DOJ scores first victory in criminal antitrust labor market trial - A federal jury convicted a former home healthcare staffing executive in Las Vegas for orchestrating a three-year wage-fixing conspiracy targeting...more
RPA Perspective: 2025 Medicare Fee Schedule and ESRD PPS Final Rules—Highlights for Nephrology - The final rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was released on November 1, and the highlights from the rule...more
ME trial reminiscent of DaVita anti-poaching case that also ended in acquittal; DOJ strategy questioned - In Apr. 2022, juries in TX and CO acquitted healthcare companies charged by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. In the CO...more
CMS calls for applications for second cohort of KCC Model; deadline set for Mar. 25 - The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation says performance period participation agreements for the CMS Kidney Care First Option...more
OSHA introduces mandatory workplace rule to protect healthcare workers from COVID The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that sets out how it wants workplaces...more