This week on Roetzel’s HealthLaw HotSpot, Roetzel attorneys Ericka Adler and David Hochman are joined by Lucy Zielinski, Managing Partner at Lumina Health Partners, for a discussion on the changing landscape of physician...more
Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as of April 10, 2020, many health care providers began receiving deposits to their financial accounts. This portion of the CARES Act is intended to...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services on a temporary and emergency basis under its Section 1135 waiver authority under the Social Security Act and Coronavirus...more
ALERT: "No Contract" Disclaimer in Employee Handbook Upheld by Illinois CourtAuthor:
Employee handbooks have long been a trap for the unwary employer that desires merely to establish a set of rules and policies without...more
11/30/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Home Health Care ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Mobile Medical Applications ,
No Contest Clause ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Physicians ,
Stark Law ,
Trump Administration
The Department of Health and Human Services Center for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently finalized the Calendar Year 2017 Physician Fee Schedule (“2017 Fee Schedule”), which includes a restatement of a provision...more
11/17/2016
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Commercial Leases ,
Equipment Lease ,
Exceptions ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Medicare ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Physicians ,
Self-Referral ,
Stark Law
ALERT: Immediate Action Required by Health Care Providers to Comply With Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act by October 16, 2016 -
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights...more
10/13/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Home Health Care ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Independent Contractors ,
IRS ,
Mobile Medical Applications ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OCR ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Physicians ,
Quality Payment Program (QPP) ,
Section 1557 ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care