In 1998, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began issuing voluntary, compliance program guidance for various segments of the healthcare industry. Recently, the OIG has...more
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As we reported earlier, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as part of its blanket waivers issued on March 30, 2020,2 has waived the location requirement for provider-based status for the duration of the...more
This article examines Medicare billing during the COVID-19 pandemic health emergency (PHE) for telehealth services of provider-based physicians to patients who otherwise would have been seen at hospital outpatient...more
After an attempt at passing sweeping changes to Georgia Certificate of Need (CON) laws failed to pass the House before Crossover Day, the Georgia Senate has revived another CON bill with less sweeping, albeit significant...more
House Bill 198, proposed this year to amend Georgia’s Certificate of Need (“CON”) laws, has failed to garner the necessary votes in the House, missing the crucial Crossover Day deadline needed to pass the legislation. In...more