From 1998-2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published compliance program guidelines for various industries in the Federal Register....more
12/7/2023
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Chief Compliance Officers ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Self-Referral ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Stark Law
The Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule to address short payments on drug acquisition costs for 340B hospitals from 2018 to September 2022.
On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court unanimously...more
On January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that both the COVID-19 national emergency and the public health emergency (PHE) will end May 11, 2023. This announcement has left many healthcare providers considering how the...more
2/21/2023
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Emergency Rooms ,
EMTALA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Waivers
Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s decision in AHA et al. v. Becerra, decided on June 15, 2022, the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia ruled in September that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must...more
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is required to set minimum standards for certain health care services (HCS), specifically blood and bone marrow transplantation, solid organ transplantation, adult cardiac...more
On Friday, June 24th, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and 340B hospitals regarding their challenge to outpatient prescription drug reimbursement methodologies issued by the...more
6/15/2022
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reimbursements ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 340B