Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that, effective January 1, 2025, CMS will pay for acute kidney injury (AKI) renal dialysis treatments at-home at the daily rate based on...more
Significant health care cases of 2022 included a surprise billing unfair trade practices case, a class action recognizing a patient’s constitutionally protected interest in their inpatient classification and a ruling...more
1/31/2023
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CUTPA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Informed Consent ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Medical Records ,
Medicare ,
Patients ,
Surprise Medical Bills
Can a 40-year-old fraud and abuse law that compared to many others is relatively straightforward still get providers into trouble? Answer: You bet! In fact, in the first quarter of 2022 alone, the U.S. Attorney for the...more
4/19/2022
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Settlement Agreements
January 27, 2022 marks the deadline for Connecticut health facilities to have policies and procedures in place to satisfy federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulations mandating vaccines of their...more
1/31/2022
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Connecticut ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Health and Safety ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety