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CMS Publishes Paperwork, Discharge Planning Final Rules
The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (“CMS”) published two final rules intended to reduce provider burdens and improve…
CMS Proposes Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations to Promote…
The Trump administration released a pair of long-awaited rules aimed at modernizing and clarifying the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback…
CMS to Update Hospital Star Rating Methodology by 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will use its oft maligned “latent variable” methodology…
White House Proposes Data at the Point of Care
A few months ago, at the Blue Button Developers Conference held at the White House, CMS announced plans to further the mission of…
CMS Proposes Changes to the Stark Self-Referral Anti-Kickback Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its annual Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment…
CMS OPPS Proposed Rule Seeks Comments on Potential Remedies for 340B…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its annual proposed rule detailing changes to the Medicare…
HHS OIG Posts Findings Following Opioid Prescribing Review
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently posted its findings following a…
HHS OIG Reports Policy Changes Affect the Efficiencies of ACO’s
There’s been interesting news lately in the accountable care organization (ACO) world. CMS recently announced that participants in…
CMS Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Calls for Revoking Medicare Billing…
CMS' proposed 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes substantial changes to the rules for obtaining and maintaining…
CMS Advanced Payment Model Physician Participation Doubling 2017-2018
The number of doctors participating in advanced payment models (APMs) nearly doubled in 2018 to 183,306 compared to 99,076 doctors…