On 12 September 2024, the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (Final Rule) that significantly modified the standards, procedures, and requirements...more
INTRODUCTION - On 10 December 2020, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) issued Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support, and Remove...more
On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its final rule outlining changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) for the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2020 (“Final Rule”)....more
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its annual proposed rule outlining potential changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) for upcoming Calendar Year (“CY”) 2020 (“Proposed...more
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Hospitals and health systems play a central role in helping to address the opioid crisis. Even before increased national attention, hospitals were developing policies, protocols, and procedures for opioid prescribing best...more