Summary: Under a final rule released by the Biden administration on Sept. 9, 2024, health insurers will be required to cover mental health care and addiction services on par with other medical conditions. This rule is part of...more
9/12/2024
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On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates for certain acute care hospitals by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2025, compared...more
8/8/2024
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Physician Fee Schedule Faces Cuts in CY25 -
Overall Medicare payments to physicians and clinicians would be cut by a proposal to decrease average base payment rates by 2.93% from calendar year 2024 under a proposed rule...more
Meaningful progress has been made in value-based care, but the documented advances in reducing costs and improving patient outcomes have taken place predominately in the primary care sector. Significantly less headway has...more
The Nelson Mullins 2023 Value Based Care Conference: Implementing Value Based Strategies, was held on November 2, 2023, at the Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale. By any definition, the event, which has become an annual “can’t...more
On Thursday November 2, Nelson Mullins will again host its annual and highly successful Value-Based Care Conference at the beautiful Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale. The keynote speaker will be Juliette Price, the Chief...more
In November 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized value-based exceptions under the Stark law, and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized value-based safe harbors under the Anti-Kickback...more
Please join Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough for the 2022 Central Florida Health Law Forum. This year, the event will be offered in-person or virtually and will include networking opportunities and a series of educational...more
3/31/2022
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Please join Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough for the 2021 South Florida Health Forum. We look forward to reconnecting with you after a year away from our annual event....more
10/20/2021
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Stark Law
This is the fifth in a five-part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General.
The Stark Full Financial Risk...more
This is the fourth in a five-part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General.
The Stark Meaningful Downside...more
This is the third in a five-part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General.
The Stark Value-Based Arrangement...more
This is the second in a five-part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General.
Creating a “value-based enterprise”...more
This is the first in a five- part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General. At the end of 2020 the Centers for...more
Physician practices across the United States have had their businesses thrown into disarray with the temporary curtailment of elective procedures and reduction in patient volume as a result of the COVID-19 response. Enacted...more
Members of Nelson Mullins' healthcare team will host a 90-minute webinar to discuss the Department of Health and Human Services' and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' new Stark and Anti-Kickback proposed rules, both...more