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Ninth Circuit Vacates Low-Wage-Index Policy

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On December 11, 2024, the Ninth Circuit struck down an HHS policy that boosted the wage index, and therefore the Medicare reimbursement rate, for hospitals in low-income communities in Kaweah Delta Health Care District v....more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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Religious Institutions Update: January 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Timely Topics - By Shannon B. Hartsfield - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Jan. 18, 2018, the creation of a new division within its Office for Civil Rights (OCR). OCR is described as...more

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HHS Says Claims Appeals Backlog Is Decreasing and May Be Eliminated by the End of FY 2019

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On November 7, 2016, in the pending American Hospital Association (AHA) v. Burwell litigation, HHS filed a motion for summary judgment. A central focus of HHS’s motion for summary judgment is assertions that “the backlog is...more

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Court Upholds CMS's Inclusion of Part C Days in Medicare Fraction of DSH Calculation FYE 2012

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On August 17, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the position of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) that Part C patients were to be considered as “entitled to...more

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HHS Wins Summary Judgment Against Hospitals Disputing CMS’s Treatment of Part C Days as Days “Entitled to Part A” for Purposes of...

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On August 17, 2016 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of HHS in a dispute over whether Part C days can be treated as “days entitled to benefits under Part A” for...more

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D.C. District Court Invalidates CMS’s “Protest” Requirement

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On August 19, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a group of hospitals’ motion for summary judgment against HHS in a challenge of the Provider Reimbursement Review Board’s (PRRB) denial...more

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D.C. District Court Resolves Challenge to Medicare's Outlier Payment Rules for Banner Health v. Burwell

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On March 31, 2016, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the “D.C. District Court”) issued a highly anticipated memorandum opinion settling what will probably be the...more

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