The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the Secretary (collectively, HHS) released on May 6, 2024, the agencies' Final Rule governing the implementation of...more
5/13/2024
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the Secretary (collectively, HHS) released the agencies' Final Rule governing the implementation of Section 1557 of...more
5/13/2024
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According to President Biden's recently published column, the Administration's proposed rule, published on September 6, 2023, mandating that nursing homes begin to staff facilities so that registered nurses (RNs) and nurse...more
On August 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) designed to "address gaps" in prior iterations of one of the agency's civil...more
The Department of Health and Human Services has released extensive and significant revised final rules governing the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark law) and the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) in furtherance of...more
12/21/2020
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