Recently, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced the...more
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently published a new resource titled General Compliance Program Guidance (“GCPG”), which is described as a reference guide for the...more
As we reported earlier, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as part of its blanket waivers issued on March 30, 2020,2 has waived the location requirement for provider-based status for the duration of the...more
Hospitals eligible to participate in the Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs that failed to meet the 2017 meaningful use standards have until July 1, 2018 to submit a hardship application and...more
The CMS EHR Incentive Program attestation for Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) has moved to a new platform, the QualityNet Secure Portal (QNet). Starting this year, eligible hospitals and CAHs...more
In this year’s legislative session, members of Georgia’s House and Senate attempted to pass legislation on “surprise billing” for healthcare consumers. This proposed legislation sought to establish notice and disclosure...more
On December 7, 2016, lawyers from Arnall Golden Gregory LLP’s Healthcare Technology team attended the annual Health IT Leadership Summit. While there, we noted several overarching themes. At the forefront were the topics of...more