[08/13/19]
Posted on August 13, 2019 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
In the recently issued Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed several revisions to its Stark Law advisory opinion process. These proposed revisions follow CMS’s receipt of several stakeholder comments in response to its Request for Information Regarding the Physician Self-Referral Law published... READ MORE
Tags: advisory opinion, cms, Physician Fee Schedule, Physician Self-Referral Law, proposed rule, regulations, Stark law
[07/20/12]
Posted on July 20, 2012 in False Claims Act Defense, Litigation Analysis
Written by: David B. Honig
Federal regulations are an enormous morass of complex, confusing, and often contradictory rules. The 2009 Code of Federal Regulations was 163,333 pages in 226 individual books. The 2010 Federal Register, which contains new regulations proposed rules, and presidential papers, contained an additional 81,305 pages. Intended as a roadmap, providing guideposts and requirements for dealing... READ MORE
Tags: Advice of Counsel, attorney-client privilege, cfr, Code of Federal Regulations, False Claims Act, federal register, knowledge, mens rea, regulations, waiver
[09/08/11]
Posted on September 8, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
Yesterday, CMS sent a new transmittal to the state survey agencies on the use of feeding tubes in nursing homes. In short, F321 has been combined into F322 and according the CMS the changes were made to provide nursing home surveyors with guidance to determine compliance with use of feeding tubes by nursing homes. ... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, enrollment, F321, F322, feeding tube, Home Health, interpretive guideline, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, medicaid, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, nursing facility, nursing home, regulations, selby, skilled nursing facility, wage index
[08/16/11]
Posted on August 16, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
On July 29, 2011, CMS issued the following guidance for the use of video cameras in ICFs/MR: To ensure that clients’ rights are protected, the use of video cameras in the ICF/MR must be reviewed, approved and monitored by the Specially Constituted Committee (SCC) of the facility as constituted per 42 CFR 483.440(f)(3)(i-iii). If... READ MORE
Tags: 42 cfr, bufford, cameras, certification, client, cms, guidance, hall render, icf/mr, informed consent, jent, letter, long term care, provider, regulations, selby, survey, transmittal, video
