FDA decided to rescind the LDT rule after declining to appeal a district court decision vacating it. The rule reflected FDA’s latest attempt to regulate LDTs under the same framework as IVDs, which FDA considers medical...more
On May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued draft manual guidance for surveyors evaluating whether hospitals that are co-located with other hospitals (or with other health care entities) meet the...more
Through several recently published rules, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making it possible for Medicare beneficiaries to have greater access to health care services provided remotely through telehealth...more
On Friday, March 16, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) tests for Medicare beneficiaries with advanced cancer.
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On 14 April 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the fiscal year (FY) 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective...more