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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Prenatal Vaccines in Medicaid and CHIP: Coverage, Reimbursement, and State Policy Solutions to Increase Access

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/17/2023

Prenatal vaccines—those administered during a pregnancy—provide crucial protections to pregnant women and/or newborns against communicable diseases such as whooping cough and influenza. Additional prenatal vaccines are in...more

CMS Issues Final Rule Extending and Revising Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement Episode-Based Payment Model

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/20/2021

The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule (the Rule) on April 29, 2021 extending and making various revisions to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (the CJR Model). The CJR Model...more

Focus on Health Care Provider Bankruptcies

Jones Day on 10/3/2017

The next few years are expected to see a significant increase in the volume of bankruptcy cases filed by health care providers. Thus far in 2017, the number of bankruptcies in health care-related sectors, including hospitals,...more

The New Era of Health Care Reform

Locke Lord LLP on 11/16/2016

Welcome to the inaugural edition of The New Era of Health Care Reform which highlights important developments in health care reform under the Trump Administration. A FIRST LOOK AT HEALTH CARE PRIORITIES OF...more

Briefing Points for the Board: The Election and the 2017 Health Policy Agenda

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/15/2016

It is vitally important for the health system board, as well as certain of its key committees, to receive an introductory briefing as soon as possible on the health policy implications of last week’s Presidential and...more

Digital Health: An Improving Environment for Investors

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/12/2016

The integration of technology into health care delivery is exploding throughout the health industry landscape. Commentators speculating on the implications of the information revolution’s penetration of the health care...more

CMS’ New Initiative Intended to Transform Primary Health Care

Balch & Bingham LLP on 4/18/2016

CMS’ efforts to improve the delivery of primary health care moved into new territory this week when the agency announced a new five-year delivery model, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), which CMS’ chief medical officer...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 2/26/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On February 24, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a guidance entitled, “Special Enrollment Confirmation Process” that will enhance program integrity...more

Health Care Update - October 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 10/29/2015

Senate Working Group Pressing Forward on Telehealth - As Congress focuses on bigger picture policy decisions, including broad budget negotiations and raising the debt ceiling, there are some exciting developments on the...more

The Deeper Dive: Medicare’s Fundamental Shift Toward P4P - What priorities should providers focus on in navigating the changing...

BakerHostetler on 10/28/2015

While Medicare’s path toward pay for performance (P4P) has evolved over time, 2015 is proving to be a landmark year. July marked the 50th anniversary of the Medicare program. And in self-described “historic announcements”...more

HRSA Issues 340B Program Omnibus Guidance

K&L Gates LLP on 9/8/2015

On August 28, 2015, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) published proposed Omnibus Guidance (the “Proposed Guidance”) governing policies related to section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”),...more

Delivery System Reform 2.0: Scaling Alternative Payment Models is the New Normal

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/15/2015

For some health care providers, a pair of recent announcements made by the Obama Administration to implement mandatory alternative payment models (APMs) for home health value-based purchasing and bundled payments for hip and...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 2/24/2015

This Week: Upcoming Hearing: HHS Sec. Burwell Appearing Before E&C Committee on FY2016 Budget... CMS Issues 2016 Payment and Policy Updates for Medicare Health and Drug Plans... CMS Releases Improved Rating System for Nursing...more

CMS Extends Moratoria on Enrollment of New Providers and Suppliers in Six Locales

King & Spalding on 2/10/2015

Last week, CMS announced that it has extended temporary moratoria on the enrollment of new ambulance suppliers and home health agencies within designated metropolitan areas in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania,...more

HHS Ups The Ante: Announces Percentages And Time Frames On Goals For Medicare Pay-For-Value Efforts

Cozen O'Connor on 1/28/2015

On January 26, 2015, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Sylvia Mathews Burwell, announced two important goals for the Department...more

Polsinelli Podcast - Health Care Payment Changes: From Service to Value

Polsinelli on 2/24/2014

Healthcare is changing for consumers and providers under the Affordable Care Act. Less publicized is the way providers are now being paid and the way they will work together. In this week's Polsinelli "Inside Law," podcast,...more

CMS Publishes Annual Update On Recovery Audit Activity, Says Program Returned Nearly $490 Million to Medicare Trust Fund in 2011

King & Spalding on 2/13/2013

On February 5, 2013, CMS sent Congress a report summarizing developments related to its Medicare recovery audit program for fiscal year (FY) 2011. According to the report (titled Recovery Auditing in the Medicare and...more

CMS Announces Participants in Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative

King & Spalding on 2/7/2013

On January 31, 2013, CMS announced the organizations that will be participating in its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative. Established under CMS’s innovation authority provided for in the Patient...more

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