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Ward and Smith, P.A.

Navigating the National Practitioner Data Bank: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals (NPDB or Data Bank).

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Few aspects of the healthcare regulatory apparatus evoke more confusion and dread for healthcare practitioners than the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB or Data Bank).  Being reported to the Data Bank is often regarded...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Warning - Transaction Delays Expected. State Notice Requirements Ahead for Health Care M&A!

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An increasing number of states are requiring advance notice of health care transactions.  These requirements may delay transactions or result in confidential information becoming accessible to the public. Effective August 1,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Finalizes Highly Anticipated Hospital Price Transparency Rule

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On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule requiring hospitals to make public a list of standard charges for items and services provided by such hospitals (the Rule). (The...more

King & Spalding

Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Increased Transparency and Upfront Disclosure of Hospital Charges and Out-of-Pocket Costs

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On Monday, June 24, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order requiring HHS and other agencies to propose regulations designed to promote transparency and upfront disclosure by hospitals to patients of the charge prices...more

Polsinelli

Breaking News: Top 10 Ways the Proposed Rule Impacts Stark Law

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With surprisingly little fanfare, the CY 2016 Physician Fee Schedule (the "Proposed Rule") released on July 8, 2015 proposes to add and amend several exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Statute, commonly known as the...more

Mintz

How New York’s Emergency Medical Services and Surprise Bills Law Impacts Providers and Plans

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Last year New York passed legislation known as the “Emergency Medical Services and Surprise Bills” law, a much-heralded consumer protection law primarily intended to guard against surprise bills for out of network (OON)...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Health Care: As Sunshine Act Deadlines Approach Physicians and Hospitals Should Prepare for Transparency in Their Financial...

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On September 30, 2014, in accordance with the Federal Sunshine Act (the Sunshine Act), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will publically disclose payments and "other transfers of value" by pharmaceutical,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

D.C. Circuit Requires Greater Disclosure of Changes in Medicare Regulations

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The rulemaking process often accommodates a variety of interests, including the preference of regulatory agencies to maintain some flexibility and the rights of interested parties to participate in the regulatory process. On...more

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Washington Supreme Court Limits Public Access to Hospital Privileging, Peer Review Documents

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Public hospital districts may not disclose certain records created during closed-door meetings about hospital privileging decisions, the Washington Supreme Court recently held in Cornu-Labat v. Hospital Dist. No. 2 Grant...more

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