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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

HHS Finalizes Healthcare Provider Disincentives for Information Blocking

Recently, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CMS Revises Policy on Texting Patient Orders

On February 8, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memorandum from the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (QSOG) updating its 2018 guidance on texting patient information among healthcare...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: March 2024

Research from Guidepoint Security found that 2023 saw an 80% increase in ransomware activity year-over-year, driven in part by multiple mass exploitation campaigns impacting hundreds of organizations. In total, the report...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

CMS Updates Guidance to Allow Texting of Patient Orders

On February 8, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a quality standard memorandum (QSO Memo) updating and revising a memorandum it issued on January 5, 2018, to now permit the texting of patient...more

Troutman Pepper

New Proposed Rules to Combat Health Information Blocking

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just unveiled a proposed rule designed to penalize health care providers engaging in information blocking. Information blocking is a practice where health care...more

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HHS Proposes Appropriate Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Commit Information Blocking

In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed a...more

Butler Snow LLP

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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The Joint Commission Eliminates 14% of Its Standards Across All Accreditation Programs

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Effective January 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) eliminated 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across all of its accreditation programs and revised 14 other standards. To further streamline its standards, TJC is...more

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CMS Guidance on Rural Emergency Hospitals

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On January 1, 2023, Medicare began paying for services provided at Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), a newly created provider type established to preserve access to emergency health care in rural areas and avert closure of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

CMS Releases New REH Conversion Guidance

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released new guidance about the process for converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital (“REH”) – a new Medicaid provider type effective Jan. 1, 2023. REHs are...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Health Equity Elevated to a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal

Starting July 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) will set health equity as a National Patient Safety Goal for certain TJC-accredited organizations and roll out a new Health Care Equity certification program to recognize and...more

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Health Care Reimbursement and Payor Dispute Update - September 2022

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Co-Location and the Provider-Based Rules – No News is…Good News? On July 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") released the 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule (“OPPS Proposed...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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Should You Be a Rural Emergency Hospital?

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (“CMS”) published the proposed rule for establishing Rural Emergency Hospitals on June 30, 2022. The federal assistance opportunities for these types of providers may prompt...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Seeks to Establish Regulations Limiting Critical Access Hospital Location Requirement

Tucked into the recent proposed rule establishing Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) is a proposal to change the CoPs for critical access hospitals (CAHs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

McDermott Will & Emery

One Step Closer to a New Provider Type: CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation

On June 30, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited proposed rule establishing the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) would be required to meet...more

King & Spalding

D.C. Circuit Rejects Critical Access Hospital’s Appeal for Medicare Payments to On-Call Specialty Physicians

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On April 15, 2022, the D.C. Circuit affirmed the denial of a California hospital’s request to obtain critical access hospital cost reimbursement from Medicare for the costs incurred to keep non-emergency specialty physicians...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Clarity on Reporting and Enforcement: CMS Issues Guidance Regarding Hospital COVID-19 Reporting Requirements

On October 6, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance regarding the requirements and enforcement process for hospital reporting of COVID-19 data elements (the “Guidance”). The Guidance...more

King & Spalding

CMS Proposes Quality Program Changes, Increased OPPS and ASC Medicare Payments for 2021

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On August 4, 2020, CMS proposed its annual rule adjusting the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System, as well as changes to quality reporting...more

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Credentialing Telehealth Providers: When and How to Use Delegated Credentialing

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With the growth in telemedicine, Critical Access Hospitals have a renewed interest in exploring delegated credentialing. Several years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) modified the conditions of...more

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CMS Issues Additional Waivers and Guidance on Telehealth

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To ensure Medicare beneficiaries have access to necessary care without risking exposure to COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has further expanded telehealth services and relaxed certain requirements...more

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COVID-19: CMS Issues FAQ Regarding Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

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Hospitals across the country are questioning whether and how the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requirements apply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, CMS issued a list of Frequently Asked Questions...more

White and Williams LLP

COVID-19 CMS Blanket Waivers

As part of sweeping exemptions aimed at facilitating all levels of healthcare during the coronavirus public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been issuing waivers for a wide range of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Waive Critical Access Hospital Bed and Inpatient Hours Limits

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allotted a blanket waiver to critical access hospitals (CAHs) of certain Medicare certification requirements to aid their response to 2019 novel coronavirus disease...more

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