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CMS Clarifies Physician Delegation of Tasks in SNFs and NFs

by Simi Botic, Thomas Hess | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/26/2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an important instruction for physicians, non-physician practitioners (“NPPs”) and providers who bill for services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)...more

Here Comes the Sun: What You Need to Know about the Sunshine Act and Its Implementing Rules

by Edward Buthusiem, Cheray Lynch Sieminski | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 3/20/2013

After years of deliberation, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-awaited regulations to implement the specific requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine) on February 1,...more

CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Reform "Unnecessary, Obsolete, or Excessively Burdensome" Medicare Participation Standards

by Sarah Baker, Dinetia Newman | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to reform Medicare regulations that CMS views as unnecessary, obsolete, and/or excessively burdensome on hospitals and health care...more

Payment Matters: Recent PRRB and CMS Administrator Decisions: A Summary for Providers

by Leslie Demaree Goldsmith | Ober|Kaler on 2/8/2013

In recently released decisions, the PRRB and the CMS Administrator addressed a number of issues of interest to many providers. Short summaries of those decisions are provided below. The PRRB and CMS Administrator post their...more

Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Challenge for Companies, Tool for Enforcers

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/22/2012

Pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and biotech companies are gearing up for the January 1, 2013 deadline set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) for companies to begin collecting...more

Medicare Audit Challenges to Paying Nursing and Allied Health Program Pass-Through Costs

by McDermott Will & Emery on 9/21/2012

The Medicare program shares in the costs for approved nursing and allied health education programs operated by hospitals, a matter which has become a recent focus in Medicare audits of hospitals operating such programs....more

Telemedicine Amidst Healthcare Reform: Practicalities and Pitfalls

by CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 7/31/2012

The Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act underscores the need to deliver and make accessible quality healthcare to patients throughout the United States in an efficient and...more

CMS Announces it Will Not Require Data Collection by Manufacturers under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act Before January 1,...

by King & Spalding on 5/11/2012

Margaret Tavenner, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS or the “Agency”), issued a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley on May 3, 2012 formally responding to a letter sent to her by Senator...more

CMS Delays Data Collection Under ACA's Physician Payments Sunshine Act to January 1, 2013 May 9, 2012

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/10/2012

On May 3, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced that it will delay data-collection and reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Physician...more

Shorts on Long Term Care - May 2012

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 5/9/2012

In this issue: - A Sign of the Times: Nonpayment of Resident Accounts, Transfer/Discharge and Related Issues - Responding to an Audit? Be Prepared! - Ken’s Quote of the Month An excerpt from...more

Sunshine Act Implementation Delayed Until 2013

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/7/2012

With little fanfare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today on the CMS Blog that it is delaying data collection under the Sunshine Act until 2013. Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers...more

What Hospitals and Physicians Need to Know about CMS’s Proposed Rule Interpreting the Physician Payment Sunshine Act

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/6/2012

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued on December 14, 2011 its much-anticipated proposed rule interpreting the requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act), enacted by Congress as Section 6002...more

Proposed Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations Leave Many in the Dark

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 1/27/2012

Originally published in Health Care Fraud Report, 16 HFRA 80, 01/25/2012. Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers as well as group purchasing organizations (GPOs) finally received some insight into how the...more

Payment Matters: CMS Instructs Teaching Hospitals on Reporting FICA Tax Refunds for Medical Residents

by Ober|Kaler on 1/27/2012

On March 10, 2010, the IRS determined that medical residents are exempt from FICA taxes based on the student exception, for tax periods ending before April 1, 2005. Although the refunds apply to tax periods ending before...more

CMS Issues Proposed Sunshine Act Regulations

by Duane Morris LLP on 12/29/2011

Bright-Light Scrutiny on Payments by Drug and Device Makers to Physicians and Teaching Hospitals and Certain Physician Ownership Interests The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal...more

CMS Delays Implementation of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 12/21/2011

Considerably after the statutory deadline of October 1, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally has issued proposed regulations aimed at implementing what is known as the "Physician Payment Sunshine...more

"Sunshine Act Begins to See Light of Day: CMS Issues Proposed Rule Implementing Physician-Payment Reporting Requirements"

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/19/2011

On December 14, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its long-awaited proposed rule to implement Section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as the Physician Payment Sunshine...more

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