Qualified Health Plans: CMS Maintains Commitment to PSOs and January 1, 2017 Participation Deadline in Proposed Rule
CMS Maintains Commitment to PSOs and January 1, 2017 Participation Deadline in Proposed Rule
Category: Advisories
Florida Court Recognizes PSO Protections Preempt State Constitution, Acknowledge Congress’ Intent to Enable Protected, Provider-Driven Patient Safety Activities
Preempt State Constitution, Acknowledge Congress’ Intent to Enable Protected, Provider-Driven Patient Safety Activities
CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Revise Requirements for Discharge Planning in Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies
for Discharge Planning in Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies
OIG Identifies New Enforcement Priorities in FY 2016 Work Plan
11/04/2015 On November 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2016 (“Work Plan”). Learn More:… Read more »
OIG Finalizes ACO Fraud and Abuse Waivers
with Only Minor Adjustments
Provider Based Departments on the Chopping Block
The budget deal struck by Congress and the White House this week is funded, in part, on a proposed end to the
favorable reimbursement hospitals receive in off-campus provider-based departments.
OIG Finds Low Kickback Risk for Shuttle Service
10/22/2015 In its most recent Advisory Opinion (15-13) on patient assistance programs, the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) found that a… Read more »
No Further Delay: Enforcement of Updated FLSA Rules Begins November 12, 2015
Begins November 12, 2015
First Case Interpreting 60-Day Rule Sides with Government on Meaning of “Identified” Overpayments
Sides with Government on Meaning of “Identified” Overpayments
CMS Releases 2016 OPPS Proposed Rule with Modifications to the Two-Midnight Rule
with Modifications to the Two-Midnight Rule