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On December 11, 2024, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint seeks to block the enforcement of a May 9, 2014,...more
As summarized in our prior article on this topic, individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs) are gaining popularity and constituting a larger part of the overall employer-provided health coverage market. ...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released highly anticipated updates this month to the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute). The...more
The North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation (“DHSR”) has issued guidance to Adult Care Home (ACH), Family Care Home (FCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) providers regarding temporary waivers or modification...more
Learning Objectives: - Discuss the new regulations and subsequent CMS guidance applicable to MAOs regarding coverage criteria and prior authorization - Discuss the broader current landscape between MAOs and providers,...more
Each summer in recent years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and associated fraud enforcement partners have indicted many health care defendants, in multiple cases across the country. This summer continued the tradition....more
On July 31, 2024, CMS issued a final rule (the Final Rule) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 updating Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) under the SNF Prospective Payment System (PPS). Under the...more
On June 24, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the 21st...more
Now that the final rule on laboratory developed tests (LDTs) has been available for over a month and the stages of the enforcement discretion phaseout process and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) newly proposed...more
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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a Final Rule on May 6, 2024 (89 FR 37286), that will, over the next four years, radically alter the landscape for laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) and "correct...more
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published two significant updates to its Medicaid regulations on May 10, 2024. The two Final Rules, a Medicaid Access Rule and a Medicaid Managed Care Rule, impose new...more
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On March 28, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) under the SNF Prospective Payment System...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2024. We discuss various regulatory developments, including guidance on the use of AI in coverage decisions and texting...more
Editor’s Note: PYA and Foley & Lardner hosted the 6th Annual “Let’s Talk Compliance” two-day Virtual Conference on January 18 and 19, 2024. Panelists included Foley & Lardner attorneys and PYA experts. The event was hosted by...more
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The Miles & Stockbridge Health Care Practice Group hosted its inaugural Hot Topics in Health Care Law seminar last month for clients from Maryland and beyond. Miles & Stockbridge health care lawyers kicked off the seminar...more
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After the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative in October 2021, many in the False Claims Act (“FCA”) bar expected an onslaught of enforcement actions and qui tam cases. The initiative...more
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