Mary O. Mundinger, Dr.P.H.

Reality has outpaced the debate over nurse practitioner autonomy and scope of practice, given the intensifying shortage of primary care providers and health care workforce demands that place a premium on collaboration with physicians.

Final report on rationalizing health care resources

Recommendations on how and when the state should offer aid to struggling hospitals – either to shore them up or help with their closure.

Matthew D’Oria

Updated May 9, 2008

Bills move to stabilize hospitals; Corzine proposes Medicaid copays; Universal health care bill introduced in NJ Senate; and other briefs.

Electronic health record safe harbors

Physicians who are interested in obtaining such technology from donors, such as hospital, should carefully examine whether the proposed arrangement can be structured within appropriate e-Prescribing and/or e-Health Records safe harbor and exception.

Is a contract needed when leaving a practice? 

Negotiation and execution of a Separation Agreement is the wisest way to go to avoid unnecessary problems, including potentially expensive and acrimonious litigation.  

Legal implications of physician consultants

There are a number of laws, regulations and ethical tenets governing arrangements between physicians and manufacturers which could present significant traps for the unwary physician.

Patent laws for physician inventors

Success is more likely to come to physician inventors who understand the criteria for patentability, avoid prematurely publicizing their ideas, clear up ownership issues early on, and who are prepared to be in it for the long haul.

Outsource to a professional employer organization

It’s a challenge to keep up with new regulations, administer the payroll, make certain your own staff has proper health coverage, and know how to ensure your staff is receiving competitive benefits – even when you have a competent office manager.

Not all “own-occupation” definitions are the same, and understanding the subtle differences between each contract is critical to selecting the correct policy.

Buried treasures in the new tax laws

The Act exponentially increases the tax benefits available to practices that wish to update equipment and certain other property to more technologically-advanced forms of property.