Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 245: Using AI to Improve Radiology with Angela Adams of Inflo Health
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
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
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
The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care & Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 239: Understanding the 340B Pricing Program with Chuck Melendi of Disruptive Dialogue
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
Podcast - Navigating the New Landscape of Private Equity in Healthcare
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show | The Role of Bylaws in Medical Staff Governance, Part II
Executive Actions Impact Federally Funded Research: What Institutions Should Do Now – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Projections for 2025 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 229: Public Health in South Carolina with Dr. Edward Simmer of SC Dept of Public Health
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - The Role of Bylaws in Medical Staff Governance, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 226: Orlando Health’s Expansions and Research with Amy Allen and Thibaut Van Marke of Orlando Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 224: Healthcare Practice Operations with Steve McPheeters of HighFive Healthcare
Compliance and Value-Based Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 219: The Evolving Nursing Industry with Terry McDonnell of Duke University Health System
The Evolving Landscape of Behavioral Health Transactions: Insights from Industry Professionals
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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
In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini discusses two important aspects of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule that directly relate to health care providers, and how those aspects of the Final Rule will...more
On March 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its Interoperability and Patient Access Rule (Interoperability Rule), which aims to enhance patients’ control over their healthcare information. As...more
Discover the factors that drove healthcare M&A activity in 2019. Innovation, expansion and continued private equity investment in the industry influenced healthcare transactions last year. 2019 saw continued robust...more
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a redesign of incentives under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) as part of the 2019 Updates to the Quality Payment Program (QPP). This affects...more
Beginning in 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is commencing an annual “Call for Measures” initiative to allow interested parties (i.e., Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals...more
The Trump Administration on Feb. 12 released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, titled "An American Budget." Unlike last year's budget, which was released in late May, the release of this budget conforms to the typical...more
The 21st Century Cures Act (Cures) was signed into law December 13, 2016. While the primary focus of the 996-page Act centered on biomedical innovation, several components of Cures have significant implications for health...more
On December 7, 2016, the US Congress enacted the 21st Century Cures Act, substantial legislation intended to accelerate “discovery, development and delivery” of medical therapies by encouraging biomedical research investment,...more
McDermott’s Managing the Transition to Transformation series is designed to help health systems and other health care industry leaders address the many challenges presented by the transformation in payment and care delivery...more
McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 7 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. NATIONAL - Providers’ Obligation to Report Medicare...more
Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more
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The U.S. Government and Accountability Office (GAO) issued an October 2015 report to congressional committees concluding that the initial results of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program show “no apparent shift”...more
On October 6, 2015, CMS released the final Stage 3 Meaningful Use Rule that, among other provisions, sets forth the requirements that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must...more
CMS Releases Final Payment Rules (IPPS, IRF, LTCHs, Hospice, and Psych): At the end of last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a set of final 2016 payment rules affecting acute care hospitals...more
CMS just introduced proposed rules to clarify the requirements and payment opportunities when hospitals want to bill Medicare for Chronic Care Management (“CCM”) services. CCM is an exciting service covered by Medicare...more