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CMS Unveils 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposal: Key Changes Ahead

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On July 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule. As expected, there are several meaningful updates that providers, practices, and health systems...more

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Proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Key Changes Impacting the Medicare Shared Savings Program

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 calendar year (CY 2026) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (Proposed Rule). Among the many changes proposed, the Proposed Rule includes...more

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CMS’s CY 2026 Fee Schedule Proposal: MSSP Reforms Take Center Stage in Push Toward Value

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the proposed rule for the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”), formally titled CMS-1832-P....more

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CMS Proposes New Mandatory, Two-Sided Risk Model for Heart Failure and Low Back Pain

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Key Takeaways - CMS has proposed a mandatory two-sided risk model for specialists treating heart failure and low back pain in outpatient settings....more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - July 2025

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CMS Releases Proposed Rule for 2026 ESRD PPS - As the nephrology organization representing the specialty on socioeconomic and physician practice issues, the Renal Physicians Association analyzes and disseminates...more

King & Spalding

CMS Escalates Aggressive Rates Cut in Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for CY 2026

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On June 30, 2025, CMS issued its annual Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for Calendar Year (CY) 2026 (the Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule continues the agency’s policy of using provisions of the...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review | Congress Passes One Big Beautiful Bill Act; CMS Releases Proposed Payment Rules for ESRD and Home...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review | Trump Administration Releases FY 2026 Budget Proposal; CMS Launches Oversight Initiative on Medicaid...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DEA Proposed Rule for Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations

On January 17, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the proposed rule, “Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations.” The proposed rule marks a significant first...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | March 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights key regulatory and enforcement activity for March 2025. This month features: - Noteworthy enforcement actions demonstrating that the Anti-Kickback Statute...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Regulatory Changes Address Surge of Food-As-Health Initiatives and Shift “Healthy” ‎Standard; Plus New Labeling Requirements

Food and beverage products that promote health and well-being have proliferated. Demand has surged for foods and drinks that are loaded with nutrients and offer health benefits. Their growth is partly driven by an increased...more

Burr & Forman

New Accreditation and Training Requirements Proposed For Physicians Performing Office-Based Surgeries

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The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) has proposed sweeping changes to the regulations guiding office-based surgeries in Alabama that, if passed, would create more stringent requirements with respect to procedures...more

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Client Alert: CMS Again Delays Updates to its Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities Under Appendix PP of the State...

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On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a further delay in the implementation of proposed updates to its Guidance to Surveyors for Long-Term Care Facilities under Appendix PP of the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Proposed New Rules to Add Long-Term Care Safety Requirements in Georgia

The Georgia Department of Community Health (“DCH”) board recently introduced proposed updates to long-term care facility standards, impacting background check requirements, care models for at-risk youth, and staffing...more

Jones Day

DEA Releases Rules on Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances, Proposes Special Registrations

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The Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") announced three new regulations related to the prescription of controlled substances resulting from a telemedicine encounter, including the long-anticipated Proposed Rule on Special...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

CMS Implements First Major Updates to Lab Personnel Requirements in 30+ Years

On December 28, 2024, a long-awaited Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule became effective, significantly updating laboratory personnel requirements under Subpart M of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 29, 2025

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DEA Unveils Long-Overdue Special Registration for Telemedicine in Proposed Rule

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In the final days of the Biden administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a proposed rule that would allow practitioners with a Special Registration to prescribe Schedule III-V, and in limited...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DEA Proposes Updates to Rules for Prescribing Controlled Substances That Could Significantly Impact Telemedicine Companies and...

On January 15, 2025, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine. The NPRM seeks to impose special registrations...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Hospice Proposed Payment Rule

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Last week, CMS issued a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 aiming to update Medicare hospice payments and aggregate cap amount in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. The...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

HHS Proposes Information Blocking Disincentives for Health Care Providers

While health care providers have been required to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (the Rule) since April 5, 2021, as of yet there is no enforcement mechanism in place with respect to the Rule...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Hawaii Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - October 7th, 7:55 am - 4:00 pm HST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

BakerHostetler

Stark and AKS Rules Cross the Finish Line of HHS Regulatory Sprint

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With a bold finish, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) crossed the finish line of its race to modernize and clarify the regulations interpreting the federal physician self-referral law (Stark) and anti-kickback...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Nashville, TN - November 13th, 8:10 am - 5:00 pm CST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OIG Releases Policy Statement Extending HHS Blanket Waiver Protection to Certain Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Violations During...

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On April 3, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a policy statement of enforcement discretion (the “Policy Statement”) regarding sanctions under the Federal...more

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