Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 248: Fighting Addiction and Expanding Access to Treatment with Sara Howe and Morgan Coyner of APNC
False Claims Act Insights - An FCA Perspective on Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: Hospices Fare Well in Federal Court
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 245: Using AI to Improve Radiology with Angela Adams of Inflo Health
Podcast - Regulating AI in Healthcare: The Road Ahead
Can Food Really Be Medicine? Transforming Health Care One Bite at a Time – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with Ray Waldrup of The Leaders Rheum
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Need to Know: How to Manage Medical Staff Confidentiality and Privilege Protections
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 243: HIPAA Compliance and Potential Changes with Shannon Lipham of Maynard Nexsen
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
Hospice Insights Podcast - AI in Action: Exploring How AI Is Helping Hospices Do Things in New Ways
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation with Dr. Ecoee Rooney of Indicator Sciences
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 240: Independent Practice In Dermatology with Dr. Darragh and Dr. Shuler of Carolina Dermatology
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation
Evolving AI Legislation: Federal Policies, Task Forces, and Proposed Laws — The Good Bot Podcast
Podcast - Innovations and Insights in the Palliative Care Space
ADA Compliance for Medical and Dental Practices: Responding to Inquiries and Investigations
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
Key Takeaways - The California legislature is advancing two bills that focus on the role of private equity groups, hedge funds and management services organizations in the state’s health care industry....more
In recent years, we have seen an emerging number of physicians and health care providers transitioning to concierge, direct-to-consumer practices. Many providers no longer want to deal with the hassles of billing insurance,...more
On January 17, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the proposed rule, “Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations.” The proposed rule marks a significant first...more
Nurse practitioners who practice pursuant to Sections 2837.103 and 2837.104 of the California Business and Professions Code may practice independently, without standardized procedures, in certain settings....more
Legislation signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on December 20, 2024 will significantly expand mandatory reporting duties for professionals and facilities. These changes, and others from Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 109, not...more
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute) for Medicare Parts A and B as...more
News Briefs - CMS Increases Acute Care Inpatient Hospital Payments by $2.9B - HHS has finalized the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. The rule...more
Overlapping surgeries is a practice that has been used for many years by healthcare providers (such as hospitals and surgical centers). This practice generally refers to situations where one lead attending surgeon is...more
Few aspects of the healthcare regulatory apparatus evoke more confusion and dread for healthcare practitioners than the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB or Data Bank). Being reported to the Data Bank is often regarded...more
There are many rules and regulations governing attending physician visits and medical directors. Unfortunately, there is plenty of room for error when documenting attending physician visits, establishing medical director...more
Cancer is not just a diagnosis between a patient and physician. In this podcast Jeremy Laws, Operations Supervisor at the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System, explains that a cancer diagnosis triggers state-by-state...more
A new California law – Assembly Bill 1278, which was signed by the Governor on September 29, 2022 – requires physicians to provide patients with notice of the federal Open Payments database. The federal Open Payments program...more
In this episode, Gabriel Scott and Darlene Davis analyze the private payor rates reporting requirements under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act. They discuss the type of entities required to report, potential penalties...more
Is your physician group monitoring the Open Payments database? Each June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases data showcasing the payments made by reporting entities to physician groups and other...more
HHS sent notices to noncompliant physicians and facilities on March 10, 2022 giving them 30 days to return funds paid to healthcare providers who have not complied with the agency’s reporting requirements....more
On October 1, 2021, Nevada became the latest of a small but growing number of states extending regulatory oversight of healthcare transactions involving physician practices. Over the past decade, several states have passed or...more
The Supreme Court of Iowa recently reversed the judgment of a district court and remanded the matter with instructions to enter summary judgment in favor of Hamilton County Public Hospital, operating as Van Diest Medical...more
Almost six months after President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine whether emergency temporary standards (ETS) concerning COVID-19 were necessary, OSHA finally issued the...more
Richard Church interviews Stephen Bittinger about the scope and authority of OIG and CMS audits, outlining the similarities and differences between the two from a provider perspective. The presenters discuss the key...more
The majority of trafficked persons in the United States access health care at some point during their exploitation. Health care providers who treat victims of human trafficking are subject to a patchwork of sometimes...more
Health care providers hold a unique position in the fight against human trafficking. To help them understand their reporting and education obligations related to anti-human trafficking activities, Jones Day has prepared...more
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2021 (the Final Rule) issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 1, 2020, and published in the Federal Register on December 28,...more
As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more
Anyone conducting COVID-19 testing – whether using point of care or high complexity tests – should take note. On August 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Interim Final Rule with comment period...more
On August 25, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim final regulations known as CMS-3401-IFC that become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for September...more