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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 4, April 2025

Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at prior authorization transparency and physician decision-making; the impact of Medicaid cuts...more

Saul Ewing LLP

2024 Health Care Predictions

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Happy 2024!  The entire Saul Ewing Health Law Practice Group wishes you and yours a healthy and prosperous new year and successful (and compliant) activities in the health care delivery system this year and beyond....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - September 8th, Waltham, MA

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education that covers a wide variety of current and emerging...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - July 22nd, Seattle, WA

Looking for compliance training and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance training, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 2. News Briefs: January 2021 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 2 (January 18, 2021) - Recovery audit contractors (RACs) may soon be auditing positron emission tomography (PET) for initial treatment strategy in oncologic conditions for compliance...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 13. News Briefs: April 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 13 (April 6, 2020) - During the coronavirus pandemic, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) is “trying to minimize the burdens on providers,” said Christi Grimm, principal deputy...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

CMS Updates COVID-19 Infection Control Guidance for Inpatient Hospital Settings

On March 30, 2020, CMS issued updates to its prior QSO memorandum, expanding its infection control and prevention guidance to include hospitals, critical access hospitals and psychiatric hospitals. The updated QSO memorandum...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OCR To Waive Penalties For Telehealth Using Popular Communication Applications

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On March 17, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it will exercise its enforcement discretion and waive potential penalties for HIPAA violations against healthcare...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Department of Health and Human Services Expands Telehealth Benefits During COVID-19 Emergency; Waives Penalties for Potential...

On March 17, 2020, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of Civil Rights (OCR), took action to expand telehealth benefits for...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Special Report - 2019 Hospital and Health Systems Year in Review

Hospitals and health systems are facing consumer demand for innovation, the need to expand and enhance streams of revenue and the push for improved quality, all while navigating changing regulations, federal enforcement,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 13

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McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 13 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. - Failure to Update Business Associate Agreement Results in...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 7 - March 2016

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

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Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - January 2014, Issue 1

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In This Issue: - Top News ..Congress Approves Budget Deal with Short-Term ‘Doc Fix' ..CMS “Two-Midnight” Rule delayed until March 31, 2014 ..Individuals with Canceled Insurance Policies May Apply for...more

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