Contract Terms, Health Care Providers, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Telehealth Staffing and Administrative Services Gain Favorable Advisory Opinion From OIG

ArentFox Schiff on 6/30/2025

On June 6, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03, providing important guidance for telehealth organizations and management services organizations...more

OIG Approves Proposal that Expands Patient Access to Covered Telehealth Services

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 6/25/2025

On June 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03, approving a proposal by a management services organization (MSO) and its friendly PC...more

Antitrust and Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update Q4 2022

Goodwin on 2/22/2023

The Impact of the FTC’s Proposed Sweeping Ban on Non-Competes - On January 5, 2023, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule (the Proposed Rule) that would define an employer’s use of...more

OIG says Part D contracts cost Medicare as much as $75 million in lost drug manufacturer rebates in one year

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/10/2019

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report on July 1, 2019, finding that Medicare Part D contracts between Medicare Prescription Drug Plan sponsors and drug...more

Federal Court Enjoins U.S. Agency’s Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Ban

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/9/2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, recently issued a final rule prohibiting nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from utilizing...more

Ten Things to Know About the CMS Long-Term Care Requirements Final Rule

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/19/2016

Deadlines are looming to come into compliance with sweeping changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for long-term care facilities (LTC) participating in Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS final...more

In Final Rule, CMS Acts to Bar Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Agreements With Nursing Home Residents Effective November 28, 2016

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/3/2016

On September 28, 2016, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its long-awaited final rule that, among other things, prohibits skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and nursing facilities (“NFs”)...more

U.S. Agency Prohibits Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/3/2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, has issued a final rule that includes prohibiting nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from...more

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