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NATIONAL Physician burnout costs the US health care system approximately $4.6 billion a year AMGA finds physician groups increase reliance on risk-based revenues; obstacles persist in move to value 6 latest healthcare industry lawsuits Highest-paid CEOs in 2018: Who made the list from healthcare State-by-state breakdown of rural health clinics Senate health committee takes on…Read More

This is another article in a series discussing the complete overhaul of Part 483 to Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations the Requirements for States and Long-Term Care Facilities (“Final Regulations”) by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). To view other articles in this series, click here. Beginning on November 28, 2019,…Read More

HELP Committee Leaders Release Draft Bill Targeting Health Care Priorities Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) committee leaders Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) released a wide-ranging draft bill addressing health care issues such as surprise medical billing, prescription drug costs and urgent public health concerns. The proposal is separated into five…Read More

NATIONAL Top exec at Amazon healthcare startup Haven leaves after eight months Top 10 states for physician and surgeon pay 10 things to know about Optum, the $101B healthcare company keeping hospital execs up at night 20 healthcare organizations recognized for revenue cycle performance Primary care physician supply in all 50 states, ranked MIPS may…Read More

This is another article in a series discussing the complete overhaul of Part 483 to Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations the Requirements for States and Long-Term Care Facilities (“Final Regulations”) by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). To view other articles in this series, click here. Beginning on November 28,…Read More

On May 17, 2019, CMS released the preliminary FY 2021 Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage index Public Use File (“PUF”). The PUF contains wage data based on FFY 2017 hospital cost reports – that is, cost reports with fiscal year begin dates of on or after October 1, 2016 and on or before September 30, 2017. The FFY…Read More

On May 14, the National Labor Relation’s Board (“Board”) Advice Division released an advice memorandum recommending that the Board reconsider three picketing cases decided during President Obama’s administration. The memo provides insight regarding how the General Counsel’s Office, and the Board, may interpret picketing activity in the near future. This advice could affect health care…Read More

This week, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the government’s 10-year deadline to file FCA actions could be extended to whistleblowers. The Court’s decision in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. et al. v. United States ex rel. Hunt[1] resolved a circuit split that had dogged the courts, whistleblowers and defendants for decades. Health care providers should…Read More

Update: On November 6, 2019, a federal judge sitting in the Southern District of New York voided the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Final Conscience Rule set to take effect November 22, 2019. For more information, click here. Update: This blog article was originally posted on May 20, 2019, and it stated that…Read More

In November 2018, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report (“Report”) on new laboratory payment rates established by CMS under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (“PAMA”). In the Report, the GAO analyzed Medicare claims data to assess how CMS’s implementation of these new rates will impact Medicare expenditures and recommended CMS take certain…Read More