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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2025 #3

News Briefs - Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Another Six Months - Pandemic-related telehealth flexibilities set to expire March 31 have recently been extended for another six months as federal lawmakers approve...more

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CMS Updates EMTALA Signage for Hospitals

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On August 13, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group issued its memorandum QSO-24-17-EMTALA (the “Memorandum”),...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 18. News Briefs: May 2022

Report on Medicare Compliance 31 no. 18 (May 16, 2022) - In a new report, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said 25% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced patient harm (adverse events and temporary harm events)...more

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CMS announces reduced psychiatric hospital burden with new survey process

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On January 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new streamlined survey and certification process for psychiatric hospitals as part of the agency’s “Patients over Paperwork” initiative. ...more

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New CMS Memos Provide Guidance on EMTALA Compliance for Psychiatric Hospitals

The application of EMTALA to psychiatric hospitals has long presented compliance concerns for psychiatric hospital providers. To provide clarity, the CMS recently released two memos that offer incremental additional guidance....more

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CMS Releases Draft Guidance on Shared Space Arrangements

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released draft guidance for state survey agencies regarding shared space and co-location arrangements between hospitals and other hospitals or health care...more

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CMS Issues Long-Awaited Draft Guidance for Hospital Co-Location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities

On May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released long-awaited draft guidance (the “Guidance”), proposing to allow hospitals to co-locate with other hospitals or healthcare facilities in certain...more

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CMS Issues Draft Guidance on Shared Space Arrangements

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On May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a draft of long-awaited guidance for hospitals on how they can share space, services and staff with other co-located hospitals and health care...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

CMS Releases Long-Awaited Guidance on Hospital Co-Location Arrangements

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued long-awaited draft guidance addressing the use of shared space and contracted services. Though aiming to increase transparency into the scope and interpretation of its...more

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Hospitals Sharing Space – CMS Draft Guidance for Co-Location

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As new healthcare delivery models evolve, we may see an increase in hospitals that share space with other hospitals or healthcare entities. On May 3, 2019, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued draft...more

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CMS to Issue Guidance on Shared Space Arrangements

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Patient health and safety is to be the focus of the new lens CMS intends to use for assessing shared space arrangements among providers and free-standing entities. In a November 27, 2018, American Health Lawyers Association...more

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Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders Investigate Allegations of Patient Safety Issues at Hospitals

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Last week, leaders of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce (the “Committee”) sent letters to CMS and four hospital accreditation organizations, expressing concerns regarding the rigor of the accreditation survey...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2017

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OIG Advisory Opinions - Manufacturer's Free Replacement of Spoiled Pharmaceutical Products Authorized - On Aug. 25, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG)...more

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