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The Important and Thriving Role of Private Medical Practices
Value-Based Care and Its Impact on Providers
The Year Ahead: Litigation Hot Spots at a Glance
Teleworking: Amazing or amazingly complex?
(Video) Reimbursement of College Tuition and Fees After COVID-19
Value-based health care: compliance infrastructure
K&L Gates Triage: 340B Eligibility - Hospital Covered Entities
Value-based health care: fraud & abuse laws
Value-based health care: issues for pharmaceutical companies
Condo Water Invasion: Potential Medical Liability?
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
On February 6, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released “pre-proposed” consolidated rulemaking related to the business practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”) licensed to operate in...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for July 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more
On April 28, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel released guidance reiterating claims substantiation rules for health flexible spending arrangements (health FSAs) under Internal Revenue Code...more
On October 1, 2022, Canada published two proposed Regulations under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) and requested comments by October 31, 2022, via a new embedded commenting feature....more
Following a number of drug pricing reforms implemented or proposed in 2018, 2019 likely will bring more action from HHS and Congress to reduce drug prices. Key Points: ..In 2018, the Administration implemented and...more
On the TV show Futurama, the aged proprietor of the delivery company Planet Express, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, had a habit of entering a room where the other characters were gathered and sharing his trademark line,...more
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On September 25, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced publication of the proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) implementing substantial changes to the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule...more
According to the federal government, over 370,000 providers have participated in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record ("EHR") incentive program since its inception in 2011. However, providers nationwide continue...more
On May 1, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would include payment and policy changes for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) (Proposed SNF Rule). The Proposed SNF Rule would...more
Recovery Audit Contractors (“RACs”) and other Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contractors are charged with identifying overpayments made by Medicare to healthcare providers. However, with the increase in RAC...more