On August 15, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed rule which would cancel the Episode Payment Models (EPMs) and the Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) incentive payment model, each of which...more
On September 28, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking stakeholder comments related to innovative physician payment models required by the Medicare Access...more
10/1/2015
/ Alternative Payment Models (APM) ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
EHR ,
Electronic Health Record Incentives ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
MIPS ,
Physician Payments ,
Physicians ,
PQRS ,
Request For Information ,
Value-Based Payments
The $69.5 million settlement by North Broward Hospital District in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to resolve False Claims Act allegations paints a cautionary tale of the importance of hospital practices and optics in connection...more
9/21/2015
/ Compliance ,
Fair Market Value ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Settlement ,
Stark Law ,
Unfair Competition ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
In This Issue:
- Norman PHO
- Key Conclusions
- Implications for Established and Newly Forming Networks
- Excerpt from Norman PHO:
The Norman PHO is comprised of a single hospital system and...more
In This Issue:
- OMB Directs Department Heads to Prepare for Sequestration
- HHS Finalizes Omnibus HIPAA Rule, Enhances Privacy Requirements
- SCOTUS Says Equitable Tolling Not a Factor in DSH Case
- Report...more
1/25/2013
/ Data Protection ,
DSH ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Omnibus Rule ,
HITECH Act ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OMB ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
SCOTUS ,
Sequestration