The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast: What’s the Latest on UPICs? Highlights from Recent Audit Activity, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
Hospice Insights Podcast - Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Chief Medical Officer Relationship
Understanding Trends and Challenges in the Behavioral Health Sector
AI in the Operating Room: Liability Issues for Device Makers — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 202: Life Sciences Startups and Industry Developments with Gil Price, Life Sciences Leader
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Healthcare Document Retention
The DEA Is Knocking at Your Door . . . Are You Prepared? – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Rise in Medicare Deactivations: Tips for Avoiding This Financial Pain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 199: Bringing Awareness to Organ and Tissue Donation with Dave DeStefano of We Are Sharing Hope
Editor’s Note: At Manatt Health’s recent webinar on the Guiding an Improve Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, we committed to keeping you up to date on any new developments. In keeping with that commitment, Manatt Health is...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new program Making Care Primary (MCP), is anticipated to begin July 1, 2024. In a previous blog post Foley breaks down major highlights of the new model. On...more
On 24 February 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), unveiled the new “ACO REACH” Model (Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity,...more
On December 3, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced key details concerning a new value-based reimbursement and patient care model – the Geographic Direct Contracting Model (the “Model” or “Geo”)....more
The Connected Care Pilot Program will make available up to $100 million over three years to eligible health care providers. Eligible fund recipients include nonprofit and public health care organizations....more
The proposed 2021 Certificate of Need (CON) schedule is now available, identifying the deadlines likely to apply to CON application filings in the coming year. Providers interested in new operating rooms, new MRI or PET...more
Program Emphasizes Connected Care Services for Low-Income and Veteran Patients - In a Public Notice released today, the FCC announced that its “Connected Care Pilot Program” (Pilot Program) application filing window will...more
HHS reverses course and again permits healthcare providers to apply Provider Relief Fund payments against patient care lost “revenues” rather than limiting such application only to patient care lost “net operating income”. ...more
In the CARES Act that became law with President Trump’s signature on March 27, $100 billion has been set aside for “health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable” to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commonly...more
On April 21, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) announced the CMS Primary Cares Initiative – a voluntary, risk-based initiative to transform the Medicare program’s reimbursement of primary care...more
To continue our series on strategies for maximizing collections on long-term care accounts, we're focusing on the first steps: vetting the applicant by gathering the information that you'll want to have upon application for...more
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System...more
On December 31, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Final Rule that redesigns the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The rule implementing this redesign, titled “Pathways to Success,”...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the hardship exception instructions and application form for the Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program (now called the Promoting...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching BPCI Advanced – the successor program to the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative. Providers that like the current BPCI program, or simply missed the...more
Marylanders can shop for coverage through the Marketplace’s new mobile app; Michigan expansion enrollees report increased access to care and improved health; and survey finds states’ eligibility and enrollment systems...more
On April 20, 2016, the Tennessee House and Senate completed final actions to pass legislation that makes significant modifications to the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws. The legislation, SB1842/HB1730 was sponsored by...more
I. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings During March 2016 - During the March 31, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis and...more
Can your organization satisfy an unmet need by bringing a new health care resource into a North Carolina community? If your organization perceives a need that has not been recognized by our State’s health planners, now is...more
I. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings During January 2016 - During the January 28, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis...more
I. January 2016—Tennessee Certificate of Need Meeting - At the January meeting of the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency, Jeff Ockerman announced that the Standards for Psychiatric Inpatient Services and...more
On Jan. 22, 2016, CMS issued a new application and sweeping changes to the Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program hardship exception application process. The changes are intended to temporarily ease the...more
I. September 2015 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - During the September 24, 2015, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis...more
This is the second post in Health Care Law Today’s series on the final rule. This post addresses Eligibility Requirements, and the Application and the Renewal Process. ACO Eligibility Requirements - Under the...more
In This Issue: - Summary of Next Generation ACO Model - Summary of Additional Guidance on ACO Pre-Participation & Participation Waivers - For More Information - Excerpt from Summary of Next...more