Federal Insurance - Health - Federal Regulation Tracking
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 45 CFR Part 156 Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act; Data Collection To Support Standards Related to Essential
Health Benefits; Recognition of Entities for the Accreditation of Qualified
Health Plans Proposed Rule COMMENT DATE: July 5, 2012 77 FR 33133-01
Federal Insurance - Property and Casualty - Federal
Regulations DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration 49 CFR Part 387 State Enforcement of Household Goods Consumer
Protection Final Rule ENFORCEMENT DATE: The Agency amended its household goods
regulations on November 29, 2010 (75 FR 72987). States are now authorized to
enforce those regulations, retroactive to January 28, 2011, the effective date
of the 2010 rule. COMPLIANCE DATE: The requirement for a $25,000 surety bond or
trust fund 77 FR 32901-01
Defibrillator lead: FLORIDA MAN SUES MEDTRONIC OVER REPEATED
SHOCKS FROM IMPLANTED DEFIBRILLATOR, Brown v. Medtronic, 19 No. 8 Westlaw
Journal Medical Devices 7, Westlaw Journal Medical Devices June 4, 2012
Medtronic Inc. is being sued by a Florida man who says his Sprint Fidelis
defibrillator lead cracked, exposing him to repeated, unnecessary shocks from
his implanted cardiac rhythm management system. Albert Brown says Medtronic
failed to exercise the necessary caution in its design and manufacture of the
Sprint Fidelis Model No. 6949 electrical lead and neglected to warn patients
and treating physicians about the "serious and hazardous health
risks" associated with the device.
Health Care Reform/Medicaid
Service Fees: HHS PROPOSES PAY BOOST FOR MEDICAID DOCTORS, 14 No. 24 Westlaw
Journal Nursing Home 6, Westlaw Journal Nursing Home June 1, 2012 Primary care
physicians could see a pay raise in the next two years for treating Medicaid
patients under a rule proposed May 9 by the Obama administration. The
Department of Health and Human Services said the increase would bring service
fees for Medicaid primary care in line with those paid by Medicare. Under the
rule, physicians would see a 34 percent increase in average Medicaid primary
care payments, according to the HHS.
Involuntary
Commitment: WISCONSIN HIGH COURT NIXES EMERGENCY COMMITMENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S
PATIENT, In re Helen E.F., 14 No. 24 Westlaw Journal Nursing Home 7, Westlaw
Journal Nursing Home June 1, 2012 An elderly Alzheimer's patient should have
been placed in protective custody pursuant to a state law for long-term care of
the disabled instead of being involuntarily committed through a series of
emergency detentions for the mentally ill, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has
ruled. The state's highest court upheld the state Court of Appeals' 2011 ruling
that Fond du Lac County officials improperly committed "Helen E.F."
under Wis. Stat. 51, the state law governing involuntary commitment .
Legislation: SENATORS CALL FOR PATIENTS' CONSENT IN
OFF-LABEL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG USE, 14 No. 24 Westlaw Journal Nursing Home 8,
Westlaw Journal Nursing Home June 1, 2012 Three U.S. senators have introduced a
legislative amendment that would require health care providers to obtain
informed consent from elderly dementia patients before administering
antipsychotic drugs to them for "off-label" uses. The proposed
amendment to the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, S.
3187, would help to combat "costly, widespread and inappropriate" use
of antipsychotics in nursing homes, Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley said in a
May 22 statement.
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