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Hospitals Beware: Expect Increased Government Scrutiny Regarding Billing Practices

Posted On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 At 5:04PM
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Takeaways: Hospitals that bill a high percentage of stays at the highest severity level, and those that have a high percentage of high severity stays based on a single diagnosis, should...

New York DAs Sue To Block Oversight Law

Posted On Friday, October 19, 2018 At 4:59PM

What Happened? On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, New York State’s district attorneys sued Governor Andrew Cuomo to invalidate, as unconstitutional, a law that would establish a new oversight body...

Proposed Email Privacy Act Gains Support

Posted On Friday, July 20, 2018 At 5:38PM

What Happened? Technology companies publicly voiced their support for the Email Privacy Act, a new email privacy regulation passed by the House that would require a warrant to access all email...

New Initiatives Announced By DOJ In Opioid Response

Posted On Monday, July 16, 2018 At 5:43PM
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With the opioid crisis showing no signs of abating, Department of Justice officials are undoubtedly feeling pressure to take additional steps to address it. The Trump Department of Justice has...

Medical Marijuana In Pennsylvania: A Primer

Posted On Monday, June 11, 2018 At 5:47PM
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What Happened? Although signed into law in April 2016, Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program is still very much a work in progress. Pennsylvania patients have only recently been able...

In The War Against Opioid Prescriptions, Health Care Providers Should Know Their Rights

Posted On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 At 5:53PM
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What Happened? In the past several years, the prescription and distribution of opioids have been increasingly scrutinized by federal and state law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, the...

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