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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #3

News Briefs - Physicians Responsible for Meeting CMS Information Blocking Rules - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that...more

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CMS Releases Fiscal Year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) on Aug. 1, 2024....more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Finalizes FY 2025 Payment Rules for Inpatient Hospitals, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, Inpatient...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Releases IPPS Proposed Rule; Congress Holds Hearings on Chronic Care and Telehealth

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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CMS Hospital Discharge Requirements to Post-Acute Care Providers

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On June 6, 2023, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided a Quality Safety & Oversight (QSO) memorandum outlining CMS-identified concerns with respect to the patient discharge process (Memo). As set forth...more

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - September 2023 #1

News Briefs - Feds Propose New Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Requirements - The nation's most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed by the Biden administration, the...more

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CMS Releases FY 2024 IPPS Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 1, 2023, published its final rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: August 4, 2023

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Congress is officially in recess for the month of August and will return after Labor Day. On the regulatory front, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient...more

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2023 #1

News Briefs - Debt Limit Deal Will Claw Back $27.1B in Unspent COVID Funding - President Joe Biden signed a debt limit deal that includes some minimal cuts for healthcare programs just days before the federal government was...more

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Special Report - CMS Unwinds Waivers as the COvid-19 PHE Comes to an End

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At the onset of the COVID-19 PHE, CMS was permitted to issue several temporary emergency statutory and regulatory waivers to help providers appropriately respond to the pandemic. On May 1, 2023, the Secretary released a memo...more

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CMS Proposes FY 2024 Inpatient Payment Policies for Hospitals

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or Agency) on April 10, 2023, published its annual proposed rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital...more

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Tracking the Waivers: Implications of the Wind Down of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The White House recently announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declarations will end on May 11, 2023. These declarations have been in place since the beginning of the COVID-19...more

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Long Term Care Update: As Winter Arrives, CMS Renews its Emphasis on COVID-19 Vaccinations, Bivalent Boosters and Timely...

As surges in various respiratory illnesses – including COVID-19 – loom over holiday gatherings, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) held an Open Door Forum for skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) providers...more

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The PHE is Ending: Do You Know Where Your Waivers Are?

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While the pandemic is not over, the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is expected to expire soon, which means that a number of operational, safety, and billing standards that were waived at the beginning of the pandemic...more

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CMS Issues Revised Staff Vaccination Guidance

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On October 26, 2022, CMS issued revised guidance on COVID-19 vaccination requirements for staff working for Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers. While the revised guidance was issued in separate...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | August 2022 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant enforcement activity between July 21 and August 20, 2022. Key updates include a case in which the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit...more

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CMS Releases FY 2023 IPPS and LTCH Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 1, 2022, released the final rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) payment system....more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | July 2022 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant activity between June 21 and July 20, 2022. During this period, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, which historically...more

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Biden Administration Takes Action to Improve Competition, Transparency and Quality for Hospitals and Nursing Homes

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published detailed databases summarizing changes of ownership of Medicare-enrolled hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The databases currently include...more

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CMS Releases FY 2023 IPPS and LTCH Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 18, 2022, published its annual proposed rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH)...more

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CMS Issues Medicare IPPS and LTCH Final Rule for FY 2022

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On August 2, 2021, CMS published the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule for federal fiscal year (FY) 2022. The final...more

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CMS Releases FY 2022 IPPS and LTCH Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 27, 2021, released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment...more

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CMS Clarifies Emergency Preparedness Testing Exemption

In a memorandum issued on September 28, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided clarification to health care providers regarding an exemption to emergency preparedness testing exercise requirements...more

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CMS Implements Stricter COVID-19 Testing Regulations on Nursing Homes

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As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more

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New CMS regulations bolster enforcement of COVID-19 reporting by hospitals, long-term care facilities and labs

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On August 25, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim final regulations known as CMS-3401-IFC that become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for September...more

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