3/25/2020 8:34:41 PM HHS expands access to telehealth services in response to COVID-19 By Paul Pitts Rebecca Dittrich James Hennessy Sonia Nguyen Jamie Knauer +2 more... Show less As discussed in our client alert, recent legal developments have greatly expanded funding for and access to telehealth services during...
3/25/2020 2:29:27 AM CMS Offers Guidance to Health Care Providers on Limiting Elective Surgeries, Other Nonessential Procedures During Coronavirus Outbreak By Lesley Reynolds Janine Tougas In a recent guidance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encouraged health care providers (HCPs) to limit elective...
3/24/2020 9:51:21 PM MedPAC recommends Medicare payment updates for 2021 – but all rate bets are off in light of COVID-19 By Debra McCurdy The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its 2021 Medicare provider rate update recommendations on March 13, 2020 – the...
3/23/2020 8:41:21 PM HHS waives requirements for health care providers under section 1135 in response to COVID-19 By Carol Loepere Scot T. Hasselman Nicole Aiken-Shaban Rebecca Dittrich Arielle Lusardi Shaylynn Veeder Kristin Parker +4 more... Show less Shortly after President Trump declared a national emergency related to COVID-19, CMS issued blanket waivers under section 1135 of the...
3/15/2020 10:21:52 PM CMS Rolls Out New Medicare Part D “Senior Savings Model” Designed to Drive Down Insulin Copayments By Robert Hill Joseph Metro Debra McCurdy The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new voluntary Part D Senior Savings Model (the Model) intended to...
3/11/2020 11:20:30 AM HHS Finalizes Healthcare Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued eagerly anticipated and hotly debated companion interoperability and...
3/5/2020 1:32:56 PM CMS Plans to Add Outpatient Hip/Knee Replacements to CJR Model, Seeks Comments on ASC Joint Procedure Bundled Payment Model By Gail Daubert Debra McCurdy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would extend and modify the Comprehensive Care for...