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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California is Capping Health Care Cost Increases – Starting at 3.5% in 2025

As we previewed last year regarding SB 184 and the establishment of the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), California now has taken a significant regulatory step aimed at restraining growth in health care...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is seeking comment on a proposed rule to implement reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities, including health care entities, on cyberattacks and ransomware...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: January 2024

New York has released proposed cybersecurity regulations for hospitals. The regulations, which were published in The State Register on Dec. 6 and will undergo a 60-day public comment period ending on Feb. 5, are designed to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Protecting Hospitals From Cyberattacks: New York’s Trailblazing Cybersecurity Requirements - January 30th, 1:00 pm -...

Hospitals, health systems and providers are targets of cyberattacks at an alarming rate, putting patient data, electronic infrastructure and, most importantly, patient lives at risk. The Department of Health and Human...more

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Office of Health Care Affordability Publishes Near-Final Regulations on Health Care Transaction Notice Requirements

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On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) published its latest version of the proposed regulations requiring advanced notice of certain health care transactions in California for...more

Jones Day

New York Governor Proposes Stringent Cybersecurity Regulations for Hospitals

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New York is the first state to propose cybersecurity requirements for all hospitals operating in the state to address patient safety and other cybersecurity related issues....more

Quarles & Brady LLP

California Follows the Lead of Other States in Heightening the Scrutiny of Health Care Transactions

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California is taking steps to broaden its regulatory oversight of health care related transactions, joining a growing list of states that have recently either attempted to or have been successful in enacting similar...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

California Publishes Proposed Regulations for the Pre-Closing Review of Health Care Transactions: What You Need To Know Before...

January 1, 2024 is rapidly approaching, which is when California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is set to begin advance regulatory review of certain health care mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and other...more

McDermott+

The CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Reg: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the two major regulations we all were waiting for: the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed reg and the CY 2024 Outpatient...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New Minnesota Health Care Transaction Oversight Law Imposes Additional Requirements on Nonprofit Health Care Entities

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On May 26, 2023, the Governor of Minnesota signed into law Minnesota bill HF 402 to increase government oversight of health care transactions that occur in Minnesota or involve Minnesota-based health care entities....more

McDermott Will & Emery

NSA Update: HHS Indefinitely Delays Co-Provider, Co-Facility Requirements for Good Faith Estimates

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On December 2, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an FAQ announcing that it will not enforce the requirement for convening providers and convening facilities to include expected charges for...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

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Federal and New Mexico Surprise Billing Protections

Surprise billing protections are part of both state and national policy agendas this year in an effort to provide health-care transparency and consumer transparency. New Mexico’s new law now protects consumers by specifically...more

Alston & Bird

EPA Finalizes Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources and Food, Drug & Device/FDA Groups explain how the EPA’s final rule on how to dispose of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals will affect health care facilities, reverse distributors,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Massachusetts Determination of Need Program Proposes Regulatory Revisions

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Determination of Need (DoN) Program has proposed a number of changes to the DoN Regulations (105 CMR 100.000, et. seq.). Program Director Nora Mann presented the proposed...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

CMS Continues to Tighten the Belt on Hospital Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments

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Hospitals with off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) may want to rethink their end of summer vacation plans in order to focus on a recent slate of proposed regulations from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services...more

Baker Donelson

CMS Proposes to Reduce Facility Payment for Non-Excepted Provider-Based Outpatient Department Services by 50 Percent

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CMS recently proposed to reduce the facility fee for non-excepted off-campus provider-based hospital departments (OPBDs) from 50 percent of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) amount to 25 percent of the MPFS amount....more

Alston & Bird

EPA Extends Comment Period for Proposed RCRA Rules

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All healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical reverse distributors and other hazardous waste generators should read the proposed rules, and each should analyze the impacts it will have on its operations and waste management...more

King & Spalding

EPA Proposes New Rules Regarding Waste Pharmaceuticals for Healthcare Facilities and Reverse Distributors

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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which is the federal statute that regulates the generation, handling, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste, was enacted in 1976. Since that time, EPA has largely...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA Proposes New Rules for Pharmaceutical Wastes That Qualify as RCRA Hazardous Wastes

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On August 31, 2015, the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or the “Agency”) signed a proposed rule that would establish special management standards for pharmaceutical wastes that are classified...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

EPA’s New Draft Hazardous Waste Rules Promote Flexibility, but Devil is in the Details

On August 31, 2015, EPA released two proposed hazardous waste rules under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that will be soon be available for public comment after they are published in the Federal Register....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Potential Changes to Long-Term Care Licensure in Massachusetts

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Regulations proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (“DPH”) may significantly change the procedure for state approval of nursing home sales and closures. Following public scrutiny around state inspection...more

Troutman Pepper

Proposed Rule Regarding Fire Safety Equipment Loans, Office of Residential Care Facilities (ORCF), January 14, 2015

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On January 14, HUD released the proposed rule Updating Regulations Governing HUD Fees and the Financing of the Purchase and Installation of Fire Safety Equipment in FHA-Insured Healthcare Facilities....more

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EPA to Propose Health Care Facility-Specific Regulations for the Management of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Under RCRA

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EPA plans to propose new regulations this year to address the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The agency anticipates issuing a notice of proposed...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Fire Safety Requirements for Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities: How CMS Is Interpreting Occupancy Classifications and...

On April 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule amending the fire safety standards for hospitals and other types of health care facilities. Compliance with the fire safety...more

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