Retiring Physician? Some Things To Consider Before Hanging Up Your Stethoscope
If you are a physician approaching retirement, you may be thinking about the activities which await you once you cease your practice activities for good. You may be dreaming of lying on a beach with a cool drink, traveling the world, or doing good by providing services as part of a medical mission or medical […]
Pharmaceuticals
As you can see from the following link (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/18/elizabeth-warren-us-govt-ought-make-generic-drugs/), Elizabeth Warren is proposing that the government now go into the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. I have proposed in two prior blogs (http://njhealthcareblog.com/2018/05/17/pharmaceutical-pricing/; and http://njhealthcareblog.com/2018/11/08/pharmaceutical-pricing-update-to-may-17-2018-blog/) that we take a much more direct and simpler approach…that is that we legislatively impose the Most Favored Nation’s treatment on the […]
Pharmaceutical Pricing: Update to May 17, 2018 Blog
In light of the recent midterm election, we will soon have a split federal government, with the Democrats controlling the House and the Republicans controlling the Senate and the White House. In the area of health care, while little may get done, there is an area that appears to be of joint interest to both. […]
Out of Network Legislation
NJ Department of Consumer Affairs has published informal guidance for health care professionals regarding the requirements of the Out of Network Legislation. https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Documents/PL2018-c32-Provision-Summary.pdf
Out of Network Legislation Signed by Governor Murphy
The Governor enacted the “Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act” legislation banning “surprise medical bills” on June 1, 2018 to be effective by the end of the summer. As highlighted previously in this blog, the legislation is a healthcare consumer protection statute that takes the patient out the equation of the reimbursement dispute […]
Out of Network Legislation Passes Awaiting Governor Murphy’s Signature
The long awaited legislation to outlaw surprise out-of-network medical bills (A-2039) passed the New Jersey legislature on April 12, 2018 and still awaits Governor Murphy’s signature to become law. The issue and various forms of this legislation have been debated for over eight years. This bill, if signed into law, will substantially impact all of […]
Pharmaceutical Pricing
The pricing of pharmaceuticals is a complicated situation. The pharmaceutical company in pricing a particular pharmaceutical is not just recovering the costs of making that pharmaceutical, which generally is insignificant, but must also recover the cost of the research, development and approval process expenses incurred in regard to that particular pharmaceutical. Pharmaceutical companies also need […]
District Court Holds that Medical Staff Medical Executive Committee May Be Sued As An Unincorporated Association
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has issued a decision holding that the Medical Executive Committee (“MEC”) of a hospital’s Medical Staff may be sued separately from the hospital. If the decision is upheld, it will have important implications for hospitals, members of their Medical Staff, and hospital leadership. The […]
NJ Department of Health Awards Psychiatric Beds
After months of being focused on the certificate of need call for inpatient adult psychiatric beds, the Department of Health (DOH) has announced the list of approved applicants. As part of his commitment to provide more behavioral health services, Governor Christie sought to expand New Jersey’s adult acute care psychiatric bed capacity by over 800 […]
Supreme Court Holds That Pension Plans Maintained By Religiously-Affiliated Health Systems Are Not Subject To ERISA
On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision holding that pension plans operated by church-affiliated hospitals qualify as “church plans” under the law. The lawsuit was initiated by Advocate Health Care Network and two other religiously- affiliated health care systems (including Saint Peter’s Health Care System in New Jersey), which argued that […]
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