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New Ohio Law Tightens Mandatory Reporting Following Dr. Strauss Report

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Legislation signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on December 20, 2024 will significantly expand mandatory reporting duties for professionals and facilities. These changes, and others from Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 109, not...more

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Navigating New Medicare Overpayment Rules and Practical Tips to Comply

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On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute) for Medicare Parts A and B as...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Attention SNFs: Enhanced 855A Disclosure Requirements Have Arrived

Against the backdrop of increasing regulatory scrutiny of private equity ownership in the healthcare space, Medicare skilled nursing and Medicaid nursing facilities (“SNF”) and private equity companies looking to acquire SNFs...more

Gardner Law

LDT Compliance: Countdown to May 2025

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We previously reported on the FDA’s laboratory-developed test (LDT) rule published on May 6, 2024, which classifies LDTs as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). This shift marks the end...more

Holland & Knight LLP

5 Key Takeaways from Panel Discussion with the California Office of Health Care Affordability

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Holland & Knight hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on Nov. 4, 2024, with an esteemed panel featuring Sheila Tatayon, assistant deputy director of Health Systems Compliance and chief counsel for California's Office of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Private Equity Investments in Oncology: Top Five Things to Know

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Although private equity (PE) sponsors have been active investors in the health care services industry for the last decade, PE-backed health care providers today constitute only 4% of the United States health market by...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - September 2024 #2

News Briefs - Licensure Compact Aims to Allow PAs to Practice in Other States - By 2028, the nation as a whole will be short some 100,000 critical health care workers, according to a new report....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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Health Over Wealth Act Takes Aim at Private Equity Investment in Health Care

Key Points - Congress is increasing oversight and legislative activity related to the role of private equity in health care. Sen. Markey and Rep. Jayapal jointly introduced the Health Over Wealth Act on July 25, which aims to...more

Dentons

Ep. 25 – Creating Awareness of Your Anonymous Reporting Policy Through a Communications Blitz

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We talk frequently on the podcast about how important it is for providers to find compliance issues early so they can correct them and self-report if needed. One way to find compliance issues early is for your employees and...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

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

FTC’s Updated Health Breach Notification Rule Puts Health App Developers on Notice

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) years-long effort to modernize its Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) in the midst of a swiftly changing technological landscape appears to be coming to an end. On Thursday, May 30,...more

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Navigating the National Practitioner Data Bank: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals (NPDB or Data Bank).

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Few aspects of the healthcare regulatory apparatus evoke more confusion and dread for healthcare practitioners than the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB or Data Bank).  Being reported to the Data Bank is often regarded...more

King & Spalding

FTC Announces Final Rule Sweeping Consumer Digital Health Tech Under the Health Breach Notification Rule

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On April 26, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved its Final Rule revising the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) (“Final Rule”) by a 3-2 vote. The HBNR requires vendors of personal health records (PHR) and related...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

[Webinar] Lunch and Learn Series: Conducting HIPAA Breach Assessments and Disclosures: Requirements and Tips for Success - June...

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On Thursday, June 13, the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, will be presented by Rivkin Radler Partner Ashley Algazi and moderated by Robert Hussar. The program, “Conducting HIPAA...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

New Regulation Now Requires Ohio Nurses To Self-Report Criminal Convictions Within 30 Days

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For many years, nurses in Ohio were only required to disclose convictions to the Ohio Board of Nursing on their biennial license renewal application. However, a new regulation from the Ohio Board of Nursing now requires...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS Issues Final Rule Mandating New Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities

On April 22, 2024, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency...more

BakerHostetler

OHCA’s First Material Change Transaction Notice

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Less than a year after California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) released the first draft of its intensive healthcare transaction review regulations, OHCA now entertains its first-ever material change...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Proposes New Mandatory Value-Based Payment Initiative: The Transforming Episode Accountability Model

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) – a new, mandatory, episode-based alternative payment model in the Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient...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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Issues CY2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule

On April 4, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the contract year 2025 (CY2025) Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule (the “Final Rule”). In addition to finalizing its CY2025 proposed rule,...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Hospice Proposed Payment Rule

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Last week, CMS issued a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 aiming to update Medicare hospice payments and aggregate cap amount in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. The...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: Reporting Requirements for Health Care Entities

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The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) went into effect on January 1, 2024, and requires certain corporate entities to file a report concerning beneficial ownership. There are a number of defined exemptions from the...more

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Finalized HTI-1 Interoperability and Information Blocking Updates Have Taken Effect

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published its Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates,...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: Key Considerations for Virtual Care Providers

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As of January 1, 2024, the US Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and other similar entities to disclose beneficial ownership information to the Financial...more

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