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The 2025 Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Physician Fee Schedule Rules: What Pharma Stakeholders Need...

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Pharma’s favorite summer pastime is back again: reviewing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) release of the 2025 proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)...more

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Breaking Down Federal Policies to Address Drug Shortages

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In the wake of persistent drug shortages that compromise patient care and safety, the Biden administration and Congress have proposed policies to strengthen the pharmaceutical supply chain. Using authorities under both...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: February 16, 2024

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House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Legislative Hearing on 19 Bills. Lawmakers discussed 19 pieces of legislation designed to support patients and caregivers in the key areas of autism, heart defects,...more

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FQHCs: Medicaid Litigation Year in Review

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Recent federally qualified health center (FQHC) litigation highlights the impact state Medicaid agencies have on FQHC reimbursement. The important decisions summarized below all involve FQHC disputes over state Medicaid...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: November 6, 2023

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GOVERNMENT FUNDING EXPIRES SOON - The government will run out of funding in 11 days, on November 17. The House will continue to work to advance annual appropriations bills this week. However, a continuing resolution (CR)...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: November 3, 2023

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CONGRESS - House Ways & Means Chair Smith, House Energy & Commerce Chair Rodgers and Senate Finance Ranking Member Crapo Call for Withdrawal of Nurse Staffing Mandate. Rep. Smith (R-MO), Rep. Rodgers (R-WA) and Sen. Crapo...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - November 2022

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Inflation Reduction Act and Health Reform: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing its efforts to staff the new Medicare Drug Rebate and Negotiations group and has posted various related job openings....more

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HHS Ordered to Correct Medicare Payments to 340B Hospitals for Remainder of 2022

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We have noted before the link between the Medicaid prescription drug rebate program and the 340B program. As we wrote in an earlier Client Alert, in June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down HHS’s Medicare payment cuts to...more

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Health Care Reimbursement and Payor Dispute Update Special Edition - Year End Regulatory Review

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The end of 2021 brings positive indications of the continued acceptance of telehealth as an important clinical care approach post public health emergency (“PHE”). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), like...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Two Hospital Cases This Week

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This is a big legal week for hospitals and health systems as the U.S. Supreme Court heard not one, but TWO different oral arguments related to federal government payments to hospitals and health systems. In both cases, the...more

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Health Care E-Note - November 2021

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Helpful hints - OIG Updates Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol (“SDP”)  - On November 8, 2021, the OIG issued an updated SDP to providers, which included clarifications of existing guidance and increased the minimum...more

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Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 32. News Briefs: September 2021

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Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 32 (September 13, 2021) - Saint Francis Medical Center in Missouri agreed to pay $1.625 million in a civil settlement of allegations it violated the Controlled Substances Act, the...more

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CMS Releases 2021 OPPS and ASC Payment System Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule. Note that the...more

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CMS Hikes Payment for COVID-19 Inpatients Treated With New Drugs, Links it to 20% Bonus

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Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 39 (November 2, 2020) - CMS said Oct. 28 that Medicare will pay hospitals extra when they treat inpatients with drugs or biologicals approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more

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CMS Proposes Further OPPS Reductions to 340B Drug Reimbursement Rates

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On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule. CMS proposes to reduce OPPS payments for 340B drugs from...more

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Medicare to require prior authorization for certain outpatient department services starting July 1, 2020

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In the Calendar Year 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule (2020 OPPS Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established a prior authorization process and...more

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Hospital at Home - CMS Expands Payments to Hospitals for Care Provided in Patient Homes

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On April 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that made regulatory changes and clarified certain policies in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health...more

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The new price transparency rule: Are you ready?

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On November 27, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule outlining new price transparency requirements as part of the 2020 update to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System....more

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K&L Gates Triage: Looking Ahead to 2020: Developing Issues in Pharmacy Law and the 340B Drug Pricing Program

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In this episode, Ryan Severson and Victoria Hamscho discuss recent developments in pharmaceutical pricing and the 340B Drug Pricing Program heading into 2020, including reimbursement cuts for 340B drugs under the Outpatient...more

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CMS Delays Price Transparency, Doubles Down on Site-Neutral and 340B Payment Policies in CY 2020 OPPS Final Rule

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Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) final rule [CMS-1717-FC]. While many hospitals had hoped for relief from recent...more

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Healthcare Law Review: Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System

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The U.S. healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred...more

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DC District Court Judge Rules Against CMS’s Site-Neutral Policy, Vacates CY 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...

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On September 17, 2019, the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in American Hospital Association, et al. v. Alex Azar, II, et al that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) exceeded its statutory...more

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CMS Forges Ahead with Price Transparency, Major Payment Reductions in Proposed OPPS Rule

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed outpatient prospective payment system rule contains a number of significant changes and proposals impacting hospital operations and payments in calendar year 2020,...more

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CMS finalizes site-neutral payment for clinic visits but declines to finalize clinical families payment limitation

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In its final Calendar Year (CY) 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Rule released November 2, 2018 (the Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its proposal to make payments for...more

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Administration Drug Pricing Proposals Could Reduce Provider Payments

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As the Trump Administration moves forward with proposed policy changes to address high drug prices, a common theme is emerging: a number of the proposals have the potential to reduce Medicare reimbursement to hospitals and...more

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