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Disability Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

News Briefs: September 11, 2023

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Sept. 7 announced a proposed rule to bar discrimination based on disability.[1] “The rule, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal...more

Marshall Dennehey

Beware of the Language Used in Your Settlement Agreements: Medicare Is Watching

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The workers’ compensation practitioner has now become a forced bedfellow of CMS, like it or not. If you fail to “issue spot” in relevant settlements, you will have problems. Reprinted with permission from the October 2,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Issues Detailed Guidance to Surveyors on Assessing Compliance with Omnibus COVID-19 Healthcare Staff Vaccination Mandate

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On December 28, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality, Safety and Oversight Group released a memorandum (QSO-22-07-ALL) providing guidance and details on survey procedures for assessing and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Announces It Will Enforce COVID-19 Vaccine Rule in 25 States Not Enjoined by a Court

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will enforce the COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule in the 25 states, District of Columbia, and territories in which the healthcare...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: December 2021 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Health care has its share of gaming by the deep-pocketed and powerful

The rich and powerful may seem to run amok as the nation lurches through its latest gilded age. But sometimes...more

Baker Donelson

Home and Community-Based Services: Seven Things You Need to Know

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Few people have a strong understanding of home and community-based services (HCBS), how they work, how they came about and why they are important. There are a number of reasons why HCBS experts are few and far between. Put...more

King & Spalding

CMS Signs off on Rubber Stamp Signatures for Handicapped Authors

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On May 17, 2013, CMS issued a clarification on the signature requirements for Medicare claims. For medical review purposes, Medicare requires that an order for items or services be authenticated by the author. Medicare...more

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