At long last, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued final guidance on hospital co-location with other hospitals and health care facilities (“Final Guidance”). Hospital co-location has been a compliance challenge for many due to CMS’s piecemeal approach, which included a…
The Indiana Court of Appeals recently held that healthcare providers could be liable for failing to take steps to protect a patient’s grandfather against an imminent danger demonstrated by the patient’s conduct and statements across several trips to the emergency department. In Coplan v. Miller (Ct.…
Employment Practice attorney Shelley M. Jackson discusses the new vaccination requirements for employers with over 100 employees.
Although most physicians have heard about the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (the “Sunshine Act”) and have seen reports of the payments physicians have received from reporting drug and medical device companies, few physicians take the time to review or correct their own records.
Many physicians…
The development and growth of ambulatory surgery centers (“ASCs”) has continued and even accelerated in recent years. Shifts in allowable cases from inpatient to outpatient, temporary closures of hospital outpatient departments because of COVID, and private equity funding have all bolstered this…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a new tool on the CMS Compare website to permit consumers to access each nursing facility’s staff and resident vaccination rates and make informed decisions when choosing a nursing facility. CMS has required certified nursing…
The Federal Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury recently announced a delay to certain portions of their Interim Final Rules implementing the surprise billing provisions of the No Surprises Act, set to become effective on January 1, 2022. While most of the delays…
In a recent decision, Rebecca J. Denman, M.D. v. St. Vincent Medical Group, Inc., St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc., 20A-PL-1236 (Aug. 18, 2021), the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a $4.75 million verdict awarded by a Marion County jury to Dr. Rebecca Denman against a charge nurse, St. Vincent…
Central to the practice of medicine, referrals are an important part of patient care. Referrals are also a critical component when evaluating whether arrangements between parties violate the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), which prohibits knowingly or willfully offering, paying, soliciting, or…
In this podcast we'll discuss how State and federal governments are rapidly pushing new medical billing transparency requirements. These new laws are raising many questions about what to expect and how to comply. Krieg DeVault attorneys discuss these new laws and steps that health providers can…
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 adds a new rural emergency hospital (“REH”) provider type for Medicare and adds Medicare coverage for REH Services, effective January 1, 2023.
New REH provider type for Medicare:
Indiana Executive Orders that temporarily authorized certain health care students to practice in Indiana under a temporary license are set to expire on September 30, 2021. Executive Orders (EO 21-17 and EO 21-19) allowed physician assistant students, nursing students, respiratory care practitioner…
