January 9, 2017 The 21st Century Cures Act (the Act) is a new law that grants welcomed relief for some hospital projects impacted by the site-neutral payment provisions of the… Read more »
November 23, 2016 On November 22, 2016, less than ten days before significant changes to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime regulations were set to go into effect, the United… Read more »
November 18, 2016 The United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its Fiscal Year 2017 Work Plan, which summarizes new and ongoing reviews… Read more »
November 14, 2016 National Practitioner Databank (NPDB) Reporting Guidelines are not always as cut and dry as practitioners would like. Adding to the confusion is the fact that not all… Read more »
October 3, 2016 In what represents one of the biggest overhauls of the requirements applicable to long-term care facilities, on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… Read more »
September 29, 2016 On September 22, 2016, The Supreme Court of Kentucky issued a noteworthy opinion in Baptist Health Richmond, Inc. v. Agee1 that provides progressive support for healthcare providers… Read more »
September 23, 2016 On September 16, CMS finalized a rule establishing emergency preparedness requirements applicable to seventeen types of providers and suppliers. The rule becomes effective November 15, 2016 and… Read more »
August 8, 2016 On August 2, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Final Rule implementing the Notice Act’s requirement to provide notice of a patient’s… Read more »
July 11, 2016 In the changing health care marketplace, and with the shift towards value-based alternative payment models, many in the health care community believe that the Stark law (42… Read more »
July 6, 2016 Since the passage of Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), which imposed site-neutral payment reductions on new off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) that… Read more »
