CMS Medicare Hospital Inpatient Proposed Payment Rule Calls for Additional… Thomas Sullivan Jun 30, 2020 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual proposal for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment…
CMS CMS Expanded Rules for Medicare Advantage Telehealth Thomas Sullivan Jun 29, 2020 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that for Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries in…
HHS-OIG HHS OIG Publishes Semiannual Report to Congress Detailing Efforts to Combat… Thomas Sullivan Jun 26, 2020 0 The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently published its Semiannual Report…
COVID-19 FDA Issues Guidance on Formal Meetings and User Fees Applications During… Thomas Sullivan Jun 25, 2020 0 Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a guidance regarding the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on formal…
COVID-19 Emergency COVID-19 Help for Health Care Still Largely Undistributed Thomas Sullivan Jun 24, 2020 0 As part of the CARES Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic reaching the United States, Congress set aside $175 billion in…
COVID-19 NIH Announces Public Private Partnership for COVID-19 Response Thomas Sullivan Jun 23, 2020 0 The National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and the Foundation for the NIH recently announced a public-private partnership,…
CMS Integra’s Health Care Fraud Lawsuit Against Baylor Scott & White… Thomas Sullivan Jun 22, 2020 0 On May 28, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower district court decision to dismiss the…
CME Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare: What Can You Do Live CME Webinar… Thomas Sullivan Jun 19, 2020 0 While the health of Americans overall has improved dramatically over the past century, these gains have not been shared equally,…
Conflict of Interest Should Associations Have Close Ties to Industry? Thomas Sullivan Jun 18, 2020 0 The fact that physicians and other providers have relationships with the pharmaceutical industry is a long-standing source of…
CME Study Finds Outpatient Practices Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic Thomas Sullivan Jun 17, 2020 0 A survey of physicians and practice administrators reveals the deep impact of COVID-19 on ambulatory care offices across the…