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June 5, 2018

Are Criminal Background Checks for Nursing Home Residents Coming?

A recent two-week trial ended with a multi-million dollar payout from a Lancaster County nursing home to the estate of a resi...

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April 9, 2018

How Much Protection Does the Peer Review Protection Act Really Provide?

A recent court ruling has significantly changed the scope of what is available in the discovery process of medical malpractic...

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December 14, 2017

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Breathes New Life into Survival Actions

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave new life to otherwise time-barred survival action claims in medical malpractice cases in ...

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November 8, 2017

Barley Snyder Earns Eight Rankings in “Best Law Firms” Report

Media Contact: Michael Sadowski, Communications Coordinatormsadowski@barley.com or 717-208-8842 For Immediate Release La...

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August 15, 2017

Federal Government to Target False EHR Incentive Payments

While health care reform remains bogged down, the federal government’s efforts to curtail fraud, waste and abuse in its hea...

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June 7, 2017

Proceed with Caution in Using New Process to Self-Report Stark Law Violations

Like tax forgiveness programs, the new self-reporting process for Stark Law violations offers health care providers the possi...

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December 27, 2016

Thirteen Barley Snyder Attorneys Named “Select Lawyers”

Lancaster, Pa. – Barley Snyder is well-represented in December’s distinguished “Select Lawyers” designation, wit...

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November 29, 2016

Could Possible Healthcare Repeal Efforts Extend to Physician Payments Under Medicare?

Now that the 2016 presidential election is over, many patients are asking whether Congress will repeal the Affordable Care Ac...

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November 3, 2016

Eight from Barley Snyder Named to “Best Lawyers” list

Lancaster/Reading/York, Pa. – Barley Snyder is excited to announce that eight of its attorneys have been sel...

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August 26, 2016

Missed Opportunity by The Supreme Court to Address the Erosion of Hospital Self-Review Privileges

In Tibbs v. Bunnell1, the U.S. Supreme Court recently denied a hospital’s petition2 for certiorari to review the ...

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February 24, 2016

New Stark Law Exception for Non-Physician Practitioner Recruitment Subsidies: A Gift or Pandora’s Box for Hospitals?

As of January 1, 2016, a new Stark Law exception allows hospitals to give subsidies to physician practices for the recruitmen...

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October 19, 2015

FCC Clarifies the Requirements for Sending Wireless Calls and Text Messages to Patients

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently clarified questions surrounding wireless patient call...

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