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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Finalizes FY 2025 Payment Rules for Inpatient Hospitals, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, Inpatient...

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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 Issues IPPS and LTCH Proposed Rule for FY 2025

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On April 10, 2024, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 (the Proposed Rule). In...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Releases IPPS Proposed Rule; Congress Holds Hearings on Chronic Care and Telehealth

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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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Health Care Week In Review: HHS Selects the First 10 Drugs for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

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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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Health Care Week in Review: Congress Raises Debt Ceiling, CMS Issues Final Rule

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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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2023 #5

News Briefs - Inflation Causes Many Patients to Skip Doctors' Appointments - As prices go up generally, patients stay away from their physicians, according to federal analysts. In 2022, 28 percent of adults went without some...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - July 2022

This Week in Washington: CMS Releases the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - April 2022 #4

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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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Washington Healthcare Update - September 2021

This week in Washington: Reconciliation markups begin. Congress  - Upcoming Hearings/Markups - House - • Need for Continuing Resolution to Fund the Government...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - May 2021 #2

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

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COVID Vaccines for Long Term Care Employees: To Mandate or Not to Mandate?

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With three COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use and states across the U.S. prioritizing vaccinations for essential health care workers, long term care (LTC) facilities...more

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A Primer on the COVID-19 Vaccines

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To date, two COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for emergency use by the FDA. Produced by Pfizer and Moderna, the vaccines are in full distribution throughout the world; however they differ slightly in certain respects....more

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CDC Prioritizes Health Care Personnel and LTCF Residents for COVID-19 Vaccine

As expected, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted 13-1 on December 1, 2020 to recommend that health care personnel and long-term care...more

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OSHA Issues COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Guidance For Long Term Care Facilities

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OSHA has issued guidance on personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and respiratory protection use in nursing home and long term care facilities (collectively “LTCFs”) to protect against COVID-19. In its recently issued...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - June 2020 #4

This week in Washington: Trump administration again attempts to overturn ACA in Supreme Court, House considers legislation to shore up ACA and multiple hearings related to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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CMS Issues New Round of Waivers and Rule Changes In Response to COVID-19

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Last week CMS issued a new round of regulatory waivers and rule changes in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including its Interim Final Rule with comment period, CMS-5531-IFC. The key changes relax certain...more

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CMS Releases FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

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• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 23, 2019, released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule. • The proposed payment rate increase...more

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21st Century Cures: A Closer Look

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On December 7, 2016, the US Congress enacted the 21st Century Cures Act, substantial legislation intended to accelerate “discovery, development and delivery” of medical therapies by encouraging biomedical research investment,...more

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Implications of the Medicare and Medicaid Provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act

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On December 7, 2016, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act (the “Act”). The Act began as a proposal to increase funding to the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and streamline the Food and Drug Administration’s...more

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House Passes 21st Century Cures Act

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On November 30, 2016, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill intended to modernize health care delivery and speed up and improve medical research and innovations by removing bureaucratic...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On April 21, 2016, CMS issued a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program: FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.” This...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 8, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Drug Payment Model.” The proposed rule seeks...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: The House is not in session this week... The Senate returns today... Committees in the Senate will hold hearings on co-ops and mental health... Vice President Biden will attend the World Economic Forum in...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Bipartisan Senate Letter Questions HHS and CMS on Details of State ACA Waivers...OMB Is Reviewing Final Medicaid-Covered Outpatient Drug Rule...Delaware Forgoes Transition to State-Based Exchange....more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: House Ways & Means Committee Holds Markup; Makes Significant Legislative Changes to Health Care Bills... Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup on Medicare Appeals Process Bill... CMS Issues Final Rule on...more

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