As noted in our previous client alert, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) released its highly anticipated proposed 340B Drug Pricing Program Omnibus Guidance (“Guidance”). The Guidance offers updated...more
9/17/2015
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On July 16, 2015, the Federal Register published Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule to reform the requirements for Long Term Care Facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS will be...more
On July 16, 2015, the Federal Register published Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule to reform the requirements for Long Term Care Facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS will be...more
8/3/2015
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On July 13, 2015, CMS issued a proposed rule to reform the requirements for long term care facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid. The 400-page proposed rule recommends the biggest overhaul to nursing home...more
Currently, Medicare patients that wish to receive palliative hospice care have a tough choice to make—forgo any curative treatment or incur all hospice care costs. This could change, however, with the recent launch of CMS's...more