The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) proposed changes to regulations regarding general acute care hospital (GACH) licensing requirements related to clinical laboratory, dietetic, and pharmaceutical services....more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the release of updated model signage for use by Medicare-participating hospitals to inform patients of their rights under the Emergency Medical Treatment...more
At the onset of the COVID-19 PHE, CMS was permitted to issue several temporary emergency statutory and regulatory waivers to help providers appropriately respond to the pandemic. On May 1, 2023, the Secretary released a memo...more
5/11/2023
/ Acute Facilities ,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Mental Health ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Waivers
In a country that is still struggling with an opioid epidemic, and where there are enough rules and laws regulating the dispensing of medication to fill a tome, it makes sense that medical providers across the nation are...more
4/4/2023
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Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employees ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fingerprints ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Prescription Drugs ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws
Effective January 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) eliminated 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across all of its accreditation programs and revised 14 other standards. To further streamline its standards, TJC is...more
2/15/2023
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Ambulance Providers ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Certifications ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Access Hospitals ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospitals ,
Laboratories ,
Mental Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
The Joint Commission
In late January 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two updates relevant to provider and supplier organizations enrolled in Medicare: (1) a redesign to the Provider Enrollment, Chain and...more
Starting July 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) will set health equity as a National Patient Safety Goal for certain TJC-accredited organizations and roll out a new Health Care Equity certification program to recognize and...more
2/1/2023
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Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Certifications ,
Critical Access Hospitals ,
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Hospitals ,
Mental Health ,
Patients ,
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The Joint Commission
Rural emergency hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type that will allow Medicare to pay for emergency department and other outpatient hospital services in rural areas beginning on January 1, 2023, without requiring the...more
11/29/2022
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Emergency Rooms ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Outpatient Services ,
Provider Payments ,
Rural Areas ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Stark Law
Beginning in 2023, Medicare will recognize a new provider type: the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). The establishment of REHs is intended to preserve access to emergency departments and other outpatient services in rural...more
8/11/2022
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Critical Access Hospitals ,
Emergency Rooms ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Outpatient Services ,
Physician Ownership ,
Physicians ,
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Provider Payments ,
Rural Areas ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Stark Law ,
Statutory Requirements ,
Webinars
Rural emergency hospitals (REHs) are a new Medicare provider type that will allow Medicare to pay for emergency department and other outpatient hospital services in rural areas beginning on January 1, 2023, without requiring...more
7/21/2022
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Conditions of Participation (CoP) ,
Dedicated Emergency Departments ,
Enrollment ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Mental Health ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Outpatient Services ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rural Health Care Providers
Tucked into the recent proposed rule establishing Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) is a proposal to change the CoPs for critical access hospitals (CAHs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more
On June 30, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited proposed rule establishing the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) would be required to meet...more
Hospital and health systems rely on vendors and other partners to provide vital services that support patient care, efficient operations and smooth administrative functions. However, the regulations governing different types...more
Hospital and health systems rely on vendors and other partners to provide vital services that support patient care, efficient operations and smooth administrative functions. However, the regulations governing different types...more
Hospital and health systems rely on vendors and other partners to provide vital services that support patient care, efficient operations and smooth administrative functions. However, the regulations governing different types...more
On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated version of its Quality, Safety and Oversight Group memorandum, QSO-19-13-Hospital, containing much-anticipated final guidance on...more
Under current Medicare program rules, Medicare does not recognize “freestanding emergency departments” or other non-hospital providers of emergency department services. Medicare will only pay for these services at facilities...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) notified state survey agency directors that it has lifted previously imposed hospital survey suspensions and resumed routine hospital reaccreditation and recertification...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) notified state survey agency directors of renewed hospital survey limitations and notification expectations for states and hospitals during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in...more
Year-end COVID-19 relief legislation approved by Congress established Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) as a new Medicare provider type effective January 1, 2023. REHs, defined as providers that furnish certain outpatient...more
1/6/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Provider Payments ,
Reimbursements ,
Relief Measures ,
Rural Health Care Providers
You won’t want to miss four days of exclusive, virtual events that bring together industry leaders, emerging standouts, innovators and investors from across the industry landscape at the largest healthcare investment...more
1/6/2021
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Business Disruption ,
Business Strategies ,
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Digital Health ,
Funding Arrangements ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Innovation ,
Investors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Webinars
You won’t want to miss four days of exclusive, virtual events that bring together industry leaders, emerging standouts, innovators and investors from across the industry landscape at the largest healthcare investment...more
1/6/2021
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Digital Health ,
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
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Investors ,
Joint Venture ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Partnerships ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Webinars
You won’t want to miss four days of exclusive, virtual events that bring together industry leaders, emerging standouts, innovators and investors from across the industry landscape at the largest healthcare investment...more
1/6/2021
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You won’t want to miss four days of exclusive, virtual events that bring together industry leaders, emerging standouts, innovators and investors from across the industry landscape at the largest healthcare investment...more
1/6/2021
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Hospitals ,
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Private Equity ,
Webinars
As hospitals and healthcare facilities move toward an uneasy “new normal” and move to re-initiate services and procedures, accrediting organizations will also be ramping up their operations to pre-pandemic levels. However,...more