In 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) launched what it calls a “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care” to accelerate a transformation of the healthcare system, with a focus on removing “unnecessary...more
12/3/2020
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OIG ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
SAMHSA ,
Stark Law
As reported here in February, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released two new significant proposed regulations that would have had a transformative effect on the drug...more
9/10/2019
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part D ,
OIG ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Safe Harbors
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is “actively working” on updates to regulations under the federal physician self-referral law (or “Stark Law”), according to CMS Administrator Seema Verma during a March 4,...more