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Washington Healthcare Update - August 2024 #2

This Week in Washington: Congress remains in recess....more

8/27/2024 / Drug Pricing , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicare , Physician Fee Schedule , Section 340B , Telehealth

Washington Healthcare Update - August 2024

This Week in Washington: Senate Appropriations Committee reports FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill out of committee....more

8/5/2024 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicare , Section 340B

Washington Healthcare Update - July 2024 #3

This Week in Washington: House Rules Committee to consider FY2025 Agriculture-FDA and Related Agencies funding bill amendments; MedPAC releases July 2024 data book on Medicare program spending; National drug shortages fall to...more

7/22/2024 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Physician Fee Schedule , Proposed Rules

Washington Healthcare Update - May 2024 #3

This Week in Washington: House appropriators release FY2025 topline appropriations levels; Senate Finance Committee releases white paper on Medicare physician payment reforms; House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee...more

5/21/2024 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Health Care Providers , OCR , Proposed Rules

CMS Releases Controversial Minimum Staffing Rule

On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that will implement for the first time at the national level minimum staffing level requirements for long-term care (LTC) and...more

5/1/2024 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Care Providers , Long Term Care Facilities , Nurses , Skilled Nursing Facility

Washington Healthcare Update - April 2024 #3

This Week in Washington: CMS releases SNF minimum staffing standards final rule; Senate HELP Committee chairman requests information on Ozempic and Wegovy pricing; HHS OCR releases final rule concerning HIPAA reproductive...more

4/30/2024 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Popular , Proposed Rules

Congressional Action on Physician Fee Cut Up in the Air

In November 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Calendar Year 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which reduced reimbursement for physician fee services by 3.4%. The fee cut for...more

2/29/2024 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Fees , Health Care Providers , Physician Fee Schedule , Physicians

Washington Healthcare Update - February 2024 #3

This Week in Washington: House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health holds hearing on a range of legislation concerning public health programs, patient wellbeing and caregiver support; HHS and FTC request...more

2/20/2024 / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , OCR , OIG , Popular , Proposed Rules

Washington Healthcare Update - December 2023 #2

This Week in Washington: House Energy and Commerce Committee markup includes 19 healthcare bills; Senate HELP Committee to mark up SUPPORT Act Reauthorization and three other bills; House to vote on Lower Costs, More...more

12/12/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Clinical Trials , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Health Care Providers , Popular , Proposed Rules

Washington Healthcare Update - October 2023 #5

This Week in Washington: House elects new Speaker; Senate HELP Committee advances nomination of NIH Director nominee; House and Senate resume appropriations work....more

10/31/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicare , Nursing Homes , Proposed Rules

Washington Healthcare Update - October 2023 #3

This Week in Washington: Still No Speaker in the House; 2024 Medicare Part B Premiums and Deductibles to Rise....more

10/17/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Health Care Providers , OIG , Proposed Rules

Washington Healthcare Update - September 2023 #2

This Week in Washington: House stalls on defense spending bill, but begins negotiations among Republicans on appropriations; Senate was expected to move forward on three appropriations bills, but has now stalled; House to...more

9/19/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Health Care Providers , OCR , Pharmaceutical Industry , Proposed Rules

Medicare Site-Neutral Payments Included in House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Markup

On May 17, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee held a markup of 17 healthcare bills. In particular, the subcommittee advanced legislation that would implement site-neutral payments under Medicare for...more

5/23/2023 / Health Care Providers , Hospitals , Medicare , Off-Campus Departments , Site-Neutral Exception

CMS Publicly Releases Ownership Data for Medicare-Certified Hospice and Home Health Agencies

On April 20, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the release of ownership data for all Medicare-enrolled hospice and home health agencies. This release is consistent with the Department of...more

5/3/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , Home Health Care , Hospice , Medicare , Nursing Homes

CMS Tightens Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Measures

On April 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) strengthened its enforcement of the hospital price transparency rule by implementing three new enforcement measures. These include...more

5/2/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Civil Monetary Penalty , Health Care Providers , Hospitals , Transparency

Hospitals and MedPAC Disagree on Economic State of Hospitals

In its March 2023 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended adjusting the fee-for-service (FFS) base payment rate for acute care hospitals in 2024 by an amount equaling the current...more

4/4/2023 / Fee-for-Service , Health Care Providers , Hospitals , Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) , MedPAC

HHS Draws Curtain on the Healthcare Regulatory SUNSET Final Rule

On May 27, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it was withdrawing the Securing Updated Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely final rule (SUNSET final rule), which was originally set to take...more

7/13/2022 / Biden Administration , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Health Care Providers , Trump Administration

Senators Propose Commission on Health Data Use and Privacy Protection to Study Modernizing HIPAA

On Feb. 9, 2022, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced S. 3620, the Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act. The bill proposes to create a Commission on Health Data Use and Privacy...more

3/18/2022 / Data Protection , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) , PHI

CMS Vaccine Mandate Enforcement Begins — Understanding the Three Deadlines

On Jan. 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court permitted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to enforce its interim final rule requiring many Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to vaccinate...more

1/28/2022 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Health Care Providers , Healthcare Facilities , Infectious Diseases , Popular , Vaccinations

Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Addresses Telehealth, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program

On Nov. 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule to update the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and address other Medicare Part B issues for Calendar Year (CY) 2022. The rule, which goes...more

11/12/2021 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) , Final Rules , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Physician Fee Schedule , Physicians , Telehealth

Takeaways From New CMS Interim Rule Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Healthcare Providers and Suppliers

As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021, alert, in Sept. 20 and Sept. 23 FAQs, and in Sept. 27 and Oct. 18 alerts, President Biden’s “Path Out of the Pandemic” employee COVID-19 vaccination mandates have three main...more

11/8/2021 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Health and Safety , Health Care Providers , Healthcare Facilities , Healthcare Workers , Infectious Diseases , Vaccinations

Washington Healthcare Update - October 2021 #3

This week in Washington: Debt ceiling measure signed by President Biden; default averted for at least a month. Discussions about budget reconciliation continue....more

10/19/2021 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Prescription Drugs , Proposed Rules

Washington Healthcare Update - July 2021 #2

This week in Washington: Infrastructure, Executive Order on Anti-competitiveness, House Appropriations Committee Acts on Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill, Senate Budget Committee Democrats Agree on Budget Resolution....more

7/20/2021 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , GAO , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Physician Fee Schedule , Physicians , Popular

Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Addresses Mental Telehealth, Diabetes Improvement Program, Coinsurance for...

On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual proposed rule for updating the physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B services. Proposed Telehealth Changes Focus on...more

7/15/2021 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Physician Fee Schedule , Physicians , Proposed Rules , Telehealth

Washington Healthcare Update - May 2021 #3

This week in Washington: HHS and CMS nominations move forward....more

5/18/2021 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Health Care Providers , Proposed Rules , Provider Relief Fund , Section 340B

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