The Ins and Outs of Medical Treatment in New Jersey Workers' Compensation Claims
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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 105: Sara Goldsby, Director, DAODAS
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Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act
Healthcare Headlines Episode 3 - Stay Ready: Trends in Healthcare False Claims Act Investigations
Workers' Compensation Academy: New Jersey Workers' Comp: Medical Marijuana and Opiates
Jones Day Talks Health Care: The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act
This Week in FCPA-Episode 77, the Home for the Holidays Edition
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On July 10, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule that identifies and seeks public comments on a broad array of proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B payments (the Proposed Rule) for...more
By Cori H. Loomis While the healthcare industry was not a specific area of focus for this year’s Oklahoma legislative session as it has been in previous years when Medicaid reform and managed care were addressed, a number of...more
On February 1, 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a final rule revising 42 CFR Part 8, which regulates opioid treatment programs (OTPs). The final rule is the first update to...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican AGs Express Concern over Potential for...more
On December 15, 2023, the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) announced a new voluntary model for state Medicaid agencies called Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH). TMaH was developed in response to the profound maternal morbidity...more
On November 15, CMS published a proposed rule, which, as currently written, has potentially significant implications for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (PDP) plans in Contract...more
On June 3, President Biden signed the debt limit legislation into law, averting default and allowing Congress to return to regularly scheduled business. However, that return was short-lived in the House when a small group of...more
On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a joint statement regarding both agencies’ commitment to providing evidence-based...more
Recently, 45 state attorneys general sent a joint letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, requesting the permanent extension of nationwide “telemedicine” prescriptions for...more
In 2021, drug-related overdose deaths topped 107,000. Despite a nearly 50% decrease in opioid prescribing over the past decade, drug overdose mortality continues to trend in the opposite direction. In particular, drug-related...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule on Nov. 1, 2022, which impacts Medicare Part B payments starting on Jan. 1, 2023....more
On November 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (Final Rule) for calendar year (CY) 2023. CMS finalized several noteworthy updates specific to...more
Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG Coalition Challenges Proposed Emissions...more
Prompted by rising rates of overdose deaths, suicides and incidence of mental illness in at-risk populations, such as children, Congress has spent the better part of the year working in a bipartisan manner to develop and...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1772-P),...more
On this episode of Taking the Pulse we welcome Sara Goldsby, Director of DAODAS. She answers questions about how the pandemic has impacted substance abuse disorders and their treatment, and offers insight into some of the...more
In October of 2018, Congress passed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271). The comprehensive opioid treatment law passed both chambers of Congress with large bipartisan support and tackled many aspects...more
The General Assembly took a half day on Friday after a full week of floor debates and committee proceedings. Although the House and Senate addressed a collective six measures on their floors, legislators made quick work of...more
With drug overdose deaths reaching record numbers, policymakers and other stakeholders must increase their efforts to end the nation’s drug overdose epidemic with targeted, evidence-based interventions and emerging best...more
If you’re already committed to a path to an Olympic gold medal or a marathon run, good for you! For the rest of us, there's this practical evidence-based advice for our New Year resolutions -- to feel better and fitter...more
By legislation enacted last month, on June 9, 2021, amending the New York Finance Law, Mental Hygiene Law and Executive Law, New York State established an opioid settlement fund (“OSF”). Finance Law §99-nn(1). The purpose...more
During the recently concluded 2021 legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly passed several significant bills that will affect health care practices in Tennessee. The bills passed include a fairly significant update...more
The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more
How Can Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Parity Laws Help Battle the Overdose Epidemic? Learn the Answers—and Catch Up on the Most Recent State and Federal Developments—at a New Webinar from the AMA and Manatt. ...more
If you were home last week or this week, the television screen has lit up with some of the most rancorous debate I have seen in my lifetime. This is saying something because I was around for the summer of 1968 when the world...more