U.S. health care providers and the agencies that regulate them and oversee public health concerns are scrambling to ensure pandemic readiness in the face of isolated incidents of novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) exposure in...more
3/5/2020
/ Best Practices ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management
On October 31, 2019, the Office of General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an important memo from Kelly M. Cleary, CMS Chief Legal Officer, and Brenna E. Jenny, Deputy General...more
12/5/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Azar v Allina Health Services ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Denial of Benefits ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Local Coverage Determination (LCD) ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Part A ,
Medicare Part C ,
Notice and Comment ,
Overpayment ,
Pay Reductions ,
Provider Payments ,
Reaffirmation ,
Retroactive Application ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Substantive Rule ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Vacated
On November 15, CMS issued the Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standards Charges Public Final Rule (“Final Rule”), as directed by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality...more
11/26/2019
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Examinations ,
Medical Expenses ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pricing Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Service Charges ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration