Margaret Bartiromo on Medicare

The Status of 10 Key CMS Waivers Affecting Health Care Practitioners Following the Expiration of the COVID Public Health Emergency...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) used its emergency waiver authority to relax many aspects of health care delivery during the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE) to allow health care...more

5/3/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance , Healthcare , Infectious Diseases , Medicare , Patient Access , Public Health Emergency , Telehealth , Telemedicine , Waivers

Significant 2022 Connecticut Health Law Cases

Significant health care cases of 2022 included a surprise billing unfair trade practices case, a class action recognizing a patient’s constitutionally protected interest in their inpatient classification and a ruling...more

1/31/2023 / Connecticut , CUTPA , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance , Healthcare , Hospitals , Informed Consent , Medical Devices , Medical Malpractice , Medical Records , Medicare , Patients , Surprise Medical Bills

Update on Connecticut’s Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Governor Forms Health System Response Team; CMS Grants Connecticut a Waiver...

Governor Lamont Forms Health System Response Team - Earlier today, Governor Ned Lamont announced a collaboration among three of the largest hospital systems in Connecticut (Hartford HealthCare, Nuvance Health, and Yale New...more

4/2/2020 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Relief Measures , Waivers

Health Law From the Courts: Review of 2019 Connecticut Case Law

Our annual survey of health law cases for 2019 includes a number of notable decisions affecting the practice of medicine and the delivery of other health care services in Connecticut. These include the Connecticut Supreme...more

2017 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

2/8/2018 / Abortion , Affordable Care Act , Anti-Kickback Statute , Cause of Action Accrual , Class Action , Doctor-Patient Privilege , Emotional Distress Damages , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance , Informed Consent , Medical Malpractice , Medical Reimbursement , Medicare , Non-Compete Agreements , Patients

New Home Health Rules Effective in January 2018—Some Traps for the Unwary

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued new Conditions of Participation (CoP) for home health agencies (HHA) that are effective January 13, 2018. The CoP were originally scheduled to take effect on...more

11/21/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Conditions of Participation (CoP) , Health Care Providers , Home Health Agencies , Home Health Care , Medicaid , Medicare , Performance Standards , Quality of Care Standards

ALERT: HHA's Should Make Use of Delay in New Medicare Rules

Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have published a Final Rule delaying the effective date of the revised Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) for home health agencies (HHAs) until January 13,...more

7/26/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Conditions of Participation (CoP) , Health Care Providers , Home Health Agencies , Home Health Care , Medicaid , Medicare , Performance Standards , Quality of Care Standards

Home Health Agencies Get More Time to Prepare for New Medicare Rules

Home health agencies (HHAs) can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have published a Final Rule delaying the effective date of the revised Medicare Conditions of Participation...more

7/18/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Conditions of Participation (CoP) , Home Health Agencies , Medicaid , Medicare

Home Health Agencies May Get More Time to Prepare for New Rules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule that would delay the effective date of the revised Conditions of Participation (CoP) for home health agencies (HHAs) from July 13, 2017 until...more

4/20/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Conditions of Participation (CoP) , Home Health Agencies , Medicaid , Medicare , Proposed Rules

2016 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

2/9/2017 / Disability Discrimination , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , EMTALA , Health Care Providers , Hospitals , Informed Consent , Medicare , MHPAEA , Negligence , Physicians , Psychological Counseling , Self-Funded Health Plans , Termination

Hospitals, Physician Practices and Clinics are Reminded to Post New Non-Discrimination Notice

Hospitals, physician practices and other health care providers that receive federal financial assistance, which includes receiving reimbursement from Medicare Parts A, C and D and/or Medicaid, are reminded to post new...more

10/26/2016 / Affordable Care Act , Financial Assistance Policies , Health Care Providers , Hospitals , Limited English Proficiency (LEP) , Medicaid , Medicare , Non-Discrimination Rules , Notice Requirements , Physicians , Posting Requirements , Section 1557

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