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HHS Issues Provider Information Blocking Disincentives Proposed Rule

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On October 30, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a...more

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HHS Proposes Information Blocking Disincentives for Healthcare Providers

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Two divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) – released the "21st Century Cures Act:...more

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Modernizing Medicine Settles False Claims Act Violations for $45 Million

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The Justice Department continues to pile up healthcare enforcement actions — false claims, anti-kickback, and fraud.  DOJ is on its way to a record year....more

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Recent kickback cases yield almost $20 million in settlements for the United States

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Attorney’s Offices have been quite busy settling False Claims Act (FCA) cases during the first month and a half of 2021. Two recent FCA lawsuits based, at least in part, on allegations...more

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Deadline approaching to submit promoting interoperability hardship exception to avoid payment adjustment

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all hospitals to meaningfully use certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) as part of the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program. Eligible...more

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CMS Releases FY 2021 Medicare IPPS and LTCH PPS Proposed Rule

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On May 11, 2020, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for FY 2021 (the Proposed Rule), which will affect...more

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CMS Final Rule Aims to Advance Interoperability, Exchange of Clinical and Plan Information

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its highly anticipated final rule aimed at enhancing interoperability and increasing patient access to health information. CMS’s final rule will require hospitals...more

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A Tale of Two False Claims Act Settlements Involving EHR Vendors

Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $57 million settlement with electronic health record (EHR) software vendor Greenway Health LLC (Greenway). According to DOJ, Greenway violated the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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2018 Digital Health Year in Review: Focus on Care Coordination and Reimbursement

In 2018, even more than in recent years, federal lawmakers and regulators continued the push toward modernizing the existing legal framework to support and encourage digital health adoption in the context of care coordination...more

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Health Care Information Exchanges and Price Transparency Initiatives: CMS Requests Input from Providers

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On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule introducing changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule, and soliciting comments from providers on CMS data sharing initiatives....more

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CMS Quality Payment Program Changes for 2019

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a redesign of incentives under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) as part of the 2019 Updates to the Quality Payment Program (QPP). This affects...more

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INSIGHT: CMS’s Virtual Care Codes Pave New Avenues for Telemedicine Services Delivery

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule introducing monumental changes to the physician fee schedule, paving the way for asynchronous telemedicine and new technologies through a new set of virtual...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 pt 2

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

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Deadline approaching to submit meaningful use hardship exception to avoid payment adjustment

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the hardship exception instructions and application form for the Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program (now called the Promoting...more

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Direct Provider Contract Alternative Payment Model - CMS/CMMI Issues Request for Information

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On April 23, 2018, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation issued a Request for Information (the RFI) on a direct provider contracting model for primary care. The RFI seeks input on how direct provider contracting...more

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CMS Announces New Initiatives For Innovating Patient Care

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Last month, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced several initiatives to innovate the delivery of patient care at the ground level. In collaboration with the Trump Administration and other federal agencies, CMS is taking...more

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CMS plans complete overhaul of EHR incentive programs, announces new patient access initiatives

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced on March 6, 2018, at the Health Information and Management Systems Society conference that CMS is planning to overhaul the meaningful use...more

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Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - 2018 Call for Measures

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Beginning in 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is commencing an annual “Call for Measures” initiative to allow interested parties (i.e., Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals...more

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CMS Extends Hospital and CAH Attestation Deadline

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the eligible hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) attestation deadline from February 28, 2018 to March 16, 2018....more

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Meaningful Use and Quality Attestations in QNet: CMS Hosts EHR Hospital Transition Q&A Session

The CMS EHR Incentive Program attestation for Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) has moved to a new platform, the QualityNet Secure Portal (QNet). Starting this year, eligible hospitals and CAHs...more

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New CMS Guidance on Information Blocking

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published two important guidance statements on so-called "information blocking," i.e., knowingly and willfully limiting or restricting the compatibility or...more

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Electronic Health Records Vendor Agrees to $155 Million Settlement to Resolve FCA Allegations, Required to Make Free Upgrades to...

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On May 31, 2017, the DOJ announced a $155 million settlement with eClinicalWorks (ECW), one of the nation’s largest electronic health records (EHR) vendors, to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by a whistleblower. ...more

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OIG Claims Medicare Improperly Paid Over $700 Million Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments

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On June 12, 2017, OIG released a report on Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments, claiming that between May 2011 and June 2014, CMS paid an estimated $729 million to eligible professionals...more

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"Meaningfully Useful" Risk Mitigation Strategies for Providers Following the eClinicalWorks Settlement

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH Act") established financial incentives under Medicare and Medicaid for eligible health care providers that adopt, implement, and demonstrate use...more

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False Claims Act Settlement with eClinicalWorks Raises Questions for Electronic Health Record Software Vendors

On May 31, 2017, the US Department of Justice announced a Settlement Agreement under which eClinicalWorks, a vendor of electronic health record software, agreed to pay $155 million and enter into a five-year Corporate...more

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