Category Archives: Health Care

  1. New York State Paper Prescriptions Ban Begins March 27, 2016

    By: Gina L. Campanella, Esq., FACHE In 2013, New York State passed an electronic prescription and prescription monitoring program law named I-STOP. The first phase of I-STOP was to develop an online prescription registry which tracks all controlled substances prescribed to any patient. Effective August 27, 2013, any physician, or provider with prescriptive authority (with…

  2. Breaking Down a Physician Employment Agreement

    By:  Gina L. Campanella, Esq., FACHE Physician employment agreements can be complicated and intimidating.  Often times, potential physician employees are under the impression that most of the text is “ordinary” and “non-negotiable”.  The more dangerous assumption is that problematic sections are unenforceable.  Even if a court may ultimately determine that a contract term is not…