Client Newsletters
Volume 9 | March, 2006
- HHS Publishes Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule
- Legislation Amends Massachusetts Medical Record Retention Requirements
- OIG Excludes Hospital From Participation in Federal Health Care Programs
- MedPAC Proposes Changes to Medicare Program
- FDA Issues Guidance on Hospital Bed Designs
- Legislation Proposed to Protect Financial Privacy of Non-Profit Employees
- Amendments Proposed to Public Charities Legislation
- SJC Outlines Basis for Invading Peer Review Privilege
Volume 8 | January, 2006
- Stark Law to Include Nuclear Medicine Services
- IRS May Expand Tax Exempt Compensation Enforcement Project
- JCAHO 2006 National Patient Safety Goals and Requirements
- HHS Proposes New Regulations Regarding E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Records
- JCAHO Announces Additional Reviewable Sentinel Events
- OIG Issues Draft Compliance Program Guidance for Recipients of PHS Research Awards
Volume 7 | Autumn, 2005
- President Bush Signs Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
- U.S. District Court Upholds Peer Review Privilege
- Charity Care Litigation Update
- Supreme Judicial Court Upholds Revocation of Physician's Medical License
- IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Intermediate Sanctions
- OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion on Proposed Donation to Medical School
- Medical Liability Reform Bill Passes U.S. House
Volume 6 | June, 2005
- Legislature Enacts Massachusetts Stem Cell Legislation
- OHRP Releases Guidance on Incident Reporting
- Senate Introduces Bill on Specialty Hospitals
- Congress Investigates Non-Profit Hospitals
- Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Plaintiff's Request for Informed Consent Claim
- CMS Releases Funds for Treatment of Undocumented Aliens
Volume 5 | April, 2005
- Proposed Rule Updates Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospitals
- MGH Reaches Agreement with Patient's Family Regarding End-of-Life Care
- Massachusetts Legislature Approves Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- Senate Finance Committee Continues Inquiry of Public Charities
- Health Insurance Bills Filed with Massachusetts Legislature
- CMS Sets Forth Procedures for Filing Non-Privacy HIPAA Complaints
Volume 4 | February, 2005
- OIG Issues Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals
- Charitable Immunity Cap Not Applicable in Discrimination Lawsuit against Hospital
- OIG Determines Joint Venture Raises Anti-Kickback Concerns
- HHS Proposes New E-Prescribing Medicare Rules
- OIG Approves Cash Donations to Hospice from Foundation Affiliated with Health System
- OCR Addresses Disclosure of PHI in Judicial and Administrative Proceedings
- IRS Commences Compensation Review Initiative
