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
1/8/2025
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There are three things that cannot be stopped: time, gravity, and the increasing complexity of the Stark Law. To be fair, complexity has not been the goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Rather, Stark's...more
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) adding new safe harbors to the federal anti-kickback statute, amending existing safe harbors, and...more
1/16/2017
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is forging ahead with the implementation of innovative and value-based payment programs, despite Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election and Republican...more
On Feb. 12, 2016, CMS published the much anticipated final regulations implementing the so-called “60-Day Rule.” Congress adopted the 60-Day Rule as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Rule requires health care...more
Please join Davis Wright Tremaine partners Bob Homchick and Adam Romney, and associate Kyle Gotchy for a briefing regarding the final rule for the Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement (CJR) Program.
They will discuss the...more
On July 1, CMS published proposed changes to the so-called “Two-Midnight Rule,” which currently governs when inpatient hospital admissions are entitled to Medicare Part A payment. The proposed changes were announced in a...more
In this increasingly competitive world, providers generally want to be at the top of almost any official ranking. CMS’s recently released list of medical groups and physicians receiving the most Medicare reimbursement dollars...more
Today’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) technologies feature many tools that help providers practice more efficiently and allow them to spend more time caring for patients. However, the federal government recently has posted...more