Publications by Brian C. Betner

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Montana Supreme Court Affirms HCQIA Immunity for Hospital Peer Review

[03/03/25]

What to Know About the $1 Billion in HRSA Grants Available for Construction and Renovation Projects

[05/27/21]

Defining Opportunity in the Sprint to Value: CMS and OIG Finalize Value-Based Definitions in Connection with New Stark Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors

[01/12/21]

CMS Announces CHART Model to Transform Rural Health Care

[09/15/20]

CMS Explains Stark Waivers – Consider Any Needed Action Now

[04/24/20]

CMS Issues New Blanket Stark Waivers for COVID-19 Purposes

[03/31/20]

MACRA Quality Payment Program: To Year 2 and Beyond

[07/18/17]

Final MACRA Rule Issued: It’s Time for Providers to Pick Their Pace

[10/14/16]

Medicare Releases Proposed Rule for Physician Payment Overhaul

[04/28/16]

CMS Announces Further Delay of Repayment Rule

[02/16/15]

DOJ Announces that 2014 Sets Record for FCA Recoveries and Whistleblower Lawsuits

[11/21/14]

CMS Extends Publication Timeline of Final Rule for Waivers in Connection with the Medicare Shared Savings Program

[10/20/14]

OIG Releases Physician-Owned Entity Special Fraud Alert

[03/27/13]

States Continue Consideration of Medicaid Expansion and Insurance Exchanges

[03/04/13]

The False Claims Act and Quality of Care

[02/13/13]

You Can Share a Governing Board but Not a Medical Staff: Medicare Proposes Changes to Hospital Conditions of Participation

[02/08/13]

Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Payment Adjustments Effective Today

[10/01/12]

CMS Releases Updated Medicare Shared Savings Program FAQs

[08/14/12]

The Supreme Court Rules that the Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional; the Individual Mandate Survives

[06/28/12]

What’s Going on with the CMS Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol? – Recent Developments

[04/06/12]

Update: False Claims Exposure in Credentialing and Peer Review

[03/22/12]

Additional Guidance Issued on Essential Health Benefits

[03/09/12]

UPDATE: Additional Amicus Curiae Briefs Received in Support of the Validity of the Medicaid Expansion Provision; Increase of Oral Argument Time Granted

[02/27/12]

Today Is the Day: Medicare Shared Savings Program Update

[02/17/12]

If the Minimum Necessary Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Are Found Unconstitutional, Will the Entire Act Fall?

[02/10/12]

Congressional Budget Office Estimates Federal Health Care Program Spending to Double over Next 10 Years

[02/03/12]

Amicus Curiae Briefs Pour In to the Supreme Court; Oral Argument Dates Set for Late March 2012

[01/27/12]

CMS Releases Application Instructions for ACO Shared Savings Program

[11/09/11]

Breaking News: CMS Issues Its Final Rule for Accountable Care Organizations

[10/21/11]

ACO Final Regulations Are Here!

[10/20/11]

CMS’ Bundled Payment Initiative

[09/14/11]

False Claims Exposure In Credentialing And Peer Review

[06/24/11]

Breaking News: CMS Issues its Proposed Rule for Accountable Care Organizations

[03/31/11]

Happy Birthday Affordable Care Act

[03/23/11]

Federal District Court Ruling Heats Up, While President Obama Supports Legislation to Make “State Innovation Waivers” Available Three Years Earlier

[03/04/11]

The Constitutionality of Health Care Reform?

[01/31/11]

Joint Commission MS.01.01.01 – March 31, 2011 Deadline – Are you in Compliance?

[01/25/11]

CMS Proposes Rule to Implement Value-Based Purchasing Program for IPPS Hospitals

[01/21/11]