On November 12, 2021, CMS released “final guidance” for state survey agencies regarding shared space and co-location arrangements between hospitals and other hospitals or healthcare providers. This guidance is intended to...more
On August 24, 2021, CMS announced that it is again increasing the Medicare reimbursement rate for providers who administer at-home COVID-19 vaccines. This rate increase aims to boost the rate of COVID-19 vaccination,...more
On August 4, 2020, the California State Assembly referred SB-977 to the Committee on Appropriations, ahead of an August 31 deadline to send bills to Governor Gavin Newsom. SB-977, titled “Health care system consolidation:...more
Despite a year-end push, Congress will not resolve the surprise billing issue until the first quarter of 2020, at the earliest. On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and...more
On Monday, June 24, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order requiring HHS and other agencies to propose regulations designed to promote transparency and upfront disclosure by hospitals to patients of the charge prices...more