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NATIONAL General surgeon shortage growing and 5 other things to know about the healthcare workforce How 5 lawsuits could change US healthcare industry Nurses at many HCA hospitals say they are willing to strike over pay, staffing, security Could a Nationwide Ob-Gyn Shortage Spark Digital Health Innovation? 8 healthcare leaders share physician alignment strategies What…Read More

Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released findings of an audit of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Open Payments program. The OIG audit revealed that of 11.9 million records published on the Open Payments website for 2015, only less than one percent were missing required…Read More

On January 13, 2017, CMS published the revised Conditions of Participation (“CoPs”) for home health agencies, 42 CFR 484, Subparts A, B, and Subpart C. The CoPs became effective on January 13, 2018. On August 31, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Memorandum to State Survey Agency Directors (QSO-18-25-HHA) that released…Read More

NATIONAL Proposed payment changes could influence hospitals’ acquisition strategies CVS, Walgreens Stress Face-To-Face Care Amazon Doesn’t Yet Have Private equity firms pouring millions into physician offices 50 hospitals on Forbes’ best employers list Seventeen Leading Health Systems – Representing 5% of the Nation’s Hospitals – Join Forces to Transform Care for Vulnerable Populations July worst…Read More

Donating space for charitable use may come at a price for health care providers under the Stark Law if they are not careful. The Stark Law[1], which was designed to prevent physicians from referring patients to provider entities in which the physicians have a financial interest, can ensnare even those providers acting with the best of…Read More

As we noted in the prior article that we recently posted, there were two different franchisor/franchisee rulings issued this summer in the context of joint employment relationships. Recall that joint employment is an employment law theory that involves an employee who works for two separate companies—the joint employers—where both companies have the ability to control the…Read More

A concern for many workers today is the student loan burden they carry. Many employees, both young and old, are paying off large student loan balances rolled up in pursuing undergraduate and graduate college degrees. As the cost of college education continues to increase at rates that surpass the general inflation rate in the economy,…Read More

On August 17, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Memorandum to State Survey Agency Directors (QSO-18-24-ESRD) outlining additional survey activities that address dialysis services provided by an end-stage renal disease (“ESRD”) facility to residents in a long-term care facility. The survey process for evaluating home dialysis in nursing homes consists of…Read More

NATIONAL 8 latest healthcare industry lawsuits 12 healthcare leaders share their daily mantras Healthcare finance leaders share 7 cost-cutting strategies Big media companies are branching into health care. Here’s why Rural hospitals in dire need of regulatory relief Hospitals Battle For Control Over Fast-Growing Heart-Valve Procedure Amazon hires a star cardiologist to help its push…Read More

NATIONAL Which innovations have executives most excited? 6 insights from healthcare leaders CMS gives telehealth a reimbursement win CMS proposes rule to overhaul Medicare ACO program Moody’s: CMS proposed changes to Medicare’s outpatient prospective payment system could hurt hospitals DOJ, HHS continue war on Medicare fraud with formation of new regional fraud strike force S….Read More