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The No Surprises Act: What Patients and Providers Need to Know
Effective January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act bans most unexpected medical charges from out-of-network providers. The new federal law saves patients the stress of receiving a high bill when they receive emergency care or scheduled treatment from out-of-network doctors and hospitals they did not choose. The No Surprises Act establishes federal protections for patients…
Read moreDean J. DiPilato Joins Mackenzie Hughes LLP as Partner
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Dean J. DiPilato has joined Mackenzie Hughes LLP as a partner and will concentrate his legal practice in general commercial litigation (including construction and environmental matters), healthcare litigation, financial litigation, and intellectual property matters. With 18 years of experience as a litigator, DiPilato has worked at large law firms in Boston and…
Read moreTips & New Initiatives for Health Care Plans from the Federal Department of Labor
Mary Rosen, the Associate Regional Director of the United States Department of Labor for New England including Upstate New York gave a presentation Wednesday on common issues with health care plans. She also described six tips for common plan errors and three new initiatives the DOL is working on. This seminar hosted by Anthony Stevens…
Read moreIs your family taking advantage of the New York State Nursing Home Assessment Credit?
New York Public Health Law §2807-d(2)(b) imposes an assessment on New York residential health care facilities of six percent (6%) of the receipts of the residential health care facility. In most cases, the nursing homes pass on this assessment to the residents. This assessment is shown as a separate line item on the nursing home…
Read moreHealth Care Risk Management: The Importance of Documentation
If you are a health care provider, one of the most important things you do is document. You document a patient’s history, complaints, findings on exam, and diagnoses. You keep a record of a patient’s current medications and allergies. You record the time spent with a patient and the directions or instructions given to the…
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