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What the Supreme Court's "Chevron Deference" Ruling Could Mean for Health Care Law

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Baker Donelson recently published Anticipating SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Deference – What to Know and Five Ways to Prepare explaining the United States Supreme Court's upcoming ruling which is expected to impact the regulatory...more

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UPDATE: CMS Finalizes Rule Requiring Greater SNF Ownership Transparency, Including Private Equity and REIT Disclosures, and...

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule on November 15, 2023 (published on November 17, 2023) (the “Rule”), requiring greater skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) ownership transparency. The...more

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CMS Issues IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule for FY 2024

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On August 1, 2023, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule for FY 2024 (the Final Rule). In the Final Rule, CMS,...more

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CMS Proposes Changes to Medicaid DSH Third-Party Payer Rule

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On February 24, 2023, CMS issued a proposed rule updating its Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program regulations as a result of legislative changes made by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021....more

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DOJ Antitrust Division and HHS OIG Enter into Partnership to Increase Coordination and Enforcement in Health Care

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On December 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) announced they had entered a Memorandum of Understanding...more

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Skilled nursing facility operator settles false claims case involving allegations that the company failed to report and return...

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On June 29, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with California skilled nursing facility operator Plum Healthcare Group LLC and facility Azalea Holdings LLC dba McKinley Park Care Center (Plum) to...more

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HHS Revokes Arkansas and New Hampshire Medicaid Work Requirements

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On March 17, 2021, HHS notified Arkansas and New Hampshire officials that it was withdrawing its approval of demonstration projects which had permitted those states to impose work requirements as a condition for eligibility...more

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He Actually Did It: Trump Administration Implements Medicare Part B “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Reform

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On November 20, 2020, 60 days before the end of his Administration, President Trump announced a series of major drug pricing regulations. This Alert summarizes the Most Favored Nation Model (“MFN Model”) for Medicare Part B...more

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In Latest Medicaid Rule, CMS Aims to Define Line Extensions

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As many of our astute readers are aware, on June 17, 2020 CMS released a long-awaited Medicaid proposed rule addressing a number of far-ranging issued involving Medicaid coverage and payment for prescription drugs, including...more

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A Review of the Affordable Care Act at 10 Years, Part 2: Medicaid Expansion

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This post is the second installment in our blog series looking back on the 10-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and will examine Medicaid expansion under the ACA. Medicaid is joint federal-state program that...more

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CMS Releases Block Grant Guidance: Answers to your FAQs

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On January 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its long awaited and highly anticipated State Medicaid Director Letter (SMD Letter) announcing the “Healthy Adult Opportunity” (HAO) initiative...more

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South Carolina Receives Approval from CMS to Implement Medicaid Work Requirements

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On December 12, 2019, CMS approved South Carolina’s proposal for a demonstration project that would add work, or community engagement, requirements as part of the eligibility determinations for the state’s Medicaid plan. ...more

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Expansion of Medicaid Eligibility for Undocumented Young Adults

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In recent weeks, the states of California and Washington, and New York City have proposed expanding Medicaid eligibility for undocumented young adults. Given Medicaid’s combination of state and federal funding, House and...more

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D.C. District Court Vacates 60-Day Medicare Advantage Overpayment Rule

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The Situation: In 2016, several Medicare Advantage ("MA") organizations challenged a 2014 final rule promulgated by the Center for Medicare Services ("CMS") that broadly subjected MA organizations to potential liability under...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our second “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. Please...more

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Proposed Regulations Issued Implementing Massachusetts Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC) Supplemental Contribution

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In an earlier post, we reported on the passage of H. 3822, “An Act Further Regulating Employer Contributions to Health Care,” (the “Act”), the purpose of which is to shore up the finances of the Commonwealth’s Medicaid...more

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Disputing Inaccurate Reports Under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act

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The Affordable Care Act added the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) as section 1128G to the Social Security Act. The Sunshine Act requires applicable manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical...more

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New OIG Exclusion Regulations About to Go into Effect

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a final rule regarding its exclusion authorities. The final rule goes into effect March 21, 2017, and expands OIG’s authority to exclude certain individuals and...more

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HHS Issues Rules Expanding OIG’s Exclusion Authorities

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On January 12, 2017, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final rules implementing permissive exclusion authorities authorized by the Affordable Care Act expanding...more

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HHS OIG Finalizes New Exclusion Rules as Administration Exits

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With just a week left before a new administration takes office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized changes to the regulations authorizing OIG to exclude...more

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Medicaid Managed Care Transitions’ Impact On Brain Injury Waiver Populations

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As of June 2015, 24 states utilize a traumatic or acquired brain injury waiver,1 as provided under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, which are designed to help individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) live in...more

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2016 Cost of Living Increases are Rare

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On October 21, 2015, in Information Release 2015-118, the IRS announced cost-of-living adjustments to various dollar limitations under the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") for pension plans and other related items for the...more

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Health Care Update - October 2015

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Cuts in Mandatory Entitlement Programs Center of Budget Negotiations: As budget negotiators from both sides of the Hill come together to work out a two-year budget deal, determining how sequestration relief will be paid for...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Legislation to Strengthen Medicaid Program Integrity and Fraud Controls... Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced to Stop Anti-Competitive “Pay-For-Delay”...more

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Home and Community-Based Services: Seven Things You Need to Know

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Few people have a strong understanding of home and community-based services (HCBS), how they work, how they came about and why they are important. There are a number of reasons why HCBS experts are few and far between. Put...more

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