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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acute Facilities

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS)...

On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates for certain acute care hospitals by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2025, compared...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OIG Approves Hospital Provision of Nurse Practitioner Services in Advisory Opinion

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently posted Advisory Opinion 22-20, approving an acute care hospital’s arrangement under which its employed nurse practitioners...more

McDermott Will & Emery

10 Things Providers Should Know About California’s Data Exchange Framework

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By January 31, 2023, general acute care hospitals, clinical labs and certain physician organizations and medical groups in California are required to enter into the Single Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) to participate in the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 35. News Briefs: September 2022

Report on Medicare Compliance 31, no. 35 (September 26, 2022) - The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Sept. 23 unveiled a new template for requesting advisory opinions. - In a new report, OIG said CMS edits...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

HHS Issues Section 1135 Waiver, and CMS Issues Blanket Waivers of Health Care Laws, in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Following the President’s proclamation on March 13 that the COVID-19 outbreak constitutes a national emergency, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar issued a Waiver or Modification of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 7. News Briefs: February 2020 #4

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 7 (February 24, 2020) -  Guardian Elder Care Holdings Inc., which operates more than 50 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and its related...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Notice For Provider Organizations: Mass HIway Attestation Forms Now Available

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The online Year 1 and Year 2 Mass HIway Attestation Forms are now available. Provider Organizations are required to submit the applicable form to attest to how the organization is meeting its requirement to connect to the to...more

The Volkov Law Group

Hospitals And Fraud Enforcement

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The HHS Office of Inspector General has targeted hospitals for fraud enforcement. It is one of the OIG’s most important initiatives because of the impact it could have on reducing health care costs....more

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