On Nov. 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will increase payments to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities in calendar year 2025. The ESRD prospective payment system (PPS)...more
On Nov. 1, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued a proposed rule, the “21st Century Cures Act:...more
On Oct. 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will increase payments to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities in calendar year (CY) 2024. The ESRD prospective payment system...more
Under a new California law, effective Jan. 1, 2023, physicians and their employers must begin notifying their California patients during a patient’s initial visit of the Open Payments database, and documenting such notice in...more
Rule Addresses Rate Increases, Outlier, Add-On and ETC Model Payments, Oral-Only Drugs and QIP Reporting -
On Oct. 31, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule implementing an increase in...more
On Feb. 28, 2022, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) published a Request for Applications for the second cohort of the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more
On March 5, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced that it is delaying the inception of the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model’s first performance year until Jan. 1, 2022. The CMS’...more
On March 28, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was providing additional flexibility to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities under the Medicare conditions for coverage at 42 CFR §§...more
On March 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Open Payments Program COVID-19 announcement and released an updated comprehensive list of frequently asked questions about the Open Payments...more
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued various guidance documents on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...more
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The unprecedented public health emergency created by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has sparked action by the U.S. government to ensure greater access to healthcare via telehealth services, especially for high-risk...more
On March 13, 2020, the Trump administration announced a series of waivers and regulatory flexibilities designed to help healthcare providers and states in responding to and containing the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus...more
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule (the Proposed Rule), including proposed changes to regulations implementing the...more
Effective as of September 16, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) implemented a survey process for the provision of home dialysis services in long-term-care facilities (“LTC Facilities” or “Nursing...more
On November 6, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rule regarding the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to...more
On November 13, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, including a new code and guidance for billing for chronic care management services (CCM),...more