Editor’s Note: PYA and Foley & Lardner hosted the 6th Annual “Let’s Talk Compliance” two-day Virtual Conference on January 18 and 19, 2024. Panelists included Foley & Lardner attorneys and PYA experts. The event was hosted by...more
2/19/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Collaboration ,
Compensation ,
Compliance ,
Ethics ,
Fair Market Value ,
Governance Standards ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Technology ,
Healthcare ,
Internal Controls ,
Machine Learning ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Value-Based Payments
Based on recent changes and clarifications made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly known as the “Stark Law”), hospitals and health systems need to...more
CMS made impactful changes to the Federal physician self-referral law’s (i.e., Stark Law’s) regulations in its Final Rule that were effective January 19, 2021 (with the exception of the changes to 42 C.F.R. § 411.352(i) that...more
CMS made impactful changes to the Federal physician self-referral law’s (i.e., Stark Law’s) regulations in its Final Rule that were effective January 19, 2021 (with the exception of the changes to 42 C.F.R. § 411.352(i) that...more
1/21/2021
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Commercially Reasonable Efforts ,
Compensation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Final Rules ,
Physicians ,
Remuneration ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care ,
Value-Based Payments
For the second year in a row, Foley & Lardner LLP and PYA hosted a compliance master class on various health-related compliance issues. “Let’s Talk Compliance” is an annual one-day event featuring a panel of presenters that...more
2/11/2020
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Covered Entities ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Due Diligence ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medical Records ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Overpayment ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Patient Rights ,
PHI ,
Physicians ,
Ransomware ,
Right-To-Access ,
Risk Assessment
As noted in previous Health Care Law Today blog posts, we have seen an uptick in private equity recapitalization transactions in orthopedics. We expect this trend to continue, and to pick up pace, as the economy remains...more
1/8/2019
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Joint Venture ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Recapitalization ,
Stark Law
Florida’s House Bill (HB) 21, enacted to help combat opioid abuse, contains several noteworthy changes to Florida law that impact the dispensing of opioids.
Effective July 1, 2018, dispensing providers must consult...more