In light of the public health emergency and the urgent need to help individuals and small employers experiencing economic hardship, CMS announced on August 4, 2020 that it has adopted a temporary policy to allow health plan...more
On May 12, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued additional 1135 blanket waivers which are applicable to a wide variety of health care providers. These COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers...more
On Friday April 10, 2020, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) began distributing $30 billion in grants to healthcare providers as part of the $100 billion in relief included in the CARES Act. As discussed in...more
This is the third article in our series on the new “Pathways” rules for Accountable Care Organizations.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its anticipated final rule revising the Medicare Shared...more