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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

How States Can Ensure Safety Net Hospitals Benefit from the New Medicaid Access Rule

Safety net hospitals play a vital role in serving marginalized communities, however, their efforts to advance health equity are undermined because in many states Medicaid payment rates do not cover costs. Though many states...more

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Impact of Site Neutral Payment Proposals May Vary in Rural and Urban Populations

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Introduction- Site neutral payment proposals may affect access differently across patient populations. In this +Insight, we focus on how site-of-service patterns for drug administration services, which both the Medicare...more

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Rural Emergency Hospitals: Relief for the Weary?

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On December 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (“CMS”) of the Department of Health and Human Services created a new provider type for embattled rural and critical access hospitals (“CAHs”)—the Rural Emergency...more

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Health Care Triage: Rural Emergency Hospitals — Transformative Change or Limited Impact?

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In this episode of Triage, Andrew Ruskin, Darlene Davis, and Gabriel Scott discuss key provisions associated with conversion to CMS’s new rural emergency hospital provider type. They review the purpose of the new provider...more

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Clarity for Rural Emergency Hospitals and Changes for Critical Access Hospitals: CMS Finalizes Conditions of Participation and...

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Rural emergency hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type that will allow Medicare to pay for emergency department and other outpatient hospital services in rural areas beginning on January 1, 2023, without requiring the...more

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[Webinar] Critical Access Hospital and Rural Emergency Hospitals: Proposed Rules and Opportunity for Input - August 23rd, 12:30 pm...

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Beginning in 2023, Medicare will recognize a new provider type: the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). The establishment of REHs is intended to preserve access to emergency departments and other outpatient services in rural...more

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CMS Issues FY 2022 IPPS Final Rule, Implements Medicare GME-Related Provisions

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In December 2021, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the second part of its FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule with Comment Period. Among other policies, the Final Rule...more

Polsinelli

Telehealth: New Executive Order and CY2021 Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

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President Trump Issues Telehealth Executive Order and Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

CMS Is Seeking Guidance on Medicaid Coverage for Children Provided Across State Lines

The Medicaid program generally has more generous coverage rules for children than for adults. For example, under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Testing (EPSDT) provisions of the Medicaid statute, if a...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 8, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Drug Payment Model.” The proposed rule seeks...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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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

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