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On July 23, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed changes to the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly known as the “Stark Law,” regulations defining an “indirect compensation...more
On August 3, 2020, President Trump signed the “Executive Order on Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access” (the Executive Order). The Executive Order directed the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services...more
8/11/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Medicare ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Trump Administration
The CARES Act—and the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act (PPHEA) that supplied additional funding to programs under the CARES Act—disbursed approximately $2.7 trillion in relief funding across the...more
Note: This is an update to our April 13 alert.
CARES Act 2.0, signed into law on April 24, 2020, authorized additional funding of certain programs established in the initial CARES Act, including supplemental funding for...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released two proposed rules restructuring the Physician Self-Referral...more
10/18/2019
/ ACOs ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Physicians ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care