Posted on 2/10/2022 Resolution 21-22, adopted last year, affirms ISMA’s support for screening elderly patients for financial or investment abuse and reporting suspected exploitation to authorities. Experts say such abuse is underreported but widespread.
Posted on 1/13/2022 The federal No Surprises Act took effect Jan. 1, 2022.
Posted on 11/18/2021 Starting Jan. 1, 2022, controlled substance prescriptions written in Indiana must be issued in an electronic format and transmitted electronically to a pharmacy unless an exception applies.
Posted on 10/21/2021 On July 1, 2021, Indiana significantly broadened the options for an individual to make health care wishes known through an “Advanced Directive for Health Care Decisions” (an “Advanced Directive”). Senate Enrolled Act No. 204 (“SEA 204”), effective as
Posted on 6/24/2021 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 session of the Indiana General Assembly was unique in that many new laws were set to become effective either immediately upon passage or in 2022, to allow more time for Hoosiers to adjust.
Posted on 2/11/2021 In the last issue of ISMA e-Reports, Bob Anderson, JD, and Stephanie Eckerle, JD, of Krieg DeVault LLP, discussed how physicians should prepare for April 5, when new federal rules on information blocking and interoperability take effect.
Posted on 1/28/2021 Health care providers need to be prepared to comply with the new information blocking rules found in the 21st Century Cures Act (the Cures Act).
Posted on 11/19/2020 Each year, the Medical Liability Monitor (MLM) publishes the commercial rates for major liability insurers in all 50 states for internal medicine, general surgery and obstetrics/gynecology specialties as part of its annual rate survey issue.
Posted on 11/4/2020 Two laws passed by the Indiana General Assembly have requirements that go into effect Jan. 1 and include mandates for prescribing controlled substances.
Posted on 6/11/2020 Although the health care industry has recently been focused on COVID-19 and the public health emergency’s impact on medical practices and patients, it is important for physicians to be prepared to comply with news laws passed during the 2020 legislat
Posted on 4/2/2020 Two recent enforcement actions by the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR), each resulting in an $85,000 fine, should serve as a reminder to physicians to take requests for patients’ medical records seriously and to handle them in a timely and appro
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