The rapid growth of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic continued and expanded access to care for millions of patients. Despite telehealth’s success in promoting continuity of care amid stay-at-home orders and social...more
Among the important changes in the Stark Law Final Rule (Final Rule) issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on November 20, 2020, and scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on December 2,...more
On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) each published a final rule (collectively, the Final...more
March 17, 2020, will be a day to remember in the history of telehealth in the U.S. Thanks to a slew of federal policy changes, it is now easier for providers to offer telehealth, more people can access telehealth services,...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standard Charges Public Final Rule (the Final Rule, effective January 1, 2021), in the Federal Register...more
12/10/2019
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On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposed changes to the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (the “Stark Law”), as well as the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (the...more
10/14/2019
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On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) simultaneously released a set of proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that, among other...more
10/11/2019
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