Jones Day’s Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative: Health Care Supply Chains and Forced Labor
Last week, a number of health care industry associations sent letters to Congress detailing ways in which the government could relieve them of the burdens associated with “red tape.” The letters are in response to the first...more
On February 9, 2016, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal for lack of jurisdiction in the American Hospital Association v. Burwell case. ...more
On July 22, 2015, the U.S. House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee heard testimony from Mark Miller, Ph.D., executive director of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Dr. Miller’s testimony highlighted recent trends...more
On May 20, 2015, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing entitled “Challenging the Status Quo: Solutions to the Hospital Observation Stay Crisis.” Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Claire...more
The American Hospital Association formally proposed last week that Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) be fined when their denials are overturned on appeal....more
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has renewed its complaints about OIG “hospital compliance reviews.” Last Thursday AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack sent a letter to Health & Human Services Secretary Burwell...more