ACA Tax Relief in Senate Healthcare Bill
Day PitneyOn June 22, Senate Republicans unveiled the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, a bill that, if enacted, would make sweeping changes to the current…
CMS Proposes to Exempt More Small Practices from MACRA
Erin HealyThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would update the physician payment system under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act…
CMS Sets January 1, 2018 Effective Date for Expansion of Bundled Payment Programs
In March, as discussed here, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule that delayed the effective date of planned…
Section-by-Section Summary of the AHCA
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee and Committee on Ways and Means released a section-by-section summary of the American Health Care Act…
Healthcare Market Stabilization Initiatives Urgently Needed
James BowersLast week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized the proposed market stabilization rule it introduced with urgency merely two months ago, as discussed here. The…
Drug, Device Makers Could Get Hit for Not Reporting Payments to Doctors
Day Pitney healthcare attorney Eric Fader was quoted in an April 12 article, “Drug, Device Makers Could Get Hit for Not Reporting Payments to Doctors,” in…
CMS Postpones Expansion of Bundled Payment Programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a delay in the effective date of planned cardiac care bundled payment initiatives and the…
CMS Extends PQRS Reporting Deadline
Susan HuntingtonThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has extended the March 13 submission deadline for 2016 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA)…
Report Analyzes Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Market
While health insurance purchased through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces has been the subject of increasing attention, a recent report analyzing trends in the employer-sponsored…
CMS Proposes Rule to Address ACA Market Stabilization
Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is referred to as Obamacare, it may not be long before the reference changes to Trumpcare since the President…