8/31/2020 5:26:40 PM CMS unveils additional COVID-19 LTC facility testing and reporting rules during public health emergency By James Hennessy Shaylynn Veeder On August 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) filed an interim final rule with comment period (“IFC”),...
8/24/2020 8:37:25 PM Federal Court stays repeal of “On the Basis of Sex” definition in recent nondiscrimination final rule one day before regulations take effect By Carol Loepere Rebecca Dittrich Taber Rueter With only one day left before the final rule scaling back nondiscrimination regulations took effect, the U.S. District Court for the...
8/19/2020 4:52:24 PM “Contrary to the Public Interest”: CMS invokes retroactive-rulemaking authority to escape consequences of Allina By James Segroves David Bender Earlier this month and with little fanfare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would invoke...
8/14/2020 6:45:01 PM CMS Releases Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2021 By Lara Parkin Megan Engel On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted for inspection the Proposed 2021 Payment Policies under...
8/11/2020 4:24:26 PM Proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rule for CY 2021 By Lara Parkin Lesley Reynolds Includes proposed changes to the OPPS and ASC payment rates and Stark Law exemptions. On August 4, 2020, CMS posted for inspection the...
8/7/2020 3:53:32 PM New developments in False Claims Act litigation: Ninth Circuit rules that denial of government motion to dismiss is not immediately appealable as of right By Kristin Parker Caitlin Chambers On August 4, 2020, the Ninth Circuit, in a decision authored by Judge Wardlaw, dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an atypical appeal...