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Finding the Balance: Complying with Consumer Finance Legal Obligations When Offering Patient Payment Plans

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Health care providers often find themselves in the position of collecting direct payments for medical services through patient payment plans. While providers must adhere to a myriad of health care laws when doing so, they...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

North Carolina’s New Plan to Relieve Medical Debt

On July 1, North Carolina announced a new plan to relieve past medical debt for low- and middle-income consumers and mitigate the impact of medical debt going forward. Under the proposal, hospitals that choose to implement...more

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Health Insurers Sued Over Use of Artificial Intelligence to Deny Medical Claims

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With the surge of interest in artificial intelligence (AI), it should be no surprise that health insurers have come under scrutiny concerning their use of AI predictive tools to deny medical insurance claims. The question...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Illinois Protections Against Patient Medical Debt May Also Help Reduce Hospital Bad Debt

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Starting in mid-2024, Illinois hospitals will be required to take a much more active role in limiting consumers’ medical debt by screening all consenting uninsured patients for both public health insurance program coverage...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

HRSA Notice Provides Clarity on 340B Child Site Registration Requirements

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After months of relative uncertainty, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a Notice confirming the end to a COVID-19 pandemic-era flexibility that allowed unregistered child sites to utilize 340B...more

Roetzel & Andress

Opting Out of Medicare: When and How to Do It

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On the #HealthLawHotSpot this week, host Ericka Adler is joined by fellow Roetzel attorney Christina Kuta to answer some commonly asked questions regarding opting out of Medicare. Ericka and Christina discuss the situations...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Governor Signs Legislation Implementing New Requirements for Hospitals and Nursing Home Facilities

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed two important pieces of legislation that affect hospitals and certain Medicaid providers and programs. First, Public Act No. 23-39, “An Act Requiring Discharge Standards...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Whither Insurance Coverage for Preventive Health Services? District Court Decision Striking Down Affordable Care Act’s Preventive...

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On May 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed a district-court ruling that struck down a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As a result of the stay, the ACA’s health insurance coverage requirements for...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2023

Personal information from federal lawmakers and congressional staff members was available on the dark web following a breach of DC Health Link, the health insurance marketplace for Washington, D.C. In an internal memo sent to...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Significant 2022 Connecticut Health Law Cases

Significant health care cases of 2022 included a surprise billing unfair trade practices case, a class action recognizing a patient’s constitutionally protected interest in their inpatient classification and a ruling...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

First Installment of Surprise Billing Regulations Released

On July 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury (Departments) jointly issued interim final rules (IFR) implementing certain aspects of the No Surprises Act...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Navigating the No Surprises Act: Your Guide to Requirements, Challenges & Compliance - August 2nd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

What New Obligations Does the No Surprises Act Impose on Health Systems and Health Plans—and How Can You Prepare for the Impact? Learn the Answer at a New Manatt Webinar. The No Surprises Act (NSA)—set to take effect...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The “State” of Telehealth: Texas - Update

Texas Makes Significant Strides to Expand Telehealth - On April 14, 2021, the Texas House passed House Bill 4 (the “Bill” or “HB4”), a telehealth bill seeking to make permanent the temporary waivers issued during the public...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Diagnostic Testing

Over a year after the declaration of a nationwide public health emergency due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, providers are in a position to offer patients a variety of COVID-19 medical services,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The “State” of Telehealth: Texas

As part of his 2021 of the State address, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, introduced his intention to permanently expand telemedicine services that were made available during the COVID-19 public health emergency (the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Day 1 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

If I printed a tee shirt for the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, what would it say? In past years, it would have been “Big Data,” Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, ACA, Risk, Medicare Advantage or Quality. This...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Proposes New Home Health Agency Rule Including Potential Changes to Reimbursement, Coverage, Quality, and More: CMS Accepting...

On July 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a proposed rule for home health agency Medicare reimbursement that would increase payments by an aggregate 1.3% for 2020, amounting to $250...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - May 2019

Seven of 10 patients live in fear of medical bills they can’t afford and get by surprise, a recent survey found. Patients said they worry about such charges more than they do about putting food on the table or keeping a roof...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Important Takeaways from Omega Hospital, LLC v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.

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In this episode, Gary Qualls discusses a recent development in payer litigation which implicates a number of recurring issues often raised in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) cases. Specifically, a federal...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Modernizing Medicare: CMS Expands Reimbursement for Virtual Care and Telehealth

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As part of the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule) published on November 23, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took significant steps toward modernizing Medicare to expand...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

NJ Law Mandates New Patient Disclosures About Insurance

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The New Jersey Out-of-Network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act takes effect today – August 30, 2018 – and requires all licensed health care professionals in the state who bill health...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Recent Developments in Provider v. Payer Litigation -- Medicare Advantage Disputes

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In this episode, Gary Qualls discusses a recent development in payer litigation, regarding a provider’s recovery of Medicare Advantage payments pursuant to a Medicare Advantage contract. Specifically, a recent federal case...more

Butler Snow LLP

Pro Te: Solutio Vol. 11 No. 1 – A Reflection on the First Ten Years

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It’s hard to believe a decade has passed since we delivered our first edition of Pro Te: Solutio to your door. Those years have brought enormous changes in the world and in our industry. Innovation has driven everything we...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Direct Primary Care Legislation Continues its Roll Across the Country: Florida Governor Rick Scott signs Florida House Bill 37,...

Direct Primary Care. Direct primary care (DPC) is a style of clinical practice in which a healthcare provider (usually a physician or a physician group) offers primary care services to patients who pay a monthly membership...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

2017 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

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Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

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