After more than three years, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) related to COVID-19 is scheduled to end on Thursday, May 11, 2023. The PHE declaration under the Public Health Service Act has allowed the Secretary of the...more
On January 1, 2023, Medicare began paying for services provided at Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), a newly created provider type established to preserve access to emergency health care in rural areas and avert closure of...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) FY 2022 Budget Justification request to Congress suggests an increased focus on Medicare claim reviews and an effort to decrease the number of claim denials overturned...more
In a recent win for teaching hospitals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated a CMS regulation implementing the direct graduate medical education (DGME) cap on full-time equivalent (FTE) residents....more
On August 11, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is expanding the alternative dispute resolution process known as Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) for 2020. Under the expansion,...more