Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of emergency physician Dr. William A. Kennedy III in his case against UnitedHealthcare. The case, Kennedy v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., centered around a critical question: Does the federal No Surprises Act (NSA) prevent out-of-network providers from suing insurers over unpaid emergency…
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New Jersey POLST Updates
By: Gina L. Campanella, Esq, FACHE In 1991, the National POLST Paradigm is formed in Oregon as a result of medical ethicists discovery that patients end-of-life wishes were not consistently honored. POLST stands for Practitioner Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment. The initiative quickly spread to other states and some of the first states to form…
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NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SIGNS MEDICAL AID IN DYING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL ACT INTO LAW
By: Gina L. Campanella, Esq., FACHE On Friday, April 12, 2019, New Jersey Governor Murphy signed the “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act” into law. This bill, which goes into effect as of August 1, 2019, makes it legal for physicians to write prescriptions for terminally ill patients for medications that can…