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New Mexico Rules That Anesthesia Services Can Be Purchased Exempt for Resale

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New Mexico’s gross receipts tax (what the state calls its sales tax) is generally imposed on receipts derived by the seller from performing services in the state; however, a resale of the services is not generally taxable if...more

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Regulatory Landscape of Insurance Claims Denial Practices and Suggestions for a Path Forward to a Sustainable Healthcare Future

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In the wake of the December 4, 2024 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson, questions were raised about insurance claim denial practices. Several news outlets noted that UnitedHealth Group’s profits have been...more

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OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert on Medicare Advantage Marketing Arrangements

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On December 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (SFA) on what it refers to as “suspect” marketing schemes involving “questionable payments and...more

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OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert on Medicare Advantage Marketing Arrangements

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On the heels of recent scrutiny of health care professional (“HCP”) arrangements with brokers and agents and Medicare Advantage Organization (“MAO”) arrangements with providers, including through the U.S. Department of...more

King & Spalding

OIG Issues Report Finding that Medicare Advantage Insurers Received Billions for Diagnoses Reported Only on Health Risk...

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A recent OIG report found that diagnoses reported in 2022 Medicare Advantage (MA) encounter data based only on health risk assessments (HRA) and HRA-linked chart reviews resulted in CMS making additional risk-adjusted...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Payment Flexibilities and New Legislation Introduced Regarding Healthcare Cyberattacks

For the past month or longer, many providers have reported a significant impact on their revenue cycle due to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, LLC. In light of that impact, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

King & Spalding

Federal District Court Grants Injunction Barring CMS from Implementing New Policy on Medicaid Funding Designed to Prevent...

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On June 30, 2023, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the Court) granted the State of Texas’ preliminary injunction motion, enjoining CMS from implementing and enforcing its Informational...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Proposed Rule Season

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released the proposed updates to the Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for 2024. While the ruling is not final, “CMS estimates...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

HHS Finalizes Payment Rates and Policies for the 2024 Medicare Advantage Program

On March 31, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the finalized capitation rates and payment policies for the 2024 Medicare...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Compliance and Regulatory Enforcement Update for Labs

Whether you operated a traditional diagnostic lab, a toxicology lab, or one that performs high-complexity genetic and genomic testing, there were plenty of regulatory nightmares to keep you up at night in 2022. It seems “the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Takeaways From AHLA’s Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues

AGG Healthcare attorneys Lanchi Bombalier and Charmaine Mech recently attended the American Health Law Association (AHLA)’s Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues in Baltimore, Maryland, from March 23-25, 2022. The...more

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Three Administrative Law Takeaways from the Texas Medical Association Rule Challenge Decision

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New legislation often starts a cat-and-mouse game between the executive branch and regulated entities related to how statutory language is implemented. While we often write about environmental statutes, the procedural...more

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HHS’ FAQs Address Restrictions On The Transfer Of Provider Relief Fund Payments In Healthcare Transactions

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Purchasers and sellers of healthcare entities that received or intend to apply for Provider Relief Fund payments need to be aware of the restrictions on the receipt and transfer of those payments. By way of background,...more

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France - New notification and authorization regime for exemptions from benefits/payments to the healthcare sector will enter into...

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In France, Ordinance No 2017-49 of 19 January 2017 significantly modified the rules governing payments from life sciences companies to the healthcare sector. After more than three years, on June 15, 2020, Decree No 2020-730...more

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Recent Health Plan Practices That Are Resulting in Underpayments to Providers

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Health Plans’ Use of Policies and Guidelines to Reduce Coverage and Reimbursement - A technique we have seen payers use more commonly in recent months than in the past is to unilaterally implement policies or “clinical...more

The Volkov Law Group

Focusing on “Payments” to Healthcare Professionals (Part I of III)

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The United States healthcare industry poses an infinite number of risks when it comes to interactions with healthcare professionals. Given the aggressive regulation and enforcement of prohibitions against kickbacks and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Six Key Investment and Strategic Themes from Payer-Provider Convergence Deals

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At the 11th Annual Investment and M&A Opportunities in Healthcare conference in Nashville on June 6th, 2018, a panel session moderated by Chris Donovan, partner in Foley’s Health Care Practice Group, addressed the topic of...more

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California: Proposed Legislation Regulating Health Care Rates for Payors and Providers

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An ambitious California proposal to regulate health care rates and curb long-term health care spending was unveiled last week in Assembly Bill 3087 (Proposed Legislation). The key concept in the Proposed Legislation is the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

‘Twas the Season to Contract? A Year-End Review of Network Negotiations and Billing Disputes

As 2017 drew to a close, some health plans and healthcare providers across the country were still busy trying to finalize contracts for in-network services for 2018 and beyond. A number of negotiations made the headlines in...more

Burr & Forman

2016 Health Care Year in Review

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Since I began writing this year-end review in 2013, there have been some common themes – a shift to pay for quality and away from fee-for service, much of which has been brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA): efforts...more

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The Future Is Now: CMS Proposes Broad Bundled Payment Expansion for Cardiac Care Episodes

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Furthering the agency’s stated intention to pay for value over volume, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule representing the first expansion of mandatory hospital-centric bundled...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Program Integrity Changes to the Medicare Provider Enrollment Process

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On March 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) entitled “Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance...more

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The Managed Care Industry – 2015 Year in Review

As we start a new year, let’s take a look back at a few hot topics that emerged in the managed care industry in 2015 and will likely be drivers of developments in 2016. Industry Consolidation – The Changing Landscape - ...more

Alston & Bird

A&B Healthcare Week in Review, November 2015

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On November 21, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule entitled “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and...more

Morgan Lewis

Passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act: What You Should Not Do Now

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Tips on preserving the provider-based status for existing clinics. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314) was signed into law on Monday, November 2. Notwithstanding significant concerns raised by the hospital...more

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