Not so long ago, Driving Under the Influence (DUI) was synonymous with drinking and driving. That is no longer the case. In addition to alcohol, Pennsylvania prohibits driving with any amount of certain controlled substances in your system, regardless of...
Printed in the Legal Intelligencer 10/4/16 By: Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esquire* “Telehealth” or “Telemedicine” encompasses a broad variety of technologies and tactics which deliver virtual medical, health, and education services. Telehealth is not a specific service, but a collection of...
In June, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling in Birchfield v. North Dakota which dramatically changed the landscape of Pennsylvania’s DUI prosecutions — in the short term. The question remains: what effect did Birchfield have in the...
By: Vasilios J. Kalogredis Printed in the Legal Intelligencer, Friday, September 2, 2016 On July 6, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) rule containing CMS’s plans on how it...
Negotiate for Patient Record Access – When Rival Practices Close by: Roy Edroso Published Aug 22, 2016 in Part B News Practice management Increase your patient census and practice revenue when a nearby practice closes by striking a deal for...
When you opened your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and selected a beneficiary or beneficiaries, you probably automatically named your spouse and your children. For several reasons, it could be appropriate to reconsider that decision and name a Trust as beneficiary instead....
Published in the Legal Intelligencer – August 1, 2016 On June 16, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the Medicaid case Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, 579 U.S. ____ (2016), endorsing...
By: Lawrence J. Persick Printed in the Legal Intelligencer – July 12, 2016 Every family law practitioner has been there. The players are a little different each time but the roles are always the same. Usually it is a young...
Vasilios (“Bill”) J. Kalogredis, partner at Lamb McErlane PC was recently interviewed by Dermatology World in an article titled Closing Time: What to Do when it’s Time to Move Out and Move On’, which discusses best practices when closing a...
By Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esquire* Printed in the Legal Intelligencer – July 5, 2016 Federal healthcare programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, CHAMPUS, VA, etc. are prohibited from issuing payments for goods or services that are directly or indirectly provided by...
The Pennsylvania Courts have addressed the issue of independent contractor v. employee in the workers compensation context quite a number of times. An independent contractor is not entitled to workers compensation benefits from the agency or company for whom he/she...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court in Coughlin v. Ummu Massaquoi has reaffirmed that Pennsylvania law permits the introduction of expert testimony to prove intoxication even in the absence of any eye witness testimony that the individual showed signs of intoxication, i.e....