On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for FY 2024 addressing the Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice...more
On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would, among other things, amend the existing regulations for Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D regarding the standard for an...more
On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration outlining how HHS plans to advance President Biden’s national strategy to address mental...more
On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an important opinion in Barrows v. Becerra that will have a significant impact on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and, potentially, other...more
Recent announcements by the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) provide some clarity on next steps for the enforcement of the existing federal vaccine and testing...more
After two federal courts issued preliminary injunctions preventing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing its November 5, 2021 vaccine mandate nationwide, CMS issued a memorandum stating that it...more
Earlier, we wrote about ten Plaintiff States that filed a lawsuit in a Missouri federal district court challenging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) November 5, 2021 Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more
On November 10, 2021, the States of Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Wyoming, Alaska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and New Hampshire (plaintiff states) filed an action in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern...more