On March 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule with comment period (IFC). This alert is part of a series of alerts discussing the IFC provisions and comprehensive actions...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its first phase of recommendations regarding reopening medical facilities for the provision of non-emergent procedures unrelated to the 2019 novel...more
As part of its continued efforts to ease burdens on healthcare providers during the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a slew of additional waivers on March...more
As discussed in a previous alert from March 24, 2020, due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would temporarily ease quality reporting...more
Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would temporarily ease quality reporting requirements for clinicians, providers and healthcare facilities...more
In an effort to keep nursing home residents and staff safe in the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...more
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference discusses payer-provider consolidation. It is authored by our colleagues Tamara...more
During this unprecedented public health emergency created by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in an effort to slow the spread, protect healthcare providers and consumers from exposure, and ensure healthcare resources remain...more
As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, on Oct. 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced two proposed rules to significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the federal...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently took the next step in its Patients Over Paperwork initiative by publishing a second request for information (RFI). This RFI seeks public comment by Aug. 12 on ways...more
In Advisory Opinion No. 19-02, issued Jan. 29, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the requesting pharmaceutical manufacturer’s proposal to temporarily loan limited...more
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) prohibits the knowing and willful solicitation, receipt, offer or payment of any remuneration, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, in return for or to...more
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference focuses on opportunities for investment in the behavioral health sector.
An increase...more