2/24/2023 2:38:41 AM CMS Wants to Know Who Owns Nursing Facilities By Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule on February 15, 2023 that would require Medicare-enrolled...
2/22/2023 3:17:44 PM “Contrary to the Public Interest” Part II: CMS Again Invokes Retroactive-Rulemaking Authority By James Segroves The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a Medicare-related final rule invoking the agency’s statutory...
2/20/2023 10:16:15 PM FCA enforcement going strong in 2022, particularly in declined health care qui tams By Selina Coleman Sarah Cummings Stewart Kate Seikaly Megan Engel Jessica Christensen Andrew Lu +3 more... Show less On February 16, 2023, the Federal Bar Association (FBA) kicked off its sixth annual Qui Tam Conference with its customary “Year in...
2/20/2023 3:23:43 AM CMS issues guidance for rural emergency hospital eligibility requirements By Kristin Parker On January 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), through...
2/17/2023 3:32:34 AM CMS Specifies Info Needed for Small Biotech Exception to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation By Robert Hill Janine Tougas As the September 1, 2023 deadline for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish the first 10 “selected drugs” subject to...
2/13/2023 7:31:03 PM Agencies suspend No Surprises Act IDR payment determinations after court order By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran The three agencies that oversee the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process established by the No Surprises Act have notified...
2/10/2023 5:16:18 AM Health Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Part 3 Cosmetics Regulation By Cori Goldberg Sung Park Matthew Loughran [Note, this is Part 3 in an ongoing series of posts exploring substantive aspects of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L....
2/8/2023 3:59:21 PM Portions of No Surprises Act IDR rule procedures set aside by federal court again By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran For the second time in 12 months, a federal district court has set aside provisions of the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute...
2/1/2023 4:29:33 PM Health Care and Life Science Employers May be Impacted by Proposed NYC Workplace Law By Mark Goldstein Wendy Choi In December 2022, the New York City Council introduced the Secure Jobs Act. The Act attempts to redefine the long-established system of...