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 web-based portal alerting the physicians to various potential issues related to the test results. In the Advisory Opinion, CMS considered certain alerts which a laboratory proposed to provide to its … Continue Reading
Stark law
State’s “More Stringent” Stark Law Restrictions Upheld By Court
By Fox Rothschild LLP on
Today I am focusing on the self-referral ban under the federal Stark laws. In particular, a recent case – Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. v. Tucker (Dkt. No. 4:03-cv-00411-SPM-GRJ (Jan. 10, 2013, 11th Cir.)) – discussed the interplay between those laws and a State’s attempt to impose more stringent requirements.
The court first focused on two exceptions to the Stark … Continue Reading
CMS Proposes Regulations Clarifying Stark Imaging Disclosure Requirements
By Todd Rodriguez on
Posted in Medicare
The Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the CY2011 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for public inspection. The Proposed Fee Schedule includes a number of provisions which, if adopted, would implement the recently enacted Affordable Care Act (ACA). One of the proposed regulations would serve to clarify the requirement in ACA that physicians notify patients referred for imaging … Continue Reading