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On June 28, the Senate voted 51-49 on the motion to proceed with debate on a revised version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (H.R. 1), triggering a statutorily required 20 hours of debate divided equally between the...more
CMS proposed several telehealth changes in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, issued July 10, 2024....more
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released a favorable advisory opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 24-02 (the “Opinion”) to a nonprofit organization that provides...more
DOJ Issues Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy that sets a consistent standard for corporate self-disclosures for all US Attorney’s Offices. The...more
Important developments related to required price reporting to Medicare for clinical laboratories under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) have recently occurred. As a result, the clinical laboratory...more
On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed five new changes to Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) services under the Medicare program. The changes, part of the proposed 2023 Medicare...more
On July 23, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which include several key telehealth and other virtual care-related...more
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Proposed Rule that proposes to amend certain regulations implementing the Physician Self-Referral Law, otherwise known as the “Stark Law”....more
During the first quarter of 2021, various federal bills were introduced which impact the food industry. This article provides a primer on some of these bills and their potential impact on the food industry....more
On August 3, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that announces and solicits public comments on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule and other...more
Attached is a link to the fact sheet for “proposed policy, payment, and quality provisions changes to Medicare physician fee schedule for calendar year 2021”. Among other things, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released three items relating to the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs: a proposed rule, Part II of the Advance Notice and Rate Announcement for Calendar Year...more
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2020. To address wage index disparities in rural areas,...more
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the CY 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, which included substantial changes to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law)...more
Last week, CMS proposed two significant changes to remote patient monitoring (RPM) services reimbursed under the Medicare program. The changes, part of the proposed 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, have been hotly anticipated by...more
A bill amending the “site neutrality” limitations brought by Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 was introduced in the House of Representatives last week and passed out of committee yesterday. H.R. 5273, the...more
On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral law, or Stark Law. The Stark Law is a key regulatory...more
On July 1, CMS published proposed changes to the so-called “Two-Midnight Rule,” which currently governs when inpatient hospital admissions are entitled to Medicare Part A payment. The proposed changes were announced in a...more
On March 25, 2015, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators reintroduced the Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (“PRIME Act” or “Act”) following the lead of the U.S. House of Representatives,...more
Mintz Levin has prepared a chart of the proposed amendments to 42 C.F.R. Part 425 governing the Medicare Shared Savings Program. This chart provides a summary of each proposed amendment and its potential impact. ...more
On December 1, 2014, CMS published its proposed changes and updates to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Comments are due by February 6, 2015. Below is a summary of the...more
Proposed Revisions to HHA Conditions of Participation - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed update to the home health agency (HHA) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in the October...more
In This Issue: Leading the News; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more