Support Grows for Stark Law Modification or Repeal
Day PitneyThere has been a recent groundswell of support for modifying or eliminating the federal physician self-referral law, commonly known as the Stark Law. Last month’s Request…
Physicians and Teaching Hospitals Received $8.4 Billion in Payments in 2017
On June 29, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published data summarizing payments made by drug and medical device companies to physicians and…
Annual Health Care Fraud Takedown Is Biggest Ever
On June 28, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced their annual nationwide…
CMS Announces Initiatives to Reduce Medicaid Fraud, Waste
On June 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced numerous initiatives to reduce fraud and waste in the Medicaid program. CMS Administrator…
Yet Another Delay for 340B Drug Pricing Program Rule
On June 5, the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, published a final rule that further delays…
CMS Plans $25 Billion Quality Initiative
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a proposed contract action for a program entitled “Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors…
July 1 Deadline for Meaningful Use Hardship Exception Applications
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, payment adjustments are made to Medicare-eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (“Eligible Hospitals”) that are not…
Survey: Many ACOs Will Leave Program if Required to Assume Risk
According to a recent survey by the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS), most of the ACOs that joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program…
An April 27 article in Bloomberg Law’s Health Law & Life Sciences News, “Medicare Push for Data Exchange Still Burdening Providers,” discussed a proposal by the Centers…
Telemedicine Facing Increased Government Scrutiny
An April 20 article in Bloomberg Law’s Health Law & Life Sciences News, “Telemedicine Facing Increased Government Scrutiny,” discussed the increasing scrutiny of telemedicine services…