Yesterday (August 13), while in special session ordered by Gov. Bill Lee, the Tennessee General Assembly overwhelmingly passed an amended version of HB8002, which significantly enhances telehealth flexibility and payment...more
As most are aware, the telehealth industry has experienced a major expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic. The volume of telehealth claim lines in April 2020 alone reportedly increased more than 8,000% versus April of 2019,...more
On Thursday, April 30, 2020, CMS announced a second round of regulatory waivers and flexibilities to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Information on the new waivers and flexibilities, as well as provider-specific fact sheets,...more
As health care providers across the country take steps to initiate or increase use of telehealth to provide patient care while complying with “social distancing” or “shelter in place” directives, federal and state...more
Texting by physicians and other health care providers has long been a hot topic due to the privacy and security considerations involved, although HIPAA and state laws have generally been at the center of this discussion....more
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It has now been a number of years since the enactment of Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), which requires among other things that any recipient of a Medicare or Medicaid overpayment report and return it...more
On April 1, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned an $11.1 million False Claims Act (FCA) judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against MedQuest Associates, Inc.,...more