By W. Scott Johnson In the 2016 session of the Virginia General Assembly, Del. Greg Habeeb, R-Salem, introduced House Bill 1130 to establish a fee schedule governing requests for patient records maintained electronically and to revise the fee schedule for ...
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The Prescription Monitoring Program database 
By Brandy Burnette Balding As the opioid crisis in Virginia has escalated, several new laws and regulations have been adopted that affect the Prescription Monitoring Program and its database. Many of the new laws and regulations concern a provider’s duty ...
Read More »Taming the email beast once and for all 
By Aaron Rothert Let’s face it: We need email. But we also need a way to control the beast that email can become. It is estimated that almost 30 percent of our workday is consumed by dealing with email. How do ...
Read More »Med mal contrib decision will stand 
A judge’s decision to allow a contributory negligence defense in a medical malpractice case has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The court last month decided not to take up an appeal in the case of an emergency ...
Read More »Is a volunteer physician for a team a ‘Good Samaritan? 
Whoever coined the phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” likely was inspired by something other than the liability implications of pro bono medical services, but that proverbial wisdom may have no clearer application in the health law arena than the ...
Read More »Your future patients 
Beloit College in Wisconsin has made a name for itself with its “Mindset List.” That is an annual compendium remarking on the way incoming freshman think and view themselves and their world. It’s a catalog of the cultural touchpoints familiar ...
Read More »Nurses, doctors to train together 
The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and School of Nursing are partnering to train physician-nurse pairs together for the first time, reports The Daily Progress.
Read More »Roanoke doctor honored for community service 
Internist Dr. Apostolos Dallas is being recognized this year by the American College of Physicians for his work outside his own office. The story from The Roanoke Times.
Read More »Pressure from feds driving state hospitals decision 
Virginia could be vulnerable to increased federal scrutiny of its mental health system unless the state begins to consolidate public hospital care, especially for elderly people with mental illness, the state’s top behavioral health official warned legislators last week. Details ...
Read More »Legislators focus on health care issues 
A group of legislators is urging reform of Virginia’s “monopolistic” and “inefficient” health care system, reports the Capital News Service.
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