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FY 2024 Hospice Payment Rate Updated Proposed Rule

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

CMS Proposes Amendment to 60-Day Overpayment Rule that Would Remove "Reasonable Diligence" Standard and Replace with False Claims...

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

HHS to Provide Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration

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

Second Circuit Affirms that Medicare Beneficiaries Who Are Reclassified by Hospitals from Inpatient to Observation Status Are...

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

Federal Agencies Announce Enforcement of Vaccine Rules As Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Arguments in Legal Challenges

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

Fifth Circuit Reversal of Nationwide Stay Leaves Enforcement Status of CMS Vaccine Mandate Uncertain

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

Federal Courts Pause Enforcement of CMS Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

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

Ten States Challenge CMS' COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

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

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