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New Jersey prescribers receiving almost anything of value from a pharmaceutical manufacturer, must ensure that such compensation complies with a new state regulation that took effect January 16, 2018.  The rule, Limitations on and Obligations Associated with Acceptance of Compensation from Pharmaceutical Manufacturers by Prescribers, was adopted as one of the last acts of the […]

On January 12, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature signed the “One Room” bill (A-4995/S-278) into law. The “One Room” law is set to bring much needed relief to surgical facilities in the State of New Jersey. Under the new law, surgical practices may apply for licensure as ambulatory care facilities with the New Jersey Department […]

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey reorganized its health care practice in 2010 and created a stand-alone Health Care and Government Fraud Unit to handle both criminal and civil investigations and prosecutions of health care fraud offenses. Since then, that office has recovered more than $1.36 billion in health care and […]

The final rule on MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), the new Medicare payment model, scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2017, made a significant change to the 2015 proposed rule in that it largely eliminated quality scoring for telemedicine and remote monitoring services to Medicare beneficiaries from MIPS.  MIPS will be the quality […]

Earlier this year, the State of New Jersey enacted amendments to the statutes governing the scope of practice of physician assistants (“PA”). Although there are likely State Board of Medical Examiner regulations forthcoming to provide further clarity on PA practice, the new statutes provide more autonomy to PA’s, which can be a both a boon […]