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Bringing Sunlight to Healthcare Pricing: The CMS Release of Hospital Charge Data

by Robert Wolin | BakerHostetler on 5/17/2013

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis once said that "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." The release of charges billed by some 3,337 Medicare hospitals for 100 of the most common inpatient diagnosis related...more

Health Care Reform Update -- May 13, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Abby Matousek, Jeremy Rabinovitz | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/15/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

Health Care Reform Update -- May 6, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Abby Matousek, Jeremy Rabinovitz | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/8/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled....more

Health Care Reform Update -- April 2, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Kevin M. Kappel, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/3/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

Senate Casts Votes on Wage Index Policy

by King & Spalding on 4/3/2013

On March 22, 2013, the Senate cast a duo of votes on the wage index issue during a series of votes on the budget resolution. The two votes related to Section 3141 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which critics have dubbed...more

Payment Adjustments for Low-Volume Hospitals and Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program Extended

by Mark A. Stanley | Ober|Kaler on 3/30/2013

CMS has issued a notice that (1) payment adjustments for certain low-volume hospitals and (2) the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program will be extended through federal fiscal year 2013 (FY 2013). The extension of the...more

Ordering/Referring Phase 2 Begins May 1st - Claims Will Be Denied

by Donna Senft | Ober|Kaler on 3/30/2013

In an April 24, 2009 transmittal, CMS announced a two-phase claims editing expansion designed to allow verification that the physician or non-physician practitioner (NPP) listed as the ordering/referring provider on a...more

Sequester the Sequestration Cuts, Please! Why the Health Care Industry Must Brace Itself for More Change...

by Chelsea Trotter | Nossaman LLP on 3/27/2013

As the federal government scrambles to cut burgeoning health care costs, yet increase health care coverage to the uninsured or underinsured, the paradox of expansion, on the one hand, yet constriction, on the other, has...more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 25, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Kevin M. Kappel, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/26/2013

In This Issue: Leading the News; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

2013 Form 941 And Instructions Include New Line For Additional Medicare Tax

by Rena Pirsos | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 3/26/2013

The IRS has released the 2013 Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, along with the instructions. Other than a few editorial changes, the only major change to the form is a new line 5d, Taxable wages and tips...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - March 26, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 3/26/2013

Last week, as the Affordable Care Act turned three, the drumbeat of concern over Medicare Advantage cuts grew louder when Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch – as well as 98 house...more

OIG Recommends Increased CMS Enforcement of SNF Standards

by Holly Barker, Kathleen McDermott | Morgan Lewis on 3/22/2013

Amid alleged failures of skilled nursing facilities to meet care and discharge planning requirements, OIG identifies substantial payment errors....more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 19, 2013

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/20/2013

In This Issue: Leading the News – Budgets and the Continuing Resolution (CR); Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other...more

CMS Issues Rules On Physician Payments Sunshine Act

by Michael Volkov on 3/15/2013

People like to think they have it the hardest in life. I call it the competition among victims. If you are in the healthcare industry and fall under the Physician Payments regulations, then I think you are on your way to...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - March 14, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 3/14/2013

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conditionally approved state partnership marketplaces in Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire and West Virginia; Accountable Care Organizations wrote to the Centers for...more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 11, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Kevin M. Kappel, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/12/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

CMS Provides Progress Report to Senate Finance Committee on Healthcare Reform Efforts, Highlighting Decrease in Hospital...

by King & Spalding on 3/12/2013

On February 28, 2013, the acting principal deputy administrator and director of CMS, Jonathan Blum, provided a progress report to the Senate Finance Committee on CMS’s efforts to reform the healthcare delivery system,...more

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) › Medicare

Bringing Sunlight to Healthcare Pricing: The CMS Release of Hospital Charge Data

Health Care Reform Update -- May 13, 2013

Health Care Reform Update -- May 6, 2013

Health Care Reform Update -- April 2, 2013

Senate Casts Votes on Wage Index Policy

Payment Adjustments for Low-Volume Hospitals and Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program Extended

Ordering/Referring Phase 2 Begins May 1st - Claims Will Be Denied

Sequester the Sequestration Cuts, Please! Why the Health Care Industry Must Brace Itself for More Change...

Health Care Reform Update -- March 25, 2013

2013 Form 941 And Instructions Include New Line For Additional Medicare Tax

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - March 26, 2013

OIG Recommends Increased CMS Enforcement of SNF Standards

Health Care Reform Update -- March 19, 2013

CMS Issues Rules On Physician Payments Sunshine Act

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - March 14, 2013

Health Care Reform Update -- March 11, 2013

CMS Provides Progress Report to Senate Finance Committee on Healthcare Reform Efforts, Highlighting Decrease in Hospital...

Understanding The Impacts Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

Health Care Reform Update -- March 4, 2013

President Obama Issues Sequestration Order, CMS Has Yet to Publish Implementation Instructions

Health Care Reform Update - What employers should be doing now.

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 27, 2013

Health Care Issues Poised to Take Front and Center in the 113th Congress

CMS Announces Proposed Rule Implementing the ACA's MLR Requirements for MA and Prescription Drug Plans

CMS Issues Final Rule for Implementing Sunshine Act

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