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CMS Seeks Public Input to Modernize the Digital Health Ecosystem for Medicare Beneficiaries

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) aimed at transforming how digital health tools serve Medicare beneficiaries....more

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HHS Abandons Public Comment Practices Under the Richardson Waiver

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On March 3, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., officially announced the rescission of the Richardson Waiver, a policy in place since 1971 that required public...more

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CMS Pushes to Expand Hospital Price Transparency Requirements, Enforcement Activity

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On July 26, 2023, two days after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its second largest civil monetary penalty for noncompliance with the hospital price transparency rule, CMS hosted a webinar...more

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“36-Month Rule” Anticipated to Expand to Hospice

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On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Proposed Rule that would extend the “36-Month Rule” to Hospice providers. The 36-Month Rule refers to 42 C.F.R. § 424.550(b), which currently...more

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CMS Attempts to Reduce Appointment Times for Medicaid and CHIP Patients - How Will This Impact Your Managed Care Plan?

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A recent survey found that the average wait time for a new patient to see a physician in 15 of the largest cities in the U.S. was 26 days, up from 24.1 days in 2017.  Timely access to health care providers has long been an...more

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Telehealth: CMS Proposes to Discontinue Audio-Only E/M Services and Virtual Direct Supervision in 2023 Proposed Rule

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On July 07, 2022 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) Proposed Rule, which proposes several significant changes to Medicare telehealth services....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 6: Proposed Changes to the AKS Related to Beneficiary Inducement

As reported previously, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published two proposed rules that seek to implement wholesale changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

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Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Proposed Rules Would Facilitate Donations of EHR and Cybersecurity Technology and Services

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On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published proposed rules in the Federal Register that would amend existing and create new exceptions to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) and safe...more

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OIG proposes changes to existing Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors

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On October 9, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released proposed changes interpreting the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and its regulatory safe harbors, including changes to several existing safe harbors. ...more

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Critical Analysis of CMS’ Proposed Stark Law Changes

As part of HHS’ Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, CMS recently published a proposed rule that, if finalized, would fundamentally change and alleviate the manner in which the Stark Law regulatory framework has...more

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HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care – Part 3: CMS Proposes Expansive Set of Changes to Stark Regulations

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This Client Alert serves as the third in a three-part series in which we describe and analyze the rules proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as part...more

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Stark Law Proposed Change Affects Group Practice Special Rules for Productivity Bonuses, Profit Shares

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On October 9, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed changes to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law). Physician practices are subject to...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 2: Cybersecurity Technology and Electronic Health Records

On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published two proposed rules (one by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and one by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)) that, if...more

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HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care – Part 2: OIG Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rules

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This Client Alert serves as the second in a three-part series in which we describe and analyze the rules proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) as part of its...more

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Trump Administration’s ‘Regulatory Sprint’ Includes Revisions to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

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On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two proposed rules: Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations and Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to Safe Harbors under the...more

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New Stark Law Exceptions for Value-Based Care

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposed changes to the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (the “Stark Law”), as well as the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced significant changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (known as the Stark Law) through proposed rules issued...more

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HHS Proposes Substantial Changes to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Regulations

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The Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) proposed changes to the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Civil Monetary Penalty Law, released today as part of the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, would...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Regulatory Developments Brewing in Telehealth

Two federal agencies – the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) – announced separate initiatives last week that stand to increase patient access to telehealth...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Issue 114: Relief from HIPAA Certification Requirement

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This is the one hundred and fourteenth issue in our series of alerts for employers on selected topics on health care reform. This series of Health Care Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide an in-depth analysis of...more

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SAMHSA Continues to Update Rules Related to Substance Abuse Records

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On January 13, 2017, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the Final Rule to revise 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2 Regulations) – the federal regulations that govern the confidentiality of...more

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