Medicaid, Physicians, Affordable Care Act

The MIPS Effect: A Surprise Twist in Estimating Medicare Payments for Clinicians Next Year

McDermott+ on 8/24/2023

As physician groups and other stakeholders work to finalize comment letters on the calendar year (CY) 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed regulation by September 11, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

[Podcast] CDC Guidance, HHS Appointments, ACA Prospects

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/14/2021

In this debut episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome partner Kelly Cleary to discuss health policy, medical science and Washington...more

Healthcare Policy Under the Biden Administration: Key Takeaways

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/8/2021

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Angela Humphreys—Chair of the Healthcare Practice and Co-Chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team—sat down virtually with Paul Keckley—a healthcare policy analyst, industry expert and Managing...more

To rein in health costs, experts focus on $1.2 trillion in U.S. hospital spending

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 2/25/2021

Although politicians have obsessed for a decade about affordable health insurance, frustrated patients have seen little or no relief on another crucial concern — the skyrocketing costs of medical services. What policy paths...more

Client Alert: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Price Transparency Rule

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 2/12/2021

As of January 1, 2021, almost all hospitals in the United States will have to comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Additionally, the government has been open about...more

Podcast: Congressional Health Care Legislative Agenda - Diagnosing Health Care

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/10/2021

The 117th Congressional health care agenda, including COVID-19 related action, will require 60 votes in the Senate or passage through budget reconciliation. Epstein Becker Green attorneys Mark Lutes, Philo Hall, and Timothy...more

Hospitals start to roll out newly required data on prices and confidential deals

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 1/8/2021

A lot of people in health care across the country are firing up their computers to dig into long-sought, confidential information from hospitals about their prices and deals they cut on them with an array of parties....more

U.S. long hoped to reduce health spending. Now it’s happened, but it may not be good.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 12/10/2020

The nation has gotten some long-desired, important health care economic news: The country has “bent the cost curve,” seeing 2020 as the first year in at least six decades in which America’s health care spending went down....more

Client Alert: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Introduces Dialysis and Oncology Payment Models

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 11/23/2020

On September 18, 2020 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized two new payment models with the aim to reduce Medicare expenditures while improving the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries....more

New Health Care Transparency Requirements: Will They Lower Cost and Improve Quality?

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/20/2020

On November 12, 2020, the Trump administration published its final rule on price transparency (the “Final Rule”) requiring affected entities to publicly release personalized information on out-of-pocket costs as well as...more

The health insurance mess: Worker costs jump anew, as kids’ coverage falls

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/16/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many Americans to reconsider their transportation options, what with fears of infection and the slashing of public transit systems’ routes and schedules. That has made used cars, motorcycles,...more

CMS Releases Tools to Support States’ Medicaid and CHIP Programs During the COVID-19 Outbreak

King & Spalding on 4/1/2020

On March 22, 2020, CMS announced a suite of four new tools intended to help states combat the coronavirus by allowing states to streamline enrollment into long-term care and home-based services and by expediting application...more

2020 Legislative Session –A Sampling of Health Related Bills Filed

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 12/10/2019

The 2020 Legislative Session will begin its 60-day trek to completion on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The following is a sample of bills that have been filed. We encourage you to review these bills, and contact us with specific...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 4/1/2019

Below is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session. REPUBLICANS BALK AT TRUMP’S CALL FOR NEW HEALTHCARE BILL - President Donald Trump last week said Republicans...more

Day 1 Notes on the 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/9/2019

Please Don’t Poke the Baby – Sharing a best practice and talking about taking a local hospital learning and turning it into a systemwide approach, Mark Harrison of Intermountain Healthcare shared the fact that taking fewer...more

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/13/2018

A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

Lifting the Limits on Physician-Owned Hospitals: Can Regulators Prevail Where Legislators Have Stalled?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/5/2018

We reported, in early 2017, on what was then the latest legislative effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s amendment to the Stark Law’s whole hospital exception, which amendment has effectively prevented new...more

2017 Healthcare Year in Review

Burr & Forman on 12/18/2017

If the 2017 healthcare environment could be summed up in one word, it would be “uncertainty.” With the largely unexpected election of Donald Trump as President, the multiple, unsuccessful attempts by the Republican controlled...more

2017 Nevada Legislative Session – Potential for Additional Anesthesiology Practice Opportunities in Nevada

Snell & Wilmer on 4/27/2017

On February 27, 2017, Senate Bill 210 (“S.B. 210”) was introduced into the Nevada Legislature, which paves the way for expanded anesthesiology practice and patient care opportunities in the State of Nevada....more

Potential Implications to the ACA Under the Incoming Republican Administration – Part II: Physicians

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 1/24/2017

In contemplating the ways in which physicians may be affected by the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—and certain features of any legislation that may replace it—a good place to start is with the person...more

2016 Health Care Year in Review

Burr & Forman on 12/12/2016

Since I began writing this year-end review in 2013, there have been some common themes – a shift to pay for quality and away from fee-for service, much of which has been brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA): efforts...more

Health Law Insights: November Newsletter

Roetzel & Andress on 11/30/2016

ALERT: "No Contract" Disclaimer in Employee Handbook Upheld by Illinois CourtAuthor: Employee handbooks have long been a trap for the unwary employer that desires merely to establish a set of rules and policies without...more

“May You Live in Interesting Times” – Some Healthcare Predictions for the Trump Administration’s First Year

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/10/2016

The ancient Chinese curse – “May you live in interesting times” – certainly springs to mind these days. What does the election of Donald Trump mean for the healthcare industry, the Affordable Care Act and current healthcare...more

Hospitals, Physician Practices and Clinics are Reminded to Post New Non-Discrimination Notice

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law on 10/26/2016

Hospitals, physician practices and other health care providers that receive federal financial assistance, which includes receiving reimbursement from Medicare Parts A, C and D and/or Medicaid, are reminded to post new...more

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