The comment period for the CMS CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule recently closed on Monday, September 9th. Based on previous years, the Final Rule can be expected
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In Case You Missed It: New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
On November 6, 2023, the HHS Office of Inspector General published a new compilation of compliance guidance under the title General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) for the healthcare compliance community…
Continue Reading In Case You Missed It: New OIG General Compliance Program GuidanceJ-1 Waivered Physicians – Meeting Patient Needs
This post from Immigration Practice Group Co-Chair, Catherine Wadhwani, suggests J-1 Physician Waiver sponsorship as a means of meeting patient needs. …
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Important News on Emergency Visitation Policies for North Carolina Long-Term Care Facilities
The operators of North Carolina long-term care facilities may have some work to do preparing emergency visitation policies.
All North Carolina nursing homes, combination homes, adult care homes and family…
Continue Reading Important News on Emergency Visitation Policies for North Carolina Long-Term Care FacilitiesSurprise: Long Term Care Providers Are Not Exempt from The No Surprises Act’s Good Faith Estimate Requirement for Uninsured and Self-Pay Patients
The federal No Surprises Act and interim final rules implementing the Act went into effect on January 1, 2022. Part I is aimed at reducing “surprise bills” to patients in…
Continue Reading Surprise: Long Term Care Providers Are Not Exempt from The No Surprises Act’s Good Faith Estimate Requirement for Uninsured and Self-Pay PatientsU.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for CMS Vaccine Mandate to Be Implemented
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CMS Sets New Deadline to Comply With Vaccine Mandate for Providers in 25 States and DC
To assist health care providers that will soon be required to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance on December 28, 2021 regarding…
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CMS Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect in 26 States as Fifth Circuit Alters Scope of Nationwide Injunction
A nationwide injunction that prevented a health care worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate from taking effect has now been narrowed by a federal appellate court to apply only in the states…
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Nationwide Injunction of CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Issued by Louisiana Federal Court
In a preliminary injunction issued on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, a federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the implementation and enforcement of an interim final rule by the Centers for…
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Federal Judge Blocks CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers in 10 States
In a preliminary injunction issued on Monday, November 29, 2021, a federal judge in Missouri blocked the implementation and enforcement in 10 states of an interim final rule by the…
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