On September 24, 2024, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the US Department of Health and Human Services issued a report recommending additional oversight of remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) services furnished to...more
A few weeks ago, Regs & Eggs highlighted the major issues that McDermott+Consulting is monitoring this year – and the implementation of the president’s executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) was definitely part...more
2/1/2024
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Biden Administration ,
Deadlines ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
ONC ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Technology
Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we want to lay out some of the main regulatory issues (both new and old) that McDermott+Consulting will be tracking over the next year. While these may evolve, we think they are still...more
1/4/2024
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CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Laboratory Developed Tests ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
MIPS ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Sharpen your pencils and locate your reading glasses: the final Medicare payment regulations for calendar year (CY) 2024 will be released within the next week.
In the last Regs & Eggs blog post, I discussed a major issue...more
10/26/2023
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part B ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Outpatient Services ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Price Transparency ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Section 340B