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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #1

News Briefs - CMS Increases Acute Care Inpatient Hospital Payments by $2.9B - HHS has finalized the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. The rule...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

CMS Proposes Additional Modifications to the Overpayment Rule Relating to the Deadline for Reporting and Returning Overpayments

In the context of Medicare Advantage (“MA”) reform initiatives, we previously addressed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) December 27, 2022 proposal to amend its regulations set forth at 42 C.F.R. §...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Overlapping surgeries: Time for a compliance checkup?

Overlapping surgeries is a practice that has been used for many years by healthcare providers (such as hospitals and surgical centers). This practice generally refers to situations where one lead attending surgeon is...more

Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] Medicare Tune Up: Boosting Efficiency and Minimizing Costs - August 8th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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As Medicare secondary payer penalties take effect this fall, find out what’s new, what’s on the horizon, and what to watch out for to avoid pitfalls. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Philip Unwin and Jennifer Santoro for a free...more

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The ‘Blind’ Medicare Reporting Conundrum: Clinical Trials Sponsor Compliance with MMSEA Section 111 Mandatory Insurer Reporting

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Organizations have an obligation to report claims for individuals who have coverage under group health plans (GHPs) and non-group health plans (NGHPs) when a settlement has been paid or when the plan pays for ongoing medical...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS Issues Final Rule Mandating New Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities

On April 22, 2024, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency...more

Venable LLP

June 1 Prescription Drug Reporting Deadline for Group Health Plans

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Employer group health plans must make an annual disclosure of the plan's prescription drug and healthcare spending to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The disclosure, called the Prescription Drug Data...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Medicaid: CMS Final Rules Aim to Expand Access, Provide Parity with Commercial Markets

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published two significant updates to its Medicaid regulations on May 10, 2024. The two Final Rules, a Medicaid Access Rule and a Medicaid Managed Care Rule, impose new...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Proposes New Mandatory Value-Based Payment Initiative: The Transforming Episode Accountability Model

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) – a new, mandatory, episode-based alternative payment model in the Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Issues CY2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule

On April 4, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the contract year 2025 (CY2025) Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule (the “Final Rule”). In addition to finalizing its CY2025 proposed rule,...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Hospice Proposed Payment Rule

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Last week, CMS issued a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 aiming to update Medicare hospice payments and aggregate cap amount in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. The...more

Gardner Law

CMS Auditing Companies for Sunshine Compliance: Are You Ready?

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As the Sunshine Act reporting deadline of March 31, 2024 draws near, medical device and pharmaceutical companies are gearing up for their Sunshine Act reporting. Are you prepared for a Sunshine Act audit? Reporting...more

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CMS Issues Interim Final Rule for CMS Enforcement of State Compliance with Reporting and Federal Medicaid Renewal Requirements

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On December 4, 2023, CMS issued an interim final rule (the Interim Rule) (RIN 0938-AV26) to implement new enforcement authorities that CMS may use if states fail to comply with new reporting requirements or with federal...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New HHS Rule for Nursing Home Ownership and Manager Disclosure

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A new rule will require nursing homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid to make disclosures about certain facility ownership, management and other operational information. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

Venable LLP

Looming CTA Disclosure Requirements and Healthcare Providers

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The Federal Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), 31 U.S.C. §5336, will soon require certain entities to disclose to the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) certain pieces of identifying information...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS Proposes Appropriate Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Commit Information Blocking

In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed a...more

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What the Health Care Industry Needs to Know About the Corporate Transparency Act

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A new federal law requires health care business entities to disclose personal information and photographs of persons with ownership and control over their business. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) and other federal...more

Troutman Pepper

CMS Publishes Final Rule on Civil Monetary Penalties for Section 111 Reporting

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rule outlining how civil monetary penalties will be calculated and imposed when Responsible Reporting Entities (RRE) fail to meet their Medicare...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

Group Health Plans and Medicare Secondary Payer Rules: Do the Mandatory Reporting Obligations Apply to You?

The Medicare Secondary Payer provisions (MSP) apply to group health plans sponsored by employers with 20 or more employees, in both the private and public sectors. MSP’s mandatory reporting requirements are designed to...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Gag Clause Attestations due December 31, 2023

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If you sponsor a group health plan, make sure you set a calendar alert before the winter holidays to submit the annual gag clause prohibition compliance attestation. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA),...more

McDermott+

Policy Update - CMS Releases FY 2024 IPPS Final Rule

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On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. The rule updates Medicare payment policies and quality reporting...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Releases Updates to Hospital Pricing Transparency Rule

On April 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a fact sheet on Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Updates (the “Fact Sheet”) under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (the “Rule”)....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Pharmacy Benefit Managers are on the Federal Government’s Radar: Senate, House, and Agency Proposals Seek to Increase PBM...

In conjunction with the surge in state legislative efforts to regulate the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, Congress and federal agencies have ramped up PBM oversight efforts as part of the ongoing battle to lower...more

Verrill

Gag Clauses – New Guidance and Litigation Will Inform Compliance

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Certain provisions of the Transparency in Coverage Final Regulations and the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 (“CAA”) require group health plans and/or their vendors to report information to federal agencies. On December...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Home Health & Hospice Quarterly - Q1

AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more

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