RECENT HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY
The following represents a summary of laws that have been recently enacted in the State of New Jersey that may impact health care facilities and other health care providers: P.L. 2012, c. 62 – prohibits health care facilities from discharging prescription medications into sewer or septic systems in certain circumstances and provides for civil administrative […]
March 4, 2013 Regulatory Developments
Here are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register on March 4, 2013: On March 4, 2013 at 45 N.J.R. 397, the Department of Community Affairs published notice of its proposed amendments to its rule and the proposal of new rules which would increase the record retention […]
Providers Sequester or its Alternatives
While health care providers will be penalized under the sequester, if the approach going forward in lieu of the sequester is to provide for alternate cuts in government spending, the result as shown in the linked articles (http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-02-27/no-ruckus-about-medicare-cuts-in-sequester; http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130227/NEWS/302279950/sequesters-medicare-cuts-would-start-with-services-provided-in-april?AllowView=VW8xUmo5Q21TcWJOb1gzb0tNN3RLZ0h0MWg5SVgra3NZRzROR3l0WWRMWGJWdjhHRWxiNUtpQzMyWmVwNVhzWUpibWhiUVE2MWxZYzhYdVNIdUY4amk2UXI5SzVRTnI0Vk; http://www.modernphysician.com/article/20130301/MODERNPHYSICIAN/303019975?AllowView=VW8xUmo5Q21TcWJOb1gzb0tNN3RLZ0h0MWg5SVgra3NZRzROR3l0WWRMWGJWLzBBRWxYek9UYktwUGZUamg5b1g4WFFERmhzbHhCSnN6Yk9XNmM9&utm_source=link-20130301-MODERNPHYSICIAN-303019975&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily) to the providers could be much worse. The one thing that seems to be clear […]