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Proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Signals Support for Digital Health Advancement

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). This client alert focuses on the proposed...more

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Medicare proposed rules include government pricing surprises: ASP changes and maximum fair price, new bona fide service fee and...

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Every July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes two proposed rules relating to how it plans to administer the Medicare Part B program for the next calendar year: the physician fee schedule (PFS)...more

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September 2025 CPT Editorial Panel meeting: what’s on the agenda and why it matters

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The American Medical Association (AMA) CPT®* Editorial Panel will convene in Chicago, Illinois, from September 18 to 20, 2025. The meeting agenda includes proposals to create new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes and...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

What Employers Need to Know About the Employee Benefits Provisions in the OBBBA

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On July 4, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted into law with President Donald Trump’s signature. Although the OBBBA’s tax and spending provisions tend to receive greater media attention, it also contains...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

New Jersey Poised to Adopt Unique Warranty Time Multiplier: Latest Development In Statutory Warranty Reimbursement Requirements

New Jersey appears poised to adopt a unique “average retail labor time allowance” multiplier to the compensation OEMs must pay dealers for warranty service, after both houses of that state’s Legislature voted on June 30, 2025...more

Buchalter

Blame It on the Bot: Health Care Fraud and Compliance in theAge of AI

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A large health system implements an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered clinical decision support tool that promises to ensure “complete and accurate” diagnosis documentation. Within six months, the system’s Medicare...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Federal Court Temporarily Halts Iowa’s PBM Reform Law Amid Legal Challenges

On June 11, 2025, Iowa enacted Senate File 383 (the Act), a comprehensive bill aimed at regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with the stated goals of increasing transparency, supporting independent pharmacies, and...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

DOJ and HHS Launch New False Claims Act Working Group: What The Healthcare Industry Needs to Know

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On July 2, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the creation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group, a high-level interagency initiative aimed at...more

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Telehealth Staffing and Administrative Services Gain Favorable Advisory Opinion From OIG

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On June 6, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03, providing important guidance for telehealth organizations and management services organizations...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Navigating Aetna's Expanded Claim Edits: What Providers Need To Know and Do Before September 1, 2025

Aetna recently announced that effective September 1, 2025, its Claim and Code Review Program (CCRP) will expand to include additional claim coding edits for all commercial, Medicare, and Student Health claims. While the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Providers Keep Singing the Blues About Unfair Reimbursement Rates But Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Change Its Tune

After more than a decade of litigation and more than $5 billion in settlements, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (“BCBSA”) and its affiliate insurance companies (the “BCBS Entities”) appear to be up to their old tricks....more

Marshall Dennehey

Commonwealth Court Rejects Insurer’s Reimbursement Claim Against Pharmacy in Billing Dispute

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Pioneer Construction Company, Inc., Eastern Alliance Insurance Company, and employers Alliance, Inc. v. Insight Pharmaceuticals, LLC d/b/a Insight Pharmacy; No. 867 C.D. 2022; filed May 12, 2025; Judge Covey - A workers’...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials

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In an audit, election statement deficiencies can be costly. Auditors deny all claims covered by the problematic election statement, and those costs can multiply if more than one patient was affected. In this episode, Husch...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Wound Care in the Crosshairs: Reimbursements Risks Amid Skin Substitute Fraud Investigations

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Effective wound care is critical for patients recovering from surgery or managing chronic or non-healing wounds. Advances in treatment have led to the development of skin substitutes—bioengineered or natural materials...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Landmark $9.25M AGG Class Action Settlement Against UnitedHealthcare Receives Preliminary Approval, Class Claim Submission Process...

AGG Healthcare Litigation attorneys Rich Collins and Landen Benson represent two of the three named plaintiffs in an ERISA class action against UnitedHealthcare (“United”), involving the insurer’s denial of access to proton...more

McDermott+

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Data Dashboard

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Updated to include Medicare claims data thru Q4 2024. What is the cost of a knee implant in the inpatient setting? How much does Medicare pay for different types of cardiac valve procedures? How have Medicare inpatient...more

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Special Education Legislative Update

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In its recently adjourned session, the General Assembly passed two major bills regarding special education. Although the Governor has not yet signed these bills, we wanted to provide a brief and non-exhaustive overview of the...more

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Uninsured Motorist Coverage in California: What You Need to Know

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It is a horrible feeling to get into an accident and then realize that the other driver is either not insured or is not insured enough to provide you with the reimbursement that you deserve. That is where uninsured and...more

Goldberg Segalla

Court Highlights Distinction Between Pre- and Post-Retirement Benefits and Workers’ Compensation Carrier’s Reimbursement Rights...

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The recent New York Court of Appeals decision in Matter of Schulze v. City of Newburgh Fire Department (April 10) has significant implications for municipal employers and workers’ compensation insurance carriers in New York,...more

A&O Shearman

PSR consolidated policy statement on APP scams reimbursement requirement

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The UK Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a consolidated policy statement (PS25/5) concerning the authorised push payment (APP) fraud reimbursement requirement within the Faster Payments system, which came into...more

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2025 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: Health

This is the third article in a series of summaries of insurance legislation from the 95th Arkansas General Assembly....more

Morgan Lewis

How the Health Tech Investment Act Could Reshape Medicare Reimbursement for Algorithm-Based Services

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As AI transforms medicine, some of the most promising healthcare innovations are at risk of exclusion by Medicare’s outdated and complex reimbursement structures. The Health Tech Investment Act, or S. 1399, introduced in...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

CMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement Efforts

On May 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a significant expansion of its auditing efforts with respect to Medicare Advantage (“MA”) plans....more

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Client Alert: Nonprofit Charities: A Short Time Frame to Obtain DC Sales and Hotel Tax Refund

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As a result of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia’s (Tax Division) recent ruling that a District of Columbia law unconstitutionally denied out-of-state charities a hotel and sales tax exemption, eligible nonprofit...more

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New Federal Initiatives Signal Digital Health Access as a Key Priority

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Recent activity among lawmakers and federal agencies signal that the government may be poised to undertake meaningful legislative and administrative efforts to harness the potential of digital health innovation and to expand...more

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