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Medicare 21st Century Cures Act

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21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule Finally Has Teeth With Respect to Providers

On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a final rule...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

HHS Rule Targets Health Providers Blocking Patient Info Sharing (RIN 0955-AA05)

Healthcare providers are facing penalties for blocking access to a patient’s electronic health information under a new Biden administration rule. On June 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: Congress Passed a New Continuing Resolution for FY 2024 to Avert a Government Shutdown; Biden...

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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 Previews Changes to Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates, Parts C and D Payment Policies

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2025 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies on Jan....more

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HHS Publishes Proposed “Disincentives Rule” to Prevent Information Blocking by Health Care Providers

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)—recently published a...more

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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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Information Blocking Penalties for Healthcare Providers: HHS Proposed Rule

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) on October 30, 2023, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to establish penalties for healthcare providers found to have committed information blocking. This...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Releases Three Major Medicare Final Rules

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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

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

HHS Proposes Disincentives for Providers that Commit Information Blocking

On November 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule titled “21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information...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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Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 11, 2023

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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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Columbus & Indianapolis Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - June 2nd, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm ET

General and specialty compliance education from the comfort of your home or office - HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance learning that covers a wide variety of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Research Compliance Conference - June 8th - 10th, Anaheim, CA

Hear about the latest in research compliance - Do you want to learn… - How to prepare for upcoming changes in Medicaid? - Ways to build and maintain a better research compliance work plan for your program? - How...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Cures 2.0, A Deeper Dive on ARPA-H and MCIT as Congress Considers Accelerating Innovation from Bench to Bedside

Background on Cures 2.0 - The COVID-19 pandemic response demonstrated the tremendous impact innovation can have on a global scale. The unprecedented experiences of the past year and a half have spurred renewed interest in...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - April 2021 #3

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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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Research Compliance Conference - June 14th - 16th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm CDT

Attend HCCA’s annual Research Compliance Conference to receive the latest insights and guidance on emerging research compliance risks and solutions. This virtual event, held June 14 – 16, will be live and interactive. Learn...more

King & Spalding

CMS Proposes New DMEPOS Coverage Policies and Payment Rates, and Seeks to Codify HCPCS Application, Benefit Category and Payment...

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On November 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule (the Proposed Rule) outlining proposals for the coverage and payment for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and...more

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Healthcare Law Update: October 2020

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Earlier this year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a final rule (ONC Rule) addressing interoperability, information blocking and patient access to data. The ONC Rule...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

HHS finalizes rules to provide patients more control of their health data

Compliance Today (May 2020) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in a March 9, 2020, news release that it had “finalized two transformative rules that will give patients unprecedented safe,...more

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ONC and CMS Delay Enforcement Dates for Certain Provisions of the 21st Century Cures and Interoperability Final Rules, and OIG...

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On April 21, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they will...more

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HHS Publishes New Health Data Interoperability and Patient Access Rules

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On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two major regulations that will give patients additional access to their health data, while also addressing security of that information. Health...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Top 10 Provisions of CMS Proposed Rule: Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs for CY2021 and CY2022

As promised, here is a summary of some key provisions in CMS’ proposed rule relating to the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs for contract years 2021 and 2022. CMS is soliciting comments on a number of issues and we urge...more

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CMS Moves to Expand Medicare Advantage Program Access to Individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease

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On February 5, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed removing long-standing prohibitions and eligibility restrictions that had barred many individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) from...more

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Sequence of Events: Genetic Testing Offers Significant Promise, But Coverage and Access Limited

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In the world of rare diseases, patient testimonies about the extreme difficulties of receiving an accurate diagnosis for an illness are numerous. For instance, one woman, sick for most of her young life, was not properly...more

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CMS Issues Final Rule for CY 2020 Home Health Payments, CY 2021 Home Infusion Therapy Benefit

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On October 31, 2019, CMS issued a final rule with comment period (Final Rule), CMS-1711-FC, updating the payment rates for home health agencies (HHAs) for calendar year (CY) 2020...more

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