Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Medical Staff 101
The Important and Thriving Role of Private Medical Practices
Value-Based Care and Its Impact on Providers
State attorneys general ("AGs") have long had unique police powers over a variety of health care providers in their states. Recently, AGs in several states have used this authority to scrutinize consolidation and corporate...more
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show! In this debut episode, podcast host Nick Healey, Healthcare Partner at Husch Blackwell, brings listeners into the important but sometimes...more
The federal government has made a variety of changes to federal requirements aimed at improving the quality of care at long-term care facilities across the country. In May 2024, the United States Department of Health and...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG) for nursing facilities...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1, 2024, released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more
In the second quarter, federal and state antitrust enforcers continued their intense scrutiny of consolidation in the healthcare market by implementing new initiatives and laws designed to gather additional information...more
On April 22, 2024 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services final rule. The rule has a particular focus on home- and community-based services...more
Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more
On October 6, 2023, the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) released brand new “General Compliance Program Guidance” to assist health care providers, entities, and other...more
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory opinion that explored the limits of a relatively new safe harbor to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) that aims...more
The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) on Nov. 6, 2023, issued new General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) as a reference guide for the healthcare compliance community....more
The intersection of patient satisfaction and quality of care is central to healthcare today, and a provider’s level of cultural competence can significantly impact his/her performance in both areas. Recent focus on diversity,...more
Please join us for the July Lunch and Learn where we will discuss compliance issues and trends in Healthcare transaction laws. The presentation will focus on: - An analysis of the recently enacted New York Public Health Law...more
Why are quality and safety of patient care getting worse? Many of us showered the highest of praise on doctors, nurses, therapists and other medical workers for their valor during the pandemic. They deserved it....more
Quality of care allegations against long term care providers are a focus for the Biden administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the HHS-OIG – all of whom are targeting providers whom they deem to be providing...more
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. This week's topics include . . ....more
Presenters Jonathan Berkowitz of Goldberg Segalla, LLP and Annemari Cooley of Smith & Nephew will explain why current medical standards regarding “unavoidable” skin breakdown and Federal quality of care regulations impose a...more
In this week’s episode, Richard Church interviews Rebecca Schaefer about the intersection and blurred line between clinical research and quality initiatives. The presenters discuss what factors to consider when defining...more
In this episode, host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health Law Practice Group Leader, is joined by Chad Beste, Healthcare Advisory Partner at BDO, for a look the role of independent physician practices in health care...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 27, 2021, released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment...more
In this episode, Roetzel health law attorneys and HealthLaw HostSpot co-hosts Ericka Adler and David Hochman discuss the impact value-based care is having on providers around the country with Lumina Health Partners Managing...more
A draft of Ohio Governor DeWine’s State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Executive Budget Proposal includes provisions to address quality of care in the state’s nursing homes....more
Everything else in the world has changed, why not how we treat our doctors? If a doctor can only bill for a two-minute telemedicine consultation, why should that doctor be held to the ordinary standard of care? If insurance...more
The Washington Department of Health (DOH) has filed a notice of proposed rule-making that may be of interest to a broad cross-section of the Washington health care community. DOH has proposed to amend the rule that provides...more