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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DEA Proposed Rule for Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations

On January 17, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the proposed rule, “Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations.” The proposed rule marks a significant first...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

DOH Issues Guidance on New York’s Material Health Care Transaction Law

Nearly two years ago, and as previously discussed in a Proskauer alert, New York enacted Public Health Law Article 45-A (the “Material Transactions Law”), which requires reporting of certain material health care transactions....more

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HCPF Makes Clarifications to Mandatory Facility-Based Professionals’ Reporting Requirements Under Colorado Hospital Discounted...

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What is Colorado Hospital Discounted Care? Colorado’s Hospital Discounted Care law, effective September 1, 2022, brought a detailed and comprehensive yet highly confounding overhaul to the way hospitals, freestanding...more

Hanson Bridgett

SB 1451 Updates Some Requirements for 103 and 104 Nurse Practitioners

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Nurse practitioners who practice pursuant to Sections 2837.103 and 2837.104 of the California Business and Professions Code may practice independently, without standardized procedures, in certain settings....more

McDermott Will & Emery

How PPM Health Plans Can Solve the MEWA Problem

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While a physician practice management (PPM) structure allows for compliance with corporate practice of medicine laws and ease of administration, it often creates inadvertent health plan issues that should be navigated...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Extending and Enduring

In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

New Ohio Law Tightens Mandatory Reporting Following Dr. Strauss Report

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Legislation signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on December 20, 2024 will significantly expand mandatory reporting duties for professionals and facilities. These changes, and others from Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 109, not...more

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Navigating New Medicare Overpayment Rules and Practical Tips to Comply

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On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute) for Medicare Parts A and B as...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Sunshine Act: 10 Things to Know

For some companies that make and distribute medical devices and drugs, and for group purchasing organizations (GPOs), reporting financial information to the U.S. government has become a regular part of doing business. The...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

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

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

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Navigating the National Practitioner Data Bank: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals (NPDB or Data Bank).

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Few aspects of the healthcare regulatory apparatus evoke more confusion and dread for healthcare practitioners than the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB or Data Bank).  Being reported to the Data Bank is often regarded...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

What Constitutes Control and How Much is Too Much? Considerations for Private Equity Firms and Their Physician Practice Management...

If you are a private equity (PE) firm that invests in physician practice management companies, it is a common question: What constitutes control, and how much is too much? This is a question that commonly has been asked under...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

A Higher Power: Physician obligations to report another physician’s conduct under Wyoming law

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Wyoming physicians are sometimes confronted with the awkward and difficult choice of whether to bring a colleague’s potentially unprofessional, unethical, or harmful conduct to light by making a report to a hospital’s peer...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Regulations, contracts, and credentialing for medical directors and attending physicians

There are many rules and regulations governing attending physician visits and medical directors. Unfortunately, there is plenty of room for error when documenting attending physician visits, establishing medical director...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Meeting Cancer Reporting Requirements

Cancer is not just a diagnosis between a patient and physician. In this podcast Jeremy Laws, Operations Supervisor at the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System, explains that a cancer diagnosis triggers state-by-state...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

New California Law Requires Physicians to Provide Patients with Notice of the Federal Open Payments Program

A new California law – Assembly Bill 1278, which was signed by the Governor on September 29, 2022 – requires physicians to provide patients with notice of the federal Open Payments database. The federal Open Payments program...more

K&L Gates LLP

Health Care Triage: Hospitals, Physician Practices, and Labs – Are You Ready to Report Private Payor Rates for Laboratory Tests?

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In this episode, Gabriel Scott and Darlene Davis analyze the private payor rates reporting requirements under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act. They discuss the type of entities required to report, potential penalties...more

Williams Mullen

Physician Group Monitoring of “Open Payments”

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Is your physician group monitoring the Open Payments database? Each June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases data showcasing the payments made by reporting entities to physician groups and other...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

HHS Requesting Physician COVID Relief Payback of $100 Million

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HHS sent notices to noncompliant physicians and facilities on March 10, 2022 giving them 30 days to return funds paid to healthcare providers who have not complied with the agency’s reporting requirements....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Iowa Supreme Court Dismisses Claim Alleging Reporting Physician Misconduct is Defamatory

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Physicians often have a legal obligation to report conduct which they believe may constitute negligence, or demonstrate an individual’s inability to practice medicine competently, safely, or within the bounds of the relevant...more

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An Emerging State Trend: Increasing Oversight of Physician Group Practice Transactions

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On October 1, 2021, Nevada became the latest of a small but growing number of states extending regulatory oversight of healthcare transactions involving physician practices. Over the past decade, several states have passed or...more

Polsinelli

Prescription Practices Called into Question: Iowa Court Applies Four-Factor Test to Physician’s Defamation Claim Based on Report...

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The Supreme Court of Iowa recently reversed the judgment of a district court and remanded the matter with instructions to enter summary judgment in favor of Hamilton County Public Hospital, operating as Van Diest Medical...more

Fisher Phillips

The 7 Main Takeaways for Healthcare Employers Now That OSHA Has Finally Unveiled Its Long-Awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary...

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Almost six months after President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine whether emergency temporary standards (ETS) concerning COVID-19 were necessary, OSHA finally issued the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Health Care Triage: Understanding OIG and CMS Audits

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Richard Church interviews Stephen Bittinger about the scope and authority of OIG and CMS audits, outlining the similarities and differences between the two from a provider perspective. The presenters discuss the key...more

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