On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that applied to U.S....more
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on January 13, 2022, lifted two injunctions blocking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare facilities. The Court's ruling means...more
There are three things that cannot be stopped: time, gravity, and the increasing complexity of the Stark Law. To be fair, complexity has not been the goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Rather, Stark's...more
On December 2, 2020, CMS and OIG finished a two-year sprint to modernize the Stark and Anti-Kickback (AKS) regulations to remove barriers to value-based care and incentivize patient-centered care coordination....more
On November 15, 2019, CMS published a controversial final rule intended to improve hospital pricing transparency for consumers....more
The Value-Based Proposals: Turning Tides or Shifting Sands?
Industry stakeholders have waited with bated breath to see whether CMS and OIG would offer meaningful changes to the Stark and AKS landscape in support of the...more