH Issues Proposed
Regulations to Improve the Quality and Oversight of
Care Provided to Pediatric Patients
- Governor Issues
Executive Order Permitting Pharmacists to Administer
the Flu Vaccine to Children
- DOH Reminds
Physicians to Update Their Physician Profiles
QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF FEDERAL
LAW DEVELOPMENTS
- OCR Publishes
HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule
- CMS Publishes Final
Sunshine Act Regulations
- CMS Issues Proposed
Rule That Would Reduce Administrative Burdens and
Save Providers $676 Million Annually
- New FTC Clinical
Integration Advisory Opinion – Norman PHO
- OIG Okays Pre-Filled
Rx Forms
- OIG Permits Hospital
to Provide Physicians With Free Access to Electronic
Interface
- OIG Allows FQHC to
Offer Gift Cards to Encourage Visits to the Health
Center
- OIG Issues Favorable
Opinion on Co-Management Agreements
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Fall 2012 |
QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATE LAW
DEVELOPMENTS
- New York Implements
Federal Requirements Suspending Medicaid Payments
for "Credible Allegations of Fraud"
- OMIG's Authority to
Audit Reimbursement Rates Upheld
- Governor Vetoes Bill
That Would Have Conformed the NY State Stark Law to
the Federal Stark Law
- DOH Revises Proposed
Regulations Limiting Executive Compensation and
Administrative Expenses of State-Funded Providers
- Governor Signs
Legislation Amending New York's ACO Law
- New Legislation
Governing Observation Services
- Physical Therapists
Now Required to Have Master's Degree
- Profession of
Polysomnographic Technology
- Department of
Financial Services Fines Oxford for Failure to
Explain Coverage to Members
- Appeals Court Finds
Licensing Law Unconstitutional
QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF FEDERAL
LAW DEVELOPMENTS
- OIG Finds
Improvements Are Needed at the ALJ Level of Medicare
Appeals
- FDA Issues Draft
Guidance Regarding an IRB's Responsibility
- DOJ and SEC Issue
Long Awaited FCPA Guidance
- OIG Okays Hospital's
On-Call Coverage Compensation Arrangement
- Proposed Settlement
Will Expand Medicare's Coverage Rules for Chronic
Conditions
- OIG Approves
Radiology Group's Proposal to Offer Free Insurance
Preauthorization Services
- OIG Releases 2013
Work Plan
- OIG Okays Waiver of
Cost-Sharing Amount Based on Determinations of
Financial Need
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Summer 2012 |
- STATE LAW
DEVELOPMENTS
- New York Court
Allows Hospital's Challenge of Recoupment Process
after RAC Audit
- New York Law Imposes
New Rules for Administrative Denials of Emergency
Hospital Admissions and Claim Coding Reassignments
- New York Court
Refuses to Dismiss Physician Lawsuit Citing
Questions over "Control" by Hospital
- OMIG Issues
2012-2013 Work Plan, Hospital Compliance Guidance
and Compliance Alert Regarding Certification of
Compliance Program
- DOH Proposes
Regulations to Implement Governor Cuomo's Executive
Order on Executive Compensation
- Mammogram Providers
Will be Required to Notify Patients of Certain
Mammogram Findings
- FEDERAL
DEVELOPMENTS
- CMS Relaxes Its
Controversial Rule Regarding Ordering and Referring
Providers
- HHS Proposes
One-Year Delay of ICD-10 Compliance Date
- CMS Eliminates
12-Month Look-Back Period for Medical Record
Documentation
- OIG Issues Negative
Advisory Opinion on Ambulatory Surgery Center and
Anesthesia Provider Arrangements
- OIG Issues a
Favorable Advisory Opinion on a Proposed Arrangement
Between an IDTF and a Closely-Related Physician
- FDA Issues Draft
Guidance Regarding Transferring Clinical
Investigation Oversight to Another Institutional
Review Board (IRB)
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