Shortly after the State of New York relaxed its direct physician supervision requirements in response to the rampant spread of Novel Coronavirus 2019 (“COVID-19”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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Relaxed Direct Physician Supervision Requirements during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Shortly after the State of New York relaxed its direct physician supervision requirements in response to the rampant spread of Novel Coronavirus 2019 (“COVID-19”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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CARES Act Appropriates $100 Billion in Relief Funds for Hospitals and Other Health Care Providers
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*UPDATE (4/27/20): Last week, HHS provided that $50 billion of the PHSSEF Relief Funds is allocated for general distribution to Medicare facilities and providers impacted by COVID-19, based on eligible …
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CARES Act Appropriates $100 Billion in Relief Funds for Hospitals and Other Health Care Providers
By Madison S. Clemens on
***UPDATE: Providers who have been allocated a payment from the initial $30 billion tranche of PHSSEF Relief Funds must sign an attestation confirming receipt of the funds and agreeing to …
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Medicare and OCR Relax Telehealth Rules Under Medicare and HIPAA
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Fellow Fox Rothschild LLP attorneys Margaret J. Davino, Salvatore J. Russo and Nawa A. Lodin generously contributed this post.
On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
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Proposed Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program in 2019
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CMS recently issued its proposed changes to the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which include a controversial change to the reimbursement rates for Level 2-5 evaluation and management (E/M) services…
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Small Doses: CMS Updates Reportable List of Adverse Actions
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This is the first installment in a new series on the Physician Law Blog entitled “Small Doses” designed to provide you with quick updates on meaningful issues. We will continue …
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CMS Announces New Initiatives for Innovating Patient Care
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Last month, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced several initiatives to innovate the delivery of patient care at the ground level. In collaboration with the Trump Administration and other federal agencies,…
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CMS Provides Advice on Electronic Laboratory Alerts
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CMS recently issued an Advisory Opinion suggesting that physicians who refer diagnostic tests reimbursable under Medicare to a laboratory may, under certain circumstances, receive electronic pop-up notifications in the laboratory’s…
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MACRA Update: Attestation Regarding Your EHR System
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[For more information on CMS’s new Quality Payment Program and what physicians need to report in 2017, please see our prior blog posts here and here.]
CMS recently issued…
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