In late December 2024, the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Security Standards to the Protection of Electronic Protected...more
SCOTUS sides with OH-based medical plan in dispute with DaVita over dialysis reimbursements -
In a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Benefit Plan in a case that hinged...more
Acting under its broad authority granted under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), in an April 21, 2020 release the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an even...more
5/14/2020
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On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an additional expansion of telehealth services, widening provider access to its 62 million Medicare beneficiaries. It also strongly...more
On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an unprecedented expansion of telehealth services, widening provider access to its 62 million Medicare beneficiaries. It also strongly...more
3/19/2020
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