Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law, Tax Law

Health Care Legal News - July 12, 2012 • Volume 2, Number 6

by Dickinson Wright on 7/17/2012

In This Issue: - SUPREME COURT TO HEAR FTC CHALLENGE TO GEORGIA HOSPITAL MERGER By: James M. Burns - On June 25, the United States Supreme Court granted a request by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for...more

Business News Digest - June 2012

by Venable LLP on 6/29/2012

In this issue: - Nonprofit Retirement Plan Fee Disclosure – Action Needed - What You Need to Know Regarding the New Maryland Income Tax Credit for Security Clearance Costs & Construction of SCIFs - ACOs,...more

Beyond the Cover Story Part 2: The Final ACO Regulations - November 9, 2011 (Presentation)

by Ober|Kaler on 11/15/2011

In This Presentation: What Guidance is Available? What is an ACO? Application; Agreement; Governance; Leadership; Two Shared Savings Models; Shared Savings Payments; Appeals; Assignment of Beneficiaries; Fraud and Abuse;...more

Revisiting the Medicare Shared Savings Program: An Interagency Effort to Promote Accountable Care

by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 10/28/2011

On October 20, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its final rule (“Final Rule”) implementing the voluntary Medicare Shared Savings Program (“Program”)1 for accountable care organizations...more

The ACO Final Rule Is Released Are You Ready

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 10/24/2011

On October 20, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an advance copy of the final rule for accountable care organizations (ACOs). Additional governmental guidance was issued to address antitrust...more

Health Headlines - June 20, 2011

by King & Spalding on 6/20/2011

In This Issue: - District Court Upholds CMS’s Disallowance Of Illinois Medicaid “Provider Tax” - An IRS Advisory Committee Recommends Changes To IRS Rules For Group Exemptions - Eighth Circuit Denies Antitrust...more

Beyond the Cover Story: A Focused Overview of the Key Provisions of the ACO Regulations

by Ober|Kaler on 5/10/2011

Agenda - Welcome – Julie Kass - Application and Agreement with CMS – Sarah Swank - Eligibility, Governance and Leadership – Sarah Swank and Bob Clark - Antitrust – Bill Berlin - Fraud and Abuse – Julie Kass -...more

Ropes & Gray Analysis of CMS Proposed ACO Rule and Related Agency Issuances

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/11/2011

Introduction On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the long-awaited Medicare Shared Savings Program proposed regulations establishing Medicare Accountable Care Organizations...more

CMS Releases Proposed Rule Governing Accountable Care Organizations

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/6/2011

On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a long-awaited Proposed Rule governing accountable care organizations (“ACOs”). The Proposed Rule will be formally published in the Federal...more

The Dawning of the Age of Accountable Care? Federal Agencies Reveal Rules for Accountable Care Organizations

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 4/6/2011

Rushing to avoid being cast as an April Fools’ publication, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed rule implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)’s Section 3022,...more

Health Headlines - April 4, 2011

by King & Spalding on 4/4/2011

In This Issue: - CMS Releases Proposed ACO Rule - U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Release Policy Statement Regarding ACOs - CMS/OIG Notice Regarding Waiver Designs in Connection with the Medicare Shared...more

ACO Update: Federal Agencies Release Coordinated ACO Shared Savings Program Legal Issues

by Ober|Kaler on 4/1/2011

Today, several agencies simultaneously announced guidance for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Today’s announcements include: (1) the proposed rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program from the Centers for Medicare &...more