On 2 December 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Notice of Final Rulemaking in the Federal Register (Final Rule), modifying the regulations implementing the federal physician self-referral...more
12/17/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Donations ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Payment Systems ,
Physicians ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care
On March 30, 2020, the Secretary (“Secretary”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued blanket waivers of Section 1877(g) of the Social Security Act (commonly known as the “Stark Law”) as part of HHS’s...more
In this week’s episode, Mary Beth Johnston, Carolyn Merritt and Leah Richardson discuss the ways in which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is easing certain...more
4/2/2020
/ Accelerated Payments ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Distress ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol ,
Stark Law ,
Waivers
On October 17, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register (“Proposed Rule”), modifying the regulations implementing the federal physician...more
On October 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a final rule, which was published in the Federal Register on November 16, 2015 (“Final Rule”), modifying the regulations implementing the...more
On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published proposed regulations governing policies and payments made under the Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2016 (the “Proposed Rule”). In...more
7/27/2015
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
CLIA ,
Compliance ,
FQHC ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Physicians ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol ,
Stark Law