Tucker Attorneys Mike Cassidy and Jerry Russo have been named as presenters for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) 2022 Health Law Institute. They will be presenting a program entitled “Federal Telehealth Enforcement: Policy Through Prosecution”. Stay tuned for more information
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Mike Cassidy Appointed Legal Advisory Group Member of the National Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law
Congratulations to Mike Cassidy on his recent appointment as a Member of the Legal Advisory Group of the National Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law (CTeL). Mike will co-present on behalf of CTeL, in a webinar entitled “The Myths about…
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Article Review – Intellectual property: What every medical practice needs to know
This well written article by Martha M. Rumore, Pharm.D., J.D. from Medical Economics, provides insight into the many aspects of intellectual property law as it relates to the medical profession. As an additional point regarding the discussion of patent…
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The Continuing Saga of Hospital Price Transparency and Surprise Billing
This article written by Michael A. Cassidy appeared in the September 2021 Issue of the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin.
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Mike Cassidy Included Again in The Best Healthcare Lawyers in America 2022
Michael Cassidy has been included by his peers in the Health Care Law category in The Best Lawyers in America 2022. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers is widely…
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CMS Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Shot Payment
MLN Connects, on Monday August 16, 2021, published a special edition on COVID-19 vaccines codes and payment. It references the CMS explanation entitled “Medicare COVID-19 Vaccine Shot Payment”.
I have also attached a PDF of both documents if…
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CMS Resumes Targeted Probe and Education (TPE) Program
In the August 12, 2021 MLN Connects News, CMS announced resumption of TPE Program.
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UPMC Finally Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $2.7 Million
UPMC’s employment records were hacked by criminals in 2014. A civil class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of approximately 66,000 employees, and criminal cases were filed by federal prosecutors against a number of individuals and 4 have already pled…
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CMS has Published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
The 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was proposed and published by CMS on Friday, July 23, 2021. Here is the link: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-07-23/pdf/2021-14973.pdf
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Ongoing Federal Telehealth Fraud Enforcement
In previous Med Law Blog posts, we have featured examples of increased enforcement in the telehealth area, including the recent creation of the National Rapid Response Strike Force, announced by the Department of Justice on September 30, 2020, and OIG…
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