As of February 18, 2010, all HIPAA covered entities (physicians and their employees) will also be under HITECH (Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health) Act. The HIPAA Security Rules require covered entities and business associates to implement and adopt administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure that electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) is [...]
Medical Office Occupational Health
and
OSHA Update
Wednesday
April 14, 2010
At the
Allegheny County Medical Society
713 Ridge Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
A program directed to administrative personnel, physicians, nurses in schools and business, medical offices, clinics, nursing homes and
other health professionals.
Registration Information
Fee: $50.00
Each additional registration $45.00
Renew your Allegheny County Medical Society and Pennsylvania Medical Society memberships online at www.pamedsoc.org/membership. (click renew)
The Allegheny County Bar Association
Probate and Trust Law Section presents
“How to Document and Implement Client/Patient Health Care Decisions”
April 22, 2010
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
ACBA Conference Center
414 Grant St (City-County Building)
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Course credit offerings include: CME, CLE, NHA, NASW and NAPCA.
Click here for registration information.
From the US. State Department Website.
The State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747 (due to heavy volume, some callers may receive a recording). Our embassy is still in the early stages of contacting American Citizens through our Warden Network. Communications are very [...]
New Year Brings the End of Medicare Consultation Payments
Big changes have arrived with the New Year, thanks to the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS implemented a new rule
on Jan. 1, 2010, for Medicare, eliminating the use of inpatient and
outpatient consultation codes and requiring the use of new and
established inpatient and outpatient visit codes in [...]
December 2009 Bulletin
Materia Medica
A Comparison of Peripheral Opioid
Antagonists
Michael Corpman, PharmD
Legal Report
New Year’s Predictions for Health Care
Michael A. Cassidy, ESQ
Special Report
Western PA Regional Autism Services,
Education, Research and Training
Ryan Cramer
Feature
2009 ACMS Award Winners
Christina E. Morton
Special Report
2009 Fine Awards Honor Local Health
Care Teams
Special Report
PMS House of Delegates 2009
December 2009 Bulletin
This past week Congress acted to avert the 21.2% Medicare physician payment cut and on December 19, the President signed into law the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3326) which will stop the cuts until March 1, 2010. Other changes reflected in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule will still take effect [...]
Allegheny County Health Department Alert
Shigella Infections
Over the past couple of months, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has identified slightly more than 20 county residents with Shigella infection. We usually see about one to two cases over this same time period. When coupled with reports of larger outbreaks in Philadelphia, PA, Berks County, PA and [...]
Wednesday afternoon, the House passed a 2-month extension of expiring appropriations for the Department of Defense that included a 2-month extension of the sustainable growth rate (SGR). In other words, the legislation would stop the 21.2% Medicare pay cut scheduled to take effect on January 1 for a period that will end March 1, 2010. [...]
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