What is Colorado Hospital Discounted Care?
Colorado’s Hospital Discounted Care law, effective September 1, 2022, brought a detailed and comprehensive yet highly confounding overhaul to the way hospitals, freestanding...more
Health Care is one of the most regulated industries in the country, and for many years, one of the key administrative agencies overseeing health care in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”)...more
The President and his administration continue to tout their efforts to strengthen coverage for behavioral health care, including significantly increasing behavioral health spending and strengthening parity between physical...more
4/4/2022
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The end of 2021 brings positive indications of the continued acceptance of telehealth as an important clinical care approach post public health emergency (“PHE”). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), like...more
2/22/2022
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The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues New Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule -
On September 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Medicare...more
12/31/2020
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Value-Based Care
March 4, 2019 was the mid-point of the 120 day regular session of Colorado’s General Assembly. Before adjournment on May 3, 2019, significant legislative actions and resulting changes in the regulatory framework seem likely...more