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On December 11, 2020, we published Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: HHS Proposes Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. In it, we shared that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS”) has proposed certain modifications to the Health Insurance… Why Are You Really Here? Government Increasingly Skeptical of Paid Physician Speaking Engagements
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) is skeptical of physician speaking engagements paid by pharmaceutical and medical device companies. In a recent Special Fraud Announcement, the OIG issued warnings to physicians who are not employees of sponsoring companies and are paid to espouse the… Beware the Ides of March - New Price Transparency Requirements Take Effect(?)
While the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule went into effect on January 1, 2021, a similar Indiana price transparency law is also set to go in effect later this month. By March 31, 2021, all hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (“ASCs”) must post on their website certain state specific… Pros and Cons of Health Care Private Equity
Private equity (or PE) continues to have a strong interest in physician practices, surgery centers, and other health care ventures. Does Wining and Dining EHR Prospects Trigger False Claims Act Liability?
Athenahealth, Inc. (“Athena”), an electronic health records (“EHR”) vendor, recently paid $18.25 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by using extravagant gifts to persuade prospects to buy its electronic medical record system. In its Complaint, the government did not… Hurry Up and Wait: HHS Delays Reporting Requirements on Coronavirus Provider Relief Funds
On January 15, 2021, HHS updated its guidance on the reporting requirements for recipients of payments under the Coronavirus Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) that exceeded $10,000 in the aggregate. This latest notice supersedes the previous guidance communicated by the agency on November 2, 2020 and… Show Me the Records: OCR Holds Providers Accountable Under HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
As if to underscore Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) commitment to electronic medical record interoperability and against information blocking, OCR closed out 2020 with a sweeping number of enforcement actions under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative (“Initiative”). OCR also didn’t hesitate to… Is Your Non-Compete Buy-Out Reasonable?
As we reported previously, earlier this year, the Indiana Legislature passed House Bill 1004, which created a new law affecting physician noncompete agreements and physician separations codified at Indiana Code 25-22.5-5.5 that went into effect on July 1, 2020. The new law sets out five provisions… Will Legislatures Put Telehealth on Hold in 2021?
COVID-19 has undoubtedly elevated telehealth in the health care industry, and has all but assured its continuance long after the public health emergency ends. However, the exact form that telehealth may take along its pathway to becoming a permanent fixture in the health care delivery system is… MFAR Dies, but Not Without Leaving a Trace- New Supplemental Payment Reporting
As we previously reported, on September 14, 2020 CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced, via a tweet, that CMS was withdrawing the proposed rule titled “Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule” (“Proposed Rule”). While the Proposed Rule was marketed as promoting transparency of the Medicaid program,… Court of Appeals Clears the Way for CMS’s Hospital Price Transparency Rule
Yesterday, the D.C. Court of Appeals (the “Appeals Court”) issued its ruling affirming summary judgment in favor of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and against the American Hospital Association (“AHA”). The ruling clears the way for CMS’s Price Transparency Rule (“Rule”) which… Court of Appeals Clears the Way for CMS’s Hospital Price Transparency Rule
Yesterday, the D.C. Court of Appeals (the “Appeals Court”) issued its ruling affirming summary judgment in favor of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and against the American Hospital Association (“AHA”). The ruling clears the way for CMS’s Price Transparency Rule (“Rule”) which… |
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