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15 Dec 2020, 3:44 am by Kellie McTammany
</p> </div> <h3 style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:35px; margin-block-start:1em; margin-block-end:1em;"> A Second COVID-19 Dashboard: </h3> <div style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:35px;" data-rss-type="text"> <p style="margin:0px;"> A second COVID-19 Dashboard will aggregate and… [read post]
As we recently flagged, even amidst the chaos of a global pandemic, multiple HHS agencies, including the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and most recently, CMS and OIG, have focused their attention in 2020 on facilitating and enforcing patients’ rights to access their health information, encouraging interoperability among health information… [read post]
On December 10, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule to revise the prior authorization process and to add new requirements for state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) fee-for-service programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges to help improve… [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 5:11 am by Wachler &#38; Associates, P.C.
Testing by clinical laboratories is regulated by the FDA and by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (“CLIA”), as administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 7:37 am by Wachler &#38; Associates, P.C.
On December 2, 2020, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2021 Outpatient Prospective System (OPPS) Final Rule. [read post]
8 Dec 2020, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Executive Summary Introduction The Current Crisis in Context — New York’s Competitive Standing — New York’s Recent Reforms — New York’s Budget Gap — Prospects for Federal Relief — The State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT) Cap and New York’s Fiscal Capacity — New York’s Convenience Rule and the Future of Remote Work Evaluating New York’s Revenue Options — Mark-to-Market Taxation of Capital Gains Income — Stock… [read post]
7 Dec 2020, 9:00 am
This new policy affects all rules coming from all HHS agencies and offices, the department said, including the FDA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Office for Civil Rights.... [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 11:09 am by Lebowitz & Mzhen
During the Obama administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services precluded nursing homes from asking residents to sign pre-admission arbitration contracts. [read post]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has published the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (“ASC”) final rule for CY 2021. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 6:02 am by Wachler &#38; Associates, P.C.
On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the final rule for the 2021 Medicare physician fee schedule. [read post]
2 Dec 2020, 11:19 am by Wachler &#38; Associates, P.C.
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rules amending the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statutes (AKS). [read post]
1 Dec 2020, 12:43 pm by karp
  Compassionate Care Visits inside require continuous wearing of a surgical mask, however social distancing is not required, but these visits may be limited. ** The AHCA (Agency for Healthcare Administration- Florida) and CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services- Federal) appear to differ on facility departure and quarantine requirements upon return. [read post]
30 Nov 2020, 7:24 am by Lisa Larrimore Ouellette
But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs have substantial authority over reimbursement decisions, such as for the more than 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
30 Nov 2020, 7:02 am by Michael B. Stack
It’s imperative to make sure that making changes or eliminating anything from the proposed MSA is done in a way that meets the approval of treating physicians — especially if seeking the approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]
26 Nov 2020, 9:05 pm by Max Masuda-Farkas
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, announced the finalization of regulations intended to reduce prescription drug prices “dramatically. [read post]
25 Nov 2020, 3:31 pm by Thomas Dowdell (US)
On Wednesday, November 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its new Acute Hospital at Home program and additional regulatory flexibility in its Hospitals Without Walls program. [read post]
25 Nov 2020, 1:32 pm by The Health Law Partners
On November 20, 2020, in a joint effort, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued final rules to revise and modernize the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”), Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and Civil Monetary Penalties Law (“CMP”). [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 3:35 am by Kellie McTammany
Nursing homes can receive a stipend from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) through the Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) fund. [read post]
23 Nov 2020, 10:00 pm
Powerfully illustrating the efforts of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transform the US healthcare system to a value-based model, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized rules that will alter critical healthcare fraud and abuse regulations to remove or diminish obstacles to value-based enterprises that meaningfully embrace patient care coordination. [read post]
23 Nov 2020, 10:00 pm
Powerfully illustrating the efforts of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transform the US healthcare system to a value-based model, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized rules that will alter critical healthcare fraud and abuse regulations to remove or diminish obstacles to value-based enterprises that meaningfully embrace patient care coordination. [read post]