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CMS Proposed Rule Decreases Physician Payments, Expands Telehealth, and Much More

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The comment period for the CMS CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule recently closed on Monday, September 9th. Based on previous years, the Final Rule can be expected as soon as early November, taking effect...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

More Losses than Gains? OIG Declines to Approve Certain Medicare Advantage Gainsharing Arrangements in Advisory Opinion 24-08

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On September 13, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 24-08, in which it declined to approve a proposal by a Medicare Advantage organization (MAO)...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Medical Device Manufacturer THD Pays $700,000 to Resolve FCA Allegations

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Medical Device Manufacturer THD Pays $700,000 to Resolve FCA Allegations - On September 6, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that THD America, Inc., and its parent company, THD SpA of Italy,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 10, 2024

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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

Venable LLP

2025 Changes to Medicare Part D Will Impact Group Health Plans' Creditable Coverage Determination

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 made significant design changes to Medicare Part D effective January 1, 2025. The changes will cause an increase in the actuarial value of Medicare Part D coverage, which will impact...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

2024 Pre-Election Analysis: Health Care Issues

In recent elections, health care has been one of the most hot-button issues with consequences for millions of Americans, and this election is no exception. The next administration and the 119th Congress have the potential to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Maryland PDAB Releases Draft Upper Payment Limit Action Plan

On August 9, Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) released its draft action plan for establishing upper payment limits (UPLs) for drugs identified as causing or likely to cause affordability challenges. The...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Attention Maryland Providers: Are You Availing Yourselves of Regulatory Flexibilities under the TCOC Model?

An April 2024 independent report (“Report”) analyzed the results of the first four years following implementation of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model (the “TCOC Model”), finding that between 2019 and 2022 (the “TCOC...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #2

News Briefs - State Governments Taking Steps to Make Rules on Healthcare AI - In the absence of federal guardrails on artificial intelligence in healthcare, state governments are figuring out their own rules of the road....more

McDermott+

CMS Releases Final TCET Notice – Implications and Next Steps

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final procedural notice for the new Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) pathway for certain US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CMS Announces Part D Premium Parameters, New Policy to Stabilize Standalone Part D Premiums

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Part D national average bid amount and Part D base beneficiary premiums for 2025. These figures set the premium costs and government subsidies for Medicare...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS)...

On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates for certain acute care hospitals by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2025, compared...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Texas Judge Sides with Challengers on CMS Rule Limiting Medicare Agent/Broker Payments

While the Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo was making headlines, other courts were considering recent regulations of another agency—the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—that are...more

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Investigations Newsletter: FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest — Summer 2024 False Claims Act Newsletter

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Welcome to the Summer 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and...more

Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] Medicare Tune Up: Boosting Efficiency and Minimizing Costs - August 8th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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As Medicare secondary payer penalties take effect this fall, find out what’s new, what’s on the horizon, and what to watch out for to avoid pitfalls. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Philip Unwin and Jennifer Santoro for a free...more

Burr & Forman

“Incident To” Billing Promotes Productivity, But Presents Many Potential Pitfalls

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Under certain circumstances, Medicare allows physician practices to bill eligible non-physician practitioners (NPPs) under a supervising physician’s provider number and at 100 percent of the supervising physician’s allowable...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CMS Finalizes Part D Cost-Sharing Smoothing Guidance

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the second part of its guidance on implementation of the IRA’s Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (MPPP), known informally as Part D monthly out of-pocket...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Continuing Plague of Healthcare Fraud

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Healthcare fraud is an ever-growing constant in our economy.  It is a battle that presents new and exponential challenges.  The U.S. Department of Justice, the HHS-Office of Inspector general and State Attorneys’ General all...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: CMS Releases Final Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Part 2 Guidance

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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

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Understanding Medicaid: What Does Medicaid Cover?

In the complex and frequently changing landscape of health care in the United States, Medicaid stands out as a vital program. Since 1965, it has provided essential coverage to millions of low-income individuals and families....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt Telehealth Policy Tracker: Tracking Ongoing Federal and State Telehealth Policy Changes

2024: New Federal Developments - There were no relevant federal developments during Q2 of 2024. 2024: New State-Level Developments...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - July 2024 #1

News Briefs - Texas Federal Court Ruling Puts Noncompete Ban on Hold - A Texas federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission's noncompete ban, which if implemented would allow existing...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

What States Should Know Before Applying to CMMI’s Innovation in Behavioral Health NOFO

Summary On June 17, 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for Innovation in Behavioral Health...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Building a Collaborative Care Model: Lessons from Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care

As the national crisis in behavioral and mental health care continues to worsen, providers have tested innovative ways to bring services to children and adults in need. One approach to enhance service delivery is the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Designing a Medicaid Hospital Global Budget Under CMS’ AHEAD Model

In September 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model, and this week CMS is expected to make a first set of...more

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