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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - November 2024 #3

News Briefs - New FDA Guidelines Aim to Make TV Drug Ads Clearer, More Direct - The ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking, or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look, as new rules...more

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CMS Releases CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

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On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - October 2024 #2

News Briefs - 75% of Hospitals Spending More on Tech to Boost Cybersecurity - Three-quarters of hospitals and health systems spent more on information technology last year and many will continue to do so, with greater focus...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How Certificate of Need Reform Is Impacting Ambulatory Surgery Centers and What it Means for Your Business

Recent Certificate of Need (CON) reform will likely lead to increased activity in ambulatory surgery center (ASC) transactions and expansion. As we covered in a Parker Poe webinar this week, North Carolina, South Carolina,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #3

News Briefs - Physicians Responsible for Meeting CMS Information Blocking Rules - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #1

News Briefs - CMS Increases Acute Care Inpatient Hospital Payments by $2.9B - HHS has finalized the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. The rule...more

Venable LLP

Event in Review: Private Equity Investment in Healthcare

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Overlapping surgeries: Time for a compliance checkup?

Overlapping surgeries is a practice that has been used for many years by healthcare providers (such as hospitals and surgical centers). This practice generally refers to situations where one lead attending surgeon is...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - July 2024 #2

News Briefs - High Court Ruling on Chevron Doctrine Could Impact Health Credit - When the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine on June 28, it ended the mandate that federal courts should defer to federal agencies'...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: CMS Issues Calendar Year 2025 Proposed Medicare Payment Rules for Physicians and Hospitals

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Now is Not the Time to Relax: Record Settlements in Stark Law and False Claims Cases

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In early May 2024, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) agreed to pay $38 million to resolve a False Claims Act case based on alleged Stark Law violations. The size of the settlement in United States ex rel. J....more

Baker Donelson

Noteworthy GME Payment Policy Takeaways from the CMS FY 2025 IPPS Proposed Rule

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CMS's FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) includes several noteworthy proposals and requests for information related to graduate medical education (GME) payment policies. Below...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance with Medicare’s updated 2024 split (or shared) visit policy

Split (or shared) visits—the current term used by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—allow non-physician practitioners (NPPs) and physicians who work for the same employer/entity to share patient visits on the...more

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Fast Five: Important Law and Policy Updates for US Health Care Transactions

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With the end of the first quarter of 2024, we highlight five developments, changes, or challenges that health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, physician practices, health insurers, and other health care providers,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2024 #3

News Briefs - House Subcommittee Considering 15 Bills to Expand Telehealth - A major House subcommittee is considering 15 bills to expand access to telehealth services as the clock ticks on a Dec. 31 deadline on pandemic-era...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Informed Consent Guidance and Pharmacy Immunity

New guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 1, 2024, clarified that hospitals will not be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid...more

Stevens & Lee

New CMS Informed Consent Guidance for Sensitive Examinations of Unconscious Patients

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On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, issued new...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report

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In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," bankruptcy attorney Tyler Layne is joined by Gibbins Advisors managing directors Clare Moylan and Ron Winters to discuss their company's annual healthcare bankruptcy report. Their...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2024 #1

News Briefs - More Nonprofit Hospitals Adding Concierge Physician Practices - Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: New HHS and CMS Guidance on Informed Consent for Sensitive Examinations and Best Practice for the Informed Consent...

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) revised hospital interpretive guidance in the State Operations Manual, Appendix A-Hospitals on April 1, 2024 in response to media stories of nation’s teaching hospitals and...more

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Site Neutral Payment Considerations: Site-of-Service Patterns Vary by Geography

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Site neutral payment proposals are currently a key topic among policymakers. This +Insight explores how Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) site-of-service patterns vary across states and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Our...more

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Better Health Care Newsletter - March 2024

Is Medicare Advantage really a Disadvantage for seniors and taxpayers? Our nation is graying rapidly. Every day, 10,000 baby boomers, members of one of the largest generations in U.S. history, hit the traditional...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - May 2nd - 3rd, Chicago, IL

ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 6, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - January 2024 #3

News Briefs - CMS Sets Prior Authorization Time Limits, Other Requirements - To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a rule that requires health...more

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