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Mississippi CON Report

1. CON – Final Orders a. CON Review Number: FS-NIS-0216-002 – Oxford Pre-Op & Imaging Center, LLC d/b/a Oxford Pre-OP & Imaging Center – Acquisition or Otherwise Control of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Offering...more

Mississippi CON Report

Certificates of Need Approved and Staff Recommendations – March 2017 - 1. CON – Final Orders - a. CON Review Number: C-CO-0217-003 – Hattiesburg Clinic, Professional Association – Cost Overrun to CON #R-0897 (CON...more

Mississippi CON Report

Certificates of Need Approved and Staff Recommendations –February 2017 - 1. CON – Final Orders - a. CON Review NH-RC-1216-024 –St. Catherine’s Village, Inc. – Construction [of an Addition] and Renovation of a...more

ACA repeal without replacement negatively impacts Mississippians

During my career as a health lawyer, I have presented both sides of an issue to clients. When the Affordable Care Act was enacted in March 2010, I spoke to various audiences explaining the provisions and impact on their...more

Mississippi CON Report

CON – Final Orders - CON Review: ESRD-ES-1116-023 – RCG Tunica, LLC d/b/a Tunica Dialysis – Expansion of ESRD Stations at Existing ESRD Facility – Capital Expenditure: $1,374,346.00 – Location: Tunica, Tunica County,...more

Mississippi CON Report

Certificates of Need Approved and Staff Recommendations – December 2016 - 1. CON – Final Orders - a. CON Review Number: HG-A-0715-015 – Singing River Health System d/b/a Singing River Hospital – Amendment and Cost...more

Mississippi CON Report

Certificates of Need Approved and Staff Recommendations –November 2016. 1. CON – Final Orders - None - 2. CON – Staff Analysis - a. CON Review Number: HG-NIS-0816-015 – Choctaw Regional Medical Center –...more

Mississippi CON Report

Certificates of Need Approved and Staff Recommendations – October 2016 - A. Letters of Intent to Change Ownership - None - B. Determinations of Reviewability - 1. University of Mississippi Medical Center...more

Key Points from the Final MACRA Rule

On October 14, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule (Final Rule) implementing sweeping changes to the Medicare physician payment system mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP...more

Mississippi CON Report

1. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings during September 2016 - During the September 29, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff...more

Mississippi CON Report

1. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings during August 2016 - During the August 25, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis and...more

Mississippi CON Report

1. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings during July 2016 - During the July 28, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis and...more

8/11/2016  /  Certificate of Need , Hospitals

Mississippi CON Report

1. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings during May/June 2016 - During the May 26, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis and...more

MACRA/O Level Changes Coming with MIPS and APMs: An In-Depth Look at Medicare’s Proposed Physician Payment System Reform

1. Executive Summary - With the dirt barely settled on the unmourned grave of the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) methodology for updating physician fee schedule payments, CMS published a proposed rule that would...more

CMS Finalizes Stark Law Changes in CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

This past July, on the heels of a decision in which a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit characterized the federal physician self-referral prohibition commonly known as the “Stark Law” as, “even for...more

OIG Releases New Compliance Oversight Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards

On April 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), in conjunction with the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA)...more

Implications of Final Regulations Under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(r)

The Internal Revenue Service replaced proposed regulations under Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) with final regulations in late 2014 (the “Final Regulations”). As enacted in the Patient Protection and...more

CMS Proposal to Adopt New OMB Delineations May Affect Medicare Reimbursement, GME Payments, and Regulatory Compliance

On April 30, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed rules for the Fiscal Year 2015 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System, in which CMS announced several updates, including...more

Mississippi CON Report - April 2014

In this Report: I. March 2014 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since February 2014 - A. Letters of Intent to Change Ownership - B....more

Mississippi CON Report - March 2014

In This Report: - I. February 2014 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since January 2014 - B. Determinations of Reviewability -...more

3/21/2014  /  Certificate of Need

Mississippi CON Report - February 2014

In this Report: - I. January 2014 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since December 2013 - A. Letters of Intent to Change Ownership...more

2/20/2014  /  Certificate of Need

Mississippi CON Report - January 2014

In this Report: - I. December 2013 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since November 2013 - A. Letters of Intent to Change Ownership...more

Privacy and Security Alert: January 9th, 2014

On December 5, 2013, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported on the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) compliance as of May 2011 with oversight and enforcement of the Security Rule and compliance with federal cybersecurity...more

Final EHR Donation Rules Issued in Time for the New Year

On December 27, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules revising the Stark exception (42 CFR...more

Mississippi CON Report - November 2013

In this Issue: - I. October 2013 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since September 2013 CON Meeting - A. Letters of Intent to Change...more

11/15/2013  /  Certificate of Need
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