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CMS Issues Final Rule for FY 2026 Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Payments

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 31, 2025, issued the final rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates for fiscal year 2026 under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the...more

BakerHostetler

No Longer on Edge of the Telehealth Cliff (For Now): Congress Extends Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities for Additional 6 Months

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As outlined in our prior client alert, the healthcare industry can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as Congress has once again acted to extend for an additional six months the Medicare telehealth flexibilities implemented...more

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Emergency preparedness for FQHCs and RHCs, post-pandemic

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On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a news release on behalf of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, announcing the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The duration of the...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule for FY 2024

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On August 1, 2023, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule for FY 2024 (the Final Rule). In the Final Rule, CMS,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tracking the Waivers: Implications of the Wind Down of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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The White House recently announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declarations will end on May 11, 2023. These declarations have been in place since the beginning of the COVID-19...more

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CMS Releases FY 2023 IPPS and LTCH Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 1, 2022, released the final rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) payment system....more

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Omnibus Spending Bill Passed by Congress Includes Healthcare Provisions

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On March 10, 2022, the Senate passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill (the Omnibus Bill) to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) that contained significant healthcare-related provisions...more

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A Few Clarifications About the CMS Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Rule

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As we described in our recent client alert, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently mandated that (almost) all health care workers in federally regulated facilities are vaccinated, pursuant to a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Issues 2022 MPFS and QPP Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 13, 2021, released the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule, which also includes a number of provisions for the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Target on Telehealth: Government Action Against Telehealth Fraud in the Wake of COVID-19

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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is expected to prompt unprecedented levels of regulatory enforcement activity that is focused on the use of telemedicine. In fact, fraudulent and abusive telehealth practices was an...more

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Is it Time to Permanently Incorporate Telehealth Into Our Health Care Delivery System?

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There is no question that during the pandemic and duration of the public health emergency, telehealth rose to the occasion demonstrating its tremendous benefits to the health care industry and will likely remain an integral...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Medicare IPPS and LTCH Proposed Rule for FY 2021

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On April 27, 2021, CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2022 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (the Proposed Rule). Among...more

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Congress Establishes New Medicare Provider Category and Reimbursement for Rural Emergency Hospitals

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Year-end COVID-19 relief legislation approved by Congress established Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) as a new Medicare provider type effective January 1, 2023. REHs, defined as providers that furnish certain outpatient...more

Butler Snow LLP

Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Waivers Prove to be Useful Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic … But, Will They Last?

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The novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has brought about unprecedented applications of certain federal healthcare laws and regulations, including the federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”) and the federal...more

Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - August 2020 #3

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

Polsinelli

Telehealth: New Executive Order and CY2021 Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

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President Trump Issues Telehealth Executive Order and Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - August 2020 #2

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Executive Order and CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Offer Permanent Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services,...

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump signed the “Executive Order on Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access” (the Executive Order). The Executive Order directed the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services...more

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HHS Announces Over $4 Billion in Additional Payments to Hospitals Impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic

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On July 10, 2020, HHS announced over $4 billion in additional relief funding for certain hospitals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new round includes payments of approximately $3 billion to safety net hospitals and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

CMS Expands Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers

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As we described in a prior blog post, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published multiple COVID-19 Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers. CMS announced another round of Blanket Waivers on April 30 ...more

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In the Wake of the CARES Act, CMS Issues Additional Guidance for RHCs and FQHCs

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On April 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an MLN Matters Special Edition Article with additional guidance for rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)...more

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COVID-19: Understanding HHS’s Plans To Disperse Provider Relief Funds Authorized By The CARES Act

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On Wednesday April 22, 2020, the U. S. Department of Human Health and Services (HHS) unveiled its plan to disperse an additional $70 billion in COVID-19 funding authorized by the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security...more

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CMS Is Making It Easier for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers to Provide Services and Receive Payments

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CMS issued an MLN Matters Special Edition Article on April 17, 2020, regarding waivers for rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) permitting flexibility during the COVID-19 Public Health...more

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