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OIG Updates Compliance Guidance for Nursing Facilities

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

12/12/2024 / Compliance , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) , Healthcare , Healthcare Facilities , Medicaid , Medicare , Nursing Homes , OIG , Quality of Care Standards , Risk Management , Skilled Nursing Facility

President Donald Trump Signs an Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Medicare Drug Prices

On September 13, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order, “Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First,” to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement new payment models under...more

9/23/2020 / Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Executive Orders , Medicare , Medicare Part B , Medicare Part D , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Hospital Facility Fees and Telehealth During COVID-19 Pandemic

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

4/22/2020 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Fees , Healthcare Facilities , Medicare , Public Health Emergency , Telehealth

Summary Recap and Key Takeaways from AHLA’s Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues Conference

Every year, health lawyers, providers, consultants, and government experts from across the country convene in Baltimore for the American Health Lawyers Association’s Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, the most...more

4/10/2019 / AHLA , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicare , OIG , OMHA

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Regarding Medigap Insurers Contracting with Preferred Hospital Networks to Discount...

On June 14, 2018, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion regarding a proposed contractual arrangement between offerors of Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance policies, commonly referred to as...more

6/28/2018 / Health Care Providers , Hospitals , Medicare , Medicare Part A , OIG

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - March 2016

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

3/18/2016 / Anti-Kickback Statute , Big Data , EU-US Privacy Shield , First Amendment , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) , Medicare , MedPAC , Pharmaceutical Industry , Telehealth

GAO Recommends Congress Reduce Incentives for Prescribing 340B Drugs

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report entitled “Medicare Part B Drugs: Action Needed to Reduce Financial Incentives to Prescribe 340B Drugs at Participating Hospitals” (“the...more

7/14/2015 / Beneficiaries , GAO , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance , Healthcare , Healthcare Reform , Hospitals , Medicare , Medicare Part B , Physicians , Prescription Drug Coverage , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B

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