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Noteworthy GME Payment Policies and Opportunities for Residency Slots in CMS's FY 2025 IPPS Final Rule

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CMS's FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (Final Rule) finalizes several noteworthy proposals related to graduate medical education (GME) payment opportunities. Below are the takeaways from the...more

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How to Apply and Who's Eligible for Millions of Dollars in Funding Available for New Residency Programs and Expansions Through...

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has issued two Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) notices of funding opportunities for the academic year (AY) 2024-2025 and AY 2025-2026. These...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Achieving a High Performance, Diverse Accrual, Clinical Trial Program in an Academic Health System

The United States occupies a leadership position in clinical advancements, in terms of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, innovative care processes and interventional techniques. At the nexus of these advances are clinical...more

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Noteworthy GME Payment Policy Takeaways from the CMS FY 2025 IPPS Proposed Rule

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CMS's FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) includes several noteworthy proposals and requests for information related to graduate medical education (GME) payment policies. Below...more

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While You Were Sleeping: HHS Releases New Guidance on Sensitive Examinations

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"Informed consent" has been described as "a bedrock principle of healthcare in a free society," and if a "patient is denied the ability to exercise or even consider informed consent, the patient's personal liberty suffers."1...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Informed Consent Guidance and Pharmacy Immunity

New guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 1, 2024, clarified that hospitals will not be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid...more

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New CMS Informed Consent Guidance for Sensitive Examinations of Unconscious Patients

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On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, issued new...more

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Client Alert: New HHS and CMS Guidance on Informed Consent for Sensitive Examinations and Best Practice for the Informed Consent...

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) revised hospital interpretive guidance in the State Operations Manual, Appendix A-Hospitals on April 1, 2024 in response to media stories of nation’s teaching hospitals and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Preparing a Community Health and Health Equity Strategic Plan

Academic health systems serve a vital role in the health and well-being of the communities they serve. They employ thousands of people and are an economic engine delivering clinical care, the training of health care...more

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New Year, New Contracts: ACGME Institutional Requirements for Graduate Medical Education

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Summertime, for many, marks the beginning of longer days and more sunshine. As an academic medical institution, it also marks the end of one academic year and the commencement of another, and with a new academic year comes...more

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Clearing the J-1 Home Residency Hurdle: Four Ways to Waive the Home-Residence Requirement

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J-1 status is a favorite for foreign nationals attending medical resident training programs in the United States. While there are many advantages to the J-1 visa category, one major obstacle remains for J-1 physicians who...more

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Hospital As Educational Organization? The Mayo Clinic’s UBIT Refund Claim

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Like Peas in a Pod? What do private, not-for-profit colleges and hospitals have in common? There are quite a few items that come immediately to mind: •They may qualify for exemption from federal income tax. •Tax-exempt...more

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Surgeon Settles Simultaneous Surgery Suit

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on February 27 that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), James Luketich, its Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and University of Pittsburgh Physicians have agreed to pay...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - February 2023 | VOL 11

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Structure of AMCs - While every AMC is unique, there are some common characteristics that many share: (1) the hospital and school are often tethered together from an organizational, governance and/or legal perspective;...more

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Hot Topics in Health Care January 2023

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Court Remands Remedy for Unlawful 340B Rule to HHS - On January 10, 2023, the DC District Court remanded the issue of how to remedy five years of underpayments to 340B hospitals to the Department of Health and Human...more

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Teaching Hospitals Have Until November 18, 2022 to Request Review of Eligibility to Reset Resident Caps or Per-Resident Amounts...

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On November 3, 2022, CMS posted a notice on its website announcing the Phase 2 deadline for teaching hospitals to request review of the cost report data that the agency is using to determine whether hospitals are eligible...more

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California Passes First State Law Requiring Physicians to Disclose Open Payments Database to Patients

Effective January 1, 2023, the recently enacted California Assembly Bill 1278,requires a physician and surgeon (defined as a physician and surgeon licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act or an osteopathic physician and...more

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ACGME is Instituting New Mandatory Medical, Parental and Caregiver Leave Requirements for Residency and Fellowship Programs: Are...

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Organizations overseeing physician training (like ABMS and ACGME) have recently demonstrated a renewed commitment to supporting physicians’ holistic development by adopting new mandatory leave requirements for...more

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Innovative Revenue Streams for Academic Medical Centers: Reaching Beyond On-Site Patient Care

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Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) are commonly known for providing communities across the globe with comprehensive patient care, extensive research programs, and educating our future healthcare providers. However, the high...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 11 2022

They say Thursday is the new Friday, and the State Senate took the sentiment to heart yesterday, quickly convening, dispensing with procedural business, and adjourning into a three day weekend. The House Rules Chairman...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 9 2022

The General Assembly got back to work on Tuesday with a slate full of committee meetings to advance bills and resolutions through the legislative gauntlet. But before legislators receded into the meeting rooms in the State...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 5 2022

The floors of the House and Senate were unusually active on Monday compared to a typical Fifth Legislative Day. Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) welcomed Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to address his chamber amidst the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Service Line Development in Academic Health Systems

An integrated service line organizes multidisciplinary services across the care continuum to serve a defined patient cohort. This patient-centric structure improves patient experience, clinical outcomes and operating...more

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[Webinar] Creating Successful Integrated Service Lines: A Guide for AMCs - September 29th, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET

Learn How Interdisciplinary Service Lines Can Enhance the Patient Experience, Drive Clinical Efficiency and Improve Performance at a New Manatt Webinar. An interdisciplinary service line is the organization of...more

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Academic Medical Centers and the Broad Reach of Title IX: Castro, et al. v. Yale University, et al.

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A recent case brought by female physicians against Yale University highlights the difficulty of disentangling an academic medical center from a university when assessing the reach of Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of...more

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