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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Releases Mandatory TEAM Hospital Participants and Issues RFI on Medicare Administrative Contractor...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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The Budget Neutrality Paradox: Explaining the CY 2025 PFS Positive Budget Neutrality Adjustment

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The major calendar year proposed regs are now out, with thousands of pages of text to digest. Since a plethora of issues are embedded in these regs, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the...more

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Health Care Week in Review: HHS Finalizes 340B ADR Rule; House and Senate Hold Hearings on President’s FY 2025 HHS Budget

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Informed Consent Guidance and Pharmacy Immunity

New guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 1, 2024, clarified that hospitals will not be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - March 2024

This Week in Washington: Congress averts government shutdown; President issues executive order concerning foreign exploitation of health data; Sen. McConnell announces he is stepping down as leader at the end of the term;...more

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2023 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review

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Employment matters in the health care industry once again prompted significant attention from federal and state governments in 2023. While much of our 2022 Year in Review discussed how states were beginning to address...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - December 2023 #3

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This Week in Washington: House passes Lower Costs, More Transparency Act and SUPPORT Act Reauthorization; Senate HELP Committee reports SUPPORT Act Reauthorization and three other bills out of committee; ONC releases final...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Announces Details to Pay Drug Costs on Installment Plan

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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CMS Releases FY 2024 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Final Rule

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On July 27, 2023, CMS issued a final rule (Final Rule) which revises Medicare policies and rates for the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for the 2024 fiscal year (FY 2024). Among other...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: July 21, 2023

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The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on innovation and a markup of 15 healthcare bills. The Senate...more

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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Has Ended. Now What for Managed Care Plans?

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May 11, 2023 marked a milestone in the pandemic response with the expiration of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). The expiration of the PHE marks an end to the wide-reaching efforts undertaken by the federal...more

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Sun Sets on CMS Mandatory Vaccination Requirement for Affected Healthcare Entities

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After nearly three years of navigating the most widespread public health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has withdrawn its mandatory vaccination and testing...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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Vax Requirement Sacked in TN: Medicare Providers Lose Exemption from COVID-19 Laws

The federal government says healthcare employers can soon stop requiring employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Yes — the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is...more

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CMS Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

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On May 1, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the end of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, contractors, CMS-certified facilities, and others, because, “we are now in a different phase of our...more

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Kitchen Sink MDRP Proposed Rule Radically Changes Best Price Determination Resulting in Financial and Operational Challenges for...

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On May 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Proposed Rule titled: “Medicaid Program: Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug...more

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COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements Rescinded For CMS-Certified Healthcare Facilities

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On May 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Final Rule (the “Final Rule”) that withdraws the mandatory vaccination requirement for employees of CMS-certified healthcare facilities, which...more

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CMS Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Medicare- and Medicaid-Certified Providers and Suppliers

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On June 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that withdraws COVID-19 vaccination mandates for certain providers’ staff members and withdraws long-term care...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 6, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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CMS Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

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In conjunction with the Biden administration’s declaration that the COVID-19 national public health emergency ended effective May 11, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would “soon end”...more

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Final Rule Ends COVID Vaccine Mandate in CMS-Certified Facilities

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The United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), published a final rule on June 5 (the “Final Rule”), which, among other important actions,...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a Final Rule regarding the former COVID-19 vaccine requirements. The Final Rule withdraws the COVID-19 health care staff...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

CMS Issues Final Rule Withdrawing Health Care Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

On June 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule withdrawing the requirement that employees of CMS covered health care providers be vaccinated against COVID-19. You may recall that...more

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CMS COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing Requirements to Formally End This Summer

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The Biden-Harris Administration announced on May 1, 2023, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would soon be eliminating COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare providers. On May 31, 2023, CMS...more

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Major Shift in Best Price Proposed in Grab Bag of MDRP Reforms

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The title of CMS’s May 26 proposed rule, “Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the MDRP,” buries the lede. Amid twenty Medicaid Drug Rebate Program-related proposals—some...more

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