August 20, 2012 Regulatory Developments
Here are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register on August 20, 2012: On August 20, 2012 at 44 N.J.R. 2101, the Division of Consumer Affairs published notice of its proposal of new rules which would authorize individual practitioners to issue an electronic prescription for a controlled […]
August 6, 2012 Regulatory Developments
Here are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register on August 6, 2012: On August 6, 2012 at 44 N.J.R. 2034, the State Board of Optometrists published notice of its proposal of amendments to its rules governing medicated contact lenses. The proposed rule will permit an optometrist […]
COURT ADDRESSES CONFIDENTIALITY UNDER THE PATIENT SAFETY ACT
Last week, the Appellate Division issued its decision in a case involving the scope of the confidentiality provisions of the New Jersey Patient Safety Act. The Patient Safety Act, or PSA, requires licensed health care facilities to develop patient safety plans to improve the health and safety of patients within their facilities. The patient safety […]
Massachusetts Health Care Plan
As we have stated in prior blogs, the health care plan developed in the State of Massachusetts is a model which must be watched as a precursor of what most likely will happen under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). As we previously pointed out in my July 3rd blog, legislation is pending in Massachusetts which […]
Update on Sustainable Growth Rate
Legislation has been proposed in regard to the Sustainable Growth Rate (“SGR”) to avoid adversely affecting physician payment for another year, effective January 1, 2013. The Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) has scored the proposal. The CBO has determined that “a one-year Medicare physician payment “patch” that would block a scheduled 27 percent reimbursement cut Jan. […]
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