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CMS Proposes Extending COVID-Era Telehealth and Supervision Flexibilities through CY 2025

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to extend a number of COVID-era regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, remote services, and supervision in the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Held a Hearing on PBMs; HHS Reorganizes Technology,...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

The Great Unwinding And Its Effect On Skilled Nursing Facilities

Following the termination of the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) as a result of COVID-19, and the continuous enrollment provisions put in place to ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries were able to receive Medicaid benefits...more

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2023 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review

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Employment matters in the health care industry once again prompted significant attention from federal and state governments in 2023. While much of our 2022 Year in Review discussed how states were beginning to address...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Finalizes Medicaid DSH Rule and House Launches Bipartisan AI Task Force

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Spotlight on Minimum Staffing Standards in Long Term Care Facilities

The long term care industry is currently in the midst of a labor crisis, with nursing homes in particular experiencing chronic and severe staffing shortages. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapidly aging population,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 24, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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Healthcare Industry Team 2023 Year in Review

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As we approach the conclusion of another transformative year, we are excited to present our comprehensive year-end review, shedding light on the trends shaping the healthcare market in 2023. Our team’s keen insights and...more

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2024 Outlook: Behavioral Health Trends

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Healthcare systems are facing significant challenges in recruiting and retaining talent within the burgeoning field of behavioral health services, primarily due to competition from telehealth providers and inconsistent...more

Stevens & Lee

Hospital at Home Programs Are Sticking Around

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Health systems and hospitals have implemented “hospital at home” programs for several years, but the trend increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) waiver....more

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Looking Forward: Top Policy Areas for 2024

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Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we want to lay out some of the main regulatory issues (both new and old) that McDermott+Consulting will be tracking over the next year. While these may evolve, we think they are still...more

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Regulatory Reflections from the Past Year

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As 2023 comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on all the regulations and policies we reviewed this year (and those that we’ll continue to handle next week before the year actually ends). There were some tasty eggs with...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - December 2023

S. 3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 Introduced December 7, 202- This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: Establish requirements for a code or...more

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Remote Monitoring and Digital Therapies: CMS Updates Coverage and Payment Policies

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In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded payment for remote monitoring services in an effort to pay for non-face-to-face services that improve care coordination for Medicare...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Final CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Extends Many Telehealth Flexibilities Through 2024

Changes to the Medicare Telehealth Services List Structure and Updates Process - Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) evaluated changes to the Medicare...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

HRSA Notice Provides Clarity on 340B Child Site Registration Requirements

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After months of relative uncertainty, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a Notice confirming the end to a COVID-19 pandemic-era flexibility that allowed unregistered child sites to utilize 340B...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: September 15, 2023

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CONGRESS - Senators Sanders and Marshall Release Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act. Released on September 14, the legislation would reauthorize funding for a number of healthcare workforce programs that are...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - September 2023 #2

This Week in Washington: House stalls on defense spending bill, but begins negotiations among Republicans on appropriations; Senate was expected to move forward on three appropriations bills, but has now stalled; House to...more

McGuireWoods LLP

CMS Settles Record Number of Stark Self-Disclosures

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released data on its 2021 and 2022 settlements of voluntary self-disclosures related to past violations or potential violations of the physician self-referral law...more

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Health Care Week In Review: HHS Selects the First 10 Drugs for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

What the Hospital-at-Home Movement Tells Us About Igniting Innovation in Health Care

Editor’s Note: In a recent op ed first published in STAT’s First Opinion, James Rebitzer and Robert Rebitzer—coauthors of the new book Why Not Better and Cheaper? Healthcare and Innovation—discuss the innovative...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - August 2023 #2

Payment Parity: Permanent State Laws and Statutes - Payment Parity requires that health care providers are reimbursed the same amount for telehealth visits as in-person visits. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many states...more

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States Mobilize for the Great Medicaid Unwinding

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Enacted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) required states to keep individuals continuously enrolled in their Medicaid programs throughout the public health emergency...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

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Health Care Week In Review: CMS Releases SNF and IPPS Final Rules

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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