On November 12, 2021, CMS released “final guidance” for state survey agencies regarding shared space and co-location arrangements between hospitals and other hospitals or healthcare providers. This guidance is intended to...more
On August 24, 2021, CMS announced that it is again increasing the Medicare reimbursement rate for providers who administer at-home COVID-19 vaccines. This rate increase aims to boost the rate of COVID-19 vaccination,...more
On July 31, 2020, CMS issued Final Rule CMS-1737-F for fiscal year 2021, in its yearly update to Medicare payment policies for SNFs (the Final Rule). In addition to updating Medicare payment rates under the SNF prospective...more
Hospitals that attempt to discharge a patient to a post-acute level of care but are not able to because they cannot find an appropriate accepting facility must continue providing care if the patient cannot be safely...more
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In its June 2019 quarterly report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted unanimously to recommend that Congress eliminate “incident-to” billing under Medicare and refine specialty designations...more
On June 17, 2019, the U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts rejected Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) request to dismiss a qui tam complaint alleging that the teaching hospital fraudulently overbilled...more