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How the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 Payment System Final Rule Impacts Ambulatory Surgical Centers

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2025 hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) rule. The rule updates Medicare payment rates for...more

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Upcoming Deadline to Apply for Medicare-Funded Residency Positions

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Teaching hospitals training over their graduate medical education (GME) caps have limited opportunities to receive additional funding from Medicare. ...more

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CMS Issues 2025 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System Final Rule

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On Nov. 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will increase payments to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities in calendar year 2025. The ESRD prospective payment system (PPS)...more

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What’s Hot in Healthcare: Digital Health Regulatory Update

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As the summer winds down, regulatory updates related to digital health services certainly do not appear to be showing any signs of cooling off. It has been a busy summer, and below we have summarized several key updates for...more

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Significant Changes Affecting Hospitals in CMS's FY 2025 IPPS Final Rule

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CMS published its FY 2025 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule on August 1, 2024. Under this final rule, CMS is implementing several changes to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting...more

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Hospitals, Take Note: CMS Adopts Changes to Medicare Rural Designations

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Under Medicare, a plethora of policies directly correlate to whether the patient or provider is located in an urban or rural area when the service is delivered. These policies range from rules that limit coverage of...more

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CMS Releases Fiscal Year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) on Aug. 1, 2024....more

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HHS Finalizes Healthcare Provider Disincentives for Information Blocking

Recently, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced the...more

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What Does FTC’s Ban of Non-Competes Mean for Healthcare Non-Profits?

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the proposed ban on non-compete agreements. Under the new rule, existing non-competes for senior executives remain enforceable....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - May 2nd - 3rd, Chicago, IL

ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | November 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for November 2023. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new General...more

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Policy Update - CMS Finalizes Remedy for 340B-Acquired Drugs Purchased in CYs 2018–2022

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On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the rule Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for the Calendar Years 2018–2022 to addresses how the...more

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CMS Releases FY 2024 IPPS Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 1, 2023, published its final rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. ONC’s Tripathi: HIPAA Doesn’t Impede Sharing, Requirements Under Info Blocking...

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) When Micky Tripathi’s mom was recently transferred to a rehab facility to recover from a broken hip, the hospital, “right in front of me…printed off her record,...more

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CMS Finalizes Policies on Residency Positions and Organ Procurement Payment

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Final Rule with a comment period for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals; Changes to Medicare Graduate Medical...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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CMS Issues Final Rule Aimed to Reduce Burden on Providers and Suppliers Through Regulatory Reforms

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On September 26, 2019, CMS issued a Final Rule that CMS intends will reform certain Medicare regulations related to standards and certifications that CMS identified as “unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome.” CMS...more

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EPA Issues New Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued its Final Rule imposing new requirements for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, issued February 22, 2019,...more

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The 340B Drug Pricing Program: New CMS Final Rule Draws a Motion for Preliminary Injunction from Hospital Groups

On November 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule, “Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting...more

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Rethinking Transparency – Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule Rescinds Proposed Survey Disclosure Rule

The 2018 IPPS/LTCH PPS proposed rule contained a provision that would have required AOs to make survey reports and acceptable plans of correction publicly available within approximately three months of issuance. The Final...more

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Rule Overhaul to Save Health Industry Up To $640 Million, Medicare Says

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On May 7, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a long-awaited final rule in response to President Obama’s Executive Order (EO) 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,” which set as...more

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