On June 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule which, among other things, rescinds a provision in a final rule…
On June 2, the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force released its 96-page final Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry which outlines cybersecurity…
On May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Kentucky nursing homes use of mandatory arbitration agreements in nursing home admissions. In a 7-1 ruling,…
On May 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS)…
On April 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached a settlement with CardioNet,…
On April 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2018 Medicare Advantage and Part D rate policies. In its press release,…
A new study by researchers at Brigham and Womens Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, found that the rate of paid medical malpractice claims…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has extended the March 13 submission deadline for 2016 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA)…
A new mandate under the Federal Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act), passed on August 6, 2015, went into effect…
CMS Reminds Providers That Failure to Report Ownership Changes Can Stop Medicare Payments
On February 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a reminder to physicians and other individually licensed healthcare professionals that existing regulations…