South Carolina ASCs Have a Number of Changing Regulatory Requirements Pending – Stakeholders Should Take Notice -
In May of 2023, the South Carolina General Assembly unanimously passed S. 164 and the Governor signed the...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published updates to the CMS Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) on January 23, 2023. The SRPD is the CMS process for Medicare providers and suppliers to...more
On August 19, 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury (the Departments) published a new final rule (Final Rule) under the federal No Surprises Act,...more
Enforcement of the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule’s (Coverage Rule) cost disclosure requirement for health plans and health insurance issuers will begin effective July 1, 2022. The Coverage Rule was issued in January...more
The No Surprises Act (the Act), enacted by Congress on December 27, 2020, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, includes important new protections for self-pay patients that recently became effective on...more
On September 30, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) released an interim final rule with comment period entitled...more
The next time you step into an emergency room, you may learn the hospital can provide you with hospital-level services to treat your illness in your home. Until recently, the idea of hospitals providing services to patients...more
On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules modifying regulations for the Physician...more
On November 16, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Alert) regarding speaker programs sponsored by pharmaceutical and medical device companies....more
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a notice (the Notice) containing guidance on the timing of reporting requirements for recipients of Provider Relief Fund payments under the...more
As of July 12, there have been 142,231 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 38,518 deaths in nursing homes. For this reason, CMS recently called nursing homes “ground zero for COVID-19” and announced enhanced survey activities and...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic began this spring, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) called on all health care providers to activate infection control practices to help limit the spread of the virus....more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 30, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued blanket waivers of sanctions under Section 1877 of the Social Security Act (the “Stark Law”). The waivers are...more
On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Proposed Rule to “modernize and clarify” the federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”). The Proposed Rule was issued in conjunction...more
On Monday, April 20th the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector (HHS OIG) announced new compliance guidance that impacts health care providers across the country....more