Spilman's COVID-19 Task Force and Health Care Practice Group have developed this e-newsletter to address important issues affecting health care providers and others operating in the health care industry during the COVID-19...more
In times of emergency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") has authority to issue temporary waivers or modifications of certain Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and HIPAA requirements. The Centers for...more
4/7/2020
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health Emergency ,
State of Emergency ,
Waivers
On March 30, 2020, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") announced a blanket waiver ("Waiver") of sanctions for violations of Section 1877 of the Social Security Act, also known as the...more
4/7/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Self-Referral ,
Stark Law ,
State of Emergency ,
Waivers
Recently, we have noticed an alarming increase within the Spilman footprint of revocations by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") of physicians' Medicare billing privileges. In particular, CMS has been...more
9/19/2017
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Constitutional Challenges ,
DMEPOS ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Health Care ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Billing Privileges ,
Medicare Provider Agreements ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Record Retention ,
Revocation ,
Right of Access ,
TRO