Health Care is one of the most regulated industries in the country, and for many years, one of the key administrative agencies overseeing health care in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”)...more
The emergence of generative machine learning models, such as ChatGPT, has led to a surge in interest in artificial intelligence (“AI”) over the past year. This increased interest extends to the health care industry, where AI...more
12/6/2023
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Health Information Technologies ,
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HITECH Act ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
OMB ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI
Recent months have seen a heightened interest in artificial intelligence (“AI”)-based technology solutions. Although AI is derived from neural networks that date back to the 1940s, new technologies such as generative AI...more
5/11/2023
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Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
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Regulatory Agenda
The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues New Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule -
On September 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Medicare...more
12/31/2020
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Drug Pricing ,
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Healthcare Reform ,
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Section 340B ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care
On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized three rules making historic changes to three of...more
One of the most frightening risks of the COVID-19 pandemic is the potential for health systems to become overwhelmed. Houston, like many other regions of the country has seen rapid, often unpredictable increases of cases...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has created severe financial and operational difficulties for hospitals. Rapidly responding to a novel pathogen within a declared Public Health Emergency (PHE), while experiencing decreased revenues as a...more
On April 23, 2020, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced during his daily press conference that he would issue an executive order next week extending Illinois’ stay at home order through May 30, 2020....more
On April 19, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new updated recommendations for providers to restart the provision care to patients without symptoms of COVID-19 entitled Re-opening Facilities to...more
The United Stated Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) containing proposed changes to the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law,” or “Stark”) on October 17, 2019....more
11/21/2019
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Regulatory Burden ,
Regulatory Reform ,
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Self-Referral ,
Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol ,
Stark Law
We are on the clock. As an industry, we have 75 days to comment on the rules published in the Federal Register this week about how the Stark Law is implemented....more
On April 22, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced four new voluntary payment models that could allow primary care practitioners like physicians or advanced practice nurses, hospitals or other...more
The December 21, 2018 “Pathways to Success” final rule governing Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) will require expedited migration to financial risk arrangements. The...more
On June 20, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services issued a “request for information” (RFI) seeking input on strategies to reduce the burden of the federal physician...more
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, commonly referred to as the “Continuing Resolution,” was recently signed into law, creating a short-term fix to funding the federal government for six weeks while also raising the debt...more
3/22/2018
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Bipartisan Budget Act ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Quality Payment Program (QPP) ,
Stark Law ,
Telehealth
In its 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule (Final Rule) issued Nov. 1, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a significant Medicare Part B payment reduction for separately payable,...more
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is seeking ideas on how to better drive change and reduce regulatory burden. CMMI solicited ideas to shape the agency’s future activities through a September 2017 “request...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) simplified the process for clinicians and other providers to seek the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Hardship exception by releasing an online application on Aug. 2....more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule on the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) in the Federal Register1 on June 30, 2017. This rule proposes the QPP program requirements for...more
In its Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule ("Proposed Rule"), CMS outlined a significant Medicare Part B payment reduction for separately payable, nonpassthrough drugs provided in the hospital outpatient...more
8/16/2017
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Covered Entities ,
Drug Pricing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part B ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reimbursements ,
Section 340B
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized Form CMS-10328 (the SRDP Form), a new OMB-approved information collection instrument that must be used by providers and suppliers utilizing the Stark Law...more