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September 19, 2016

CMS FINALIZES RULE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule for emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating providers and suppliers in the Federal Register on September 16, 2016. Noting the timeliness of the rule’s publication, which also happens to coincide with peak Atlantic hurricane season, CMS Deputy Administrator and Chief Medical Officer...

General

August 29, 2016

Eighth Circuit Determines that Compliance with Reasonable Interpretation of Government Regulation Sufficient to Avoid FCA Liability (Absent a Government Warning to the Contrary)

Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement

July 14, 2016

CMS Issues Proposed Rule Addressing Off-Campus Outpatient Departments

July 14, 2016 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its 2017 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule on July 14, 2016 (the Proposed Rule). In part, the Proposed Rule addresses CMS’s implementation of Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Section 603) which significantly limits payment for items...

Employment

July 13, 2016

New OSHA Rule Effective Next Month – Are Your Drug-Testing Policies Placing You At Risk?

Certain provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA’s”) new reporting Rule, which go into effect on August 10, 2016, implicate employers’ post-injury and post-accident drug-testing policies. As the compliance deadline is swiftly approaching, employers are reminded to set time aside over the next few weeks to confer with counsel, review their policies, and...

Data Privacy and Security

July 8, 2016