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OIG Releases Compliance Program Guidance Applicable to All Providers and Suppliers

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On November 6, 2023, OIG released new General Compliance Program Guidance (General CPG). The General CPG applies to all individuals and entities involved in the healthcare industry. The release of the General CPG was not...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Waivers Era Is Over Now That the End of the Public Health Emergency Is Here

In a memorandum issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 1, 2023, CMS provided guidance to State Survey Agency Directors related to surveys of Long Term Care (LTC) and Acute and Continuing Care...more

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OSHA Gets Ball Rolling on Proposed Rule on Workplace Violence in Healthcare Facilities

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently took a major first step toward developing its anticipated standard regarding violence in the healthcare setting, titled “Prevention of Workplace Violence in...more

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Sixth Circuit Upholds Kentucky CON Law

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Providers across North Carolina are watching with interest the constitutional challenge to our state’s Certificate of Need (CON) Law and the ongoing saga of a potential legislative repeal of portions of South Carolina’s CON...more

Fisher Phillips

Most Healthcare Employers Will Soon Need to Implement Vaccine Mandate

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The Biden Administration’s recent “Path Out of the Pandemic” expands the COVID-19 vaccine mandate covering nursing home workers and will soon reach 17 million healthcare workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, and Skilled Nursing Facilities: The Costs of COVID-19 and Federal Relief for Healthcare Providers

In a July 21, 2020 American Hospital Association (AHA) Press Release, the AHA announced the results of a new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC that, “highlights the dire impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the...more

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Civil Liability Immunity for Massachusetts Health Care Providers

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Massachusetts has moved to protect its health care providers from civil liability for claims arising out of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On April 17, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charles Baker signed Senate No. 2640...more

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CMS Issues New Round of Waivers and Rule Changes In Response to COVID-19

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Last week CMS issued a new round of regulatory waivers and rule changes in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including its Interim Final Rule with comment period, CMS-5531-IFC. The key changes relax certain...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

Baker Donelson

Health Care Providers: President Trump's Declaration of National Emergency Paves Way for Additional Regulatory Flexibility

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With the emergency declaration under the National Emergencies Act related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 13, 2020, President Trump paved the way for CMS to temporarily waive certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's...more

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Happy New Year, PAs and Supervising Physicians! Amendments to the California Physician Assistant Practice Act Simplify Supervision...

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Prior to these changes, physicians and PAs had to enter into “delegation of services agreements,” specifically delegating the medical services a PA could perform. If multiple physicians were supervising the PA – such as in a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] OIG Work Plan & Other Federal Compliance Guidelines – 2019 Year-End Review - December 10th, 12th, 16th, 12:00 pm CT

2019 has seen a major focus by federal departments on effective compliance programs at hospitals, clinics, and home health/hospice care. Get the OIG and other government updates you need as a compliance professional or...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

CMS Issues Final Rule for Hospitals & Home Health Agencies for Patient Discharge Planning

On September 26, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services published commentary and its final rule affecting how hospitals, including critical access hospitals (“CAHs”),...more

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CMS Revises Discharge Planning Rules, Emphasizing Access to Quality Data, Patient Engagement

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In a long anticipated regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the hospital, critical access hospital (CAH) and home health agency (HHA) conditions of participation related to the...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - October 2019 #2

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This week in Washington: The House and Senate return tomorrow from a two-week-long recess. Upcoming Hearings/Markups - Congress - House - Blue Dog Democrats Urge Speaker Pelosi to Call Vote on Several Bipartisan...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS Issues Omnibus Burden Reduction (Conditions of Participation) Final Rule

On September 26, 2019, CMS issued the Omnibus Burden Reduction (Conditions of Participation) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) that seeks to remove Medicare regulations that are “unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Finalizes Rule Expanding its Authority to Deny and Revoke Medicare Program Enrollment, Among Other Changes

On September 5, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule with comment period entitled, “Program Integrity Enhancements to the Provider Enrollment Process” (the “Final Rule”). The...more

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[Webinar] 2019 Q2 Health Care Enforcement Roundup Webinar - August 12th, 1:00pm ET

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Frequent regulatory and policy changes, increasing government scrutiny and private whistleblower activity pose greater risks to health care organizations more than ever before. McDermott’s Q2 Health Care Enforcement Roundup...more

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Proposed 2019 Payment Rules Contain Notable Changes to Medicare's Telehealth Policy

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CMS has issued proposed payment rules for CY 2019 that hold significant implications for telehealth coverage and reimbursement. In the Proposed 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rule (Proposed HH PPS Rule),...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Humana, TPG Capital, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Create the Country’s Largest Hospice Provider, “Kindred at Home”

Kindred Healthcare. On July 2, 2018, Humana Inc. and private equity firms TPG Capital (TPG), and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh) (collectively referred to as the Consortium) issued a press release announcing the...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Seniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits

Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the level of service they are entitled to, and many find their services cut off...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

The AHA’s Letter to Santa Claus

The American Hospital Association, after having been “nice” all year, penned its letter to Santa Claus with its wish list for Christmas. Its four page letter (actually addressed to President-Elect Donald Trump at 1717...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 8 - April 2016

McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 8 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. NATIONAL - New Payment Model for Part B Drugs Proposed -...more

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CMS Payment Initiatives Target Quality & Care Improvement - The Short Version

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Like it or not, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding its strong commitment to focus on quality and care improvement as the basis for payment throughout the continuum of care. The final rule for the...more

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Also In The News - Health Headlines - November 2015

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CMS Publishes Medicaid Access Final Rule – CMS published a Final Rule in the Federal Register today, November 2, 2015, that implements a process for states to determine whether Medicaid payments satisfy what is known as the...more

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