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In November 2014, the ECRI Institute¹ issued a report discussing issues of patient safety and adverse events linked to health information technology (“IT”) products. The report comes in the form of an annual list of top ten health technology safety hazards. According to the ECRI Institute, although many facets of health IT have a... READ MORE

On November 10, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the amended final rule regarding the expansion exception process for physician-owned hospitals (“2015 Final Rule”).  The 2015 Final Rule will take effect on January 1, 2015. Background Under the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) amendments to the Stark Law, a physician-owned hospital... READ MORE

On October 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final notice approving Lake Pointe Medical Center’s (“Lake Pointe”) request for an exception to the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) expansion limitations imposed on physician-owned hospitals. Background Under the ACA’s amendments to the Stark Law, a physician-owned hospital cannot expand the... READ MORE

Background Recent public comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) shed light on the frustrations faced by physician-owned hospitals trying to expand.  On July 14, 2014, CMS issued a proposed rule to make changes to the data sources that may be used for physician-owned hospital expansion requests under the physician self-referral... READ MORE