December 15, 2020 While the pandemic seems to have decreased the number of Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) audits this year as a result of a suspension of… Read more »
December 14, 2020 As described in a broad prior client advisory found here, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final regulations on November 20, 2020, that make… Read more »
December 14, 2020 On December 10, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services issued new proposed regulations relating to the Health Insurance Portability… Read more »
November 30, 2020 On the heels of new Stark and Antikickback regulations (see HHS RELEASES TRANSFORMATIONAL NEW REGULATIONS UNDER STARK AND THE ANTI-KICKBACK STATUTE and MAJOR CHANGES ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER… Read more »
November 24, 2020 On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final regulations that make significant modifications to the federal physician self-referral law frequently known… Read more »
November 23, 2020 On Friday, November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released new regulations under the Physician Self-Referral Act (Stark) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).… Read more »
October 23, 2020 VIRGINIA’S DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES (DMAS) HAS ISSUED AN INTERIM GUIDANCE ANNOUNCING MANY NEW REGULATROY CHANGES MEANT TO ASSIST PROVIDERS DURING THE COVID-19 PHE The October… Read more »
October 19, 2020 On October 5, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued QSO-21-02-NH, Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement Related to Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Vote… Read more »
October 14, 2020 On September 28, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued QSO-20-41-ALL, Guidance related to the Emergency Preparedness Testing Exercise Requirements – Coronavirus Disease 2019… Read more »
September 29, 2020 Effective September 30, 2020, DMAS is eliminating the special “sign off” requirements that have applied to Certificates of Medical Necessity (CMN) for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Prior… Read more »
