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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +

AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 8: Hospice Special Focus Program: Pumping the Brakes

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 2/18/2025

In this episode, AGG Healthcare attorneys Bill Dombi and Jason Bring discuss the hospice special focus program and CMS’ announcement that it will cease implementing the program in the face of litigation filed by providers and...more

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/13/2018

A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

CMS Issues Final Rule Regarding Required Agreements Between Long Term Care Facilities and Hospices

King & Spalding on 7/2/2013

Beginning August 26, 2013, skilled nursing facilities participating in Medicare and nursing facilities participating in Medicaid (collectively referred to as “long-term care facilities”) that choose to arrange for the...more

New Requirement for LTC Facilities That Arrange Hospice Services through a Medicare-Certified Hospice

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/2/2013

Effective August 26, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services require that a long-term care, or LTC, facility that chooses to arrange for the provision of hospice services through a Medicare-certified hospice must...more

CMS Rule Complicates Long-Term Care Facility and Hospice Relationships

Morgan Lewis on 7/1/2013

Final rule aims to improve the quality and consistency of care between long-term care facilities and hospice providers but may increase conflict between facility and provider staff. ...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - May 2013

Polsinelli on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: - Top News ..HHS Releases Hospital Pricing Data in Transparency Effort; Results Show Significant Variation ..States Divided on Medicaid Expansion ..CMS Issues FY 2014 Proposed Rules for...more

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