Attorneys Mike Cassidy and Adam Appleberry co-authored an insightful article, 2025 Medicare Final Rule Highlights, featured in the December 2024 issue of the Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) Bulletin. The article explores the key updates to Medicare regulations and their implications for healthcare providers.
Click here to access the ACMS Bulletin to read the…
This is a last in a series of client alerts and blog posts we’ve issued over the last year designed to inform you of the new Federal and Pennsylvania corporate reporting obligations.
ALERT: The U.S. District Court E.D. Texas has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the reporting rules below.
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The financial…
Our Introduction to Telehealth, Technology and Federal Enforcement chapter was published in the Thomson Reuters 2025 Health Law Handbook. It reviewed a number of telehealth Medicare revisions, both permanent and temporary, enacted by a series of consolidated appropriation acts and physician fee schedule amendments arising out of the 2020 COVID pandemic.
The temporary telehealth…
The final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was issued on November 1st for calendar year 2025. Attached is a link to both the Press Release describing all of the Medicare changes and the link to the entire Final Rule.
The Medicare Conversion Factor for the Physician Fee Schedule was decreased from $33.29 from 2024 to…
Mike Cassidy and Adam Appleberry have had a chapter published in the Thomson Reuters Health Law Handbook: “Introduction to Telehealth, Technology, and Federal Enforcement”.
Matthew M. Hoffman, Esq., (412) 594-3910, mhoffman@tuckerlaw.com
The General Assembly and Governor Shapiro recently enacted various legislation affecting school entities. The following is a brief summary of those developments.
Act 55 of 2024 requires each school entity (i.e., school districts and vocational-technical schools) to have at least one full-time school security personnel who has…
Jeremy Farrell, Esq., jfarrell@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-3938
When employers think of “medical leave,” most minds understandably jump to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or time off that employees may be entitled to under company-provided policies (sick leave, vacation, PTO, etc.). But those sources of leave are not necessarily the end of the road,…
Kaitlyn Smearcheck, Esq., ksmearcheck@tuckerlaw.com, (717) 221-7963
In the wake of COVID-19, many employers continue to offer remote work arrangements. Some employees are exclusively remote, while others have a hybrid arrangement consisting of both telework and in-person office time. As a result of this modern employment trend, multistate and remote work employers must ensure that their…
On August 20, 2024, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a ruling in Wolfe v. Reading Blue Mountain & Northern RR Co. The Court overturned the Commonwealth Court’s determination that a condemnation of private land by a railroad was lawful.
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad Company (RBMN) sought to reestablish rail service over a…
In a continuation of the saga surrounding the FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements for for-profit businesses, on August 20, 2024, a ruling from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas struck down the FTC’s final rule. In the Texas court’s ruling, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown stated that the FTC’s authority…
