CMS Issues Sweeping New Rules For HHA Participation in Medicare/Medicaid
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Home health agencies have six months to comply with sweeping new changes that will impact their ability to participate in ...
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Why Labs Have a Lot to Lose Under CMS’ Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Big changes are coming that will impact how Medicare will pay for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (CDLTs). The changes, according ...
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New Year: New Prescribing Laws Take Effect
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Two new prescribing laws took effect this month that physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners should be familiar with. Effective ...
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DEA Reverses Stand on Renewal Notices
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced important changes to its registration renewal process. Effective Jan. 1, the DEA will ...
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OIG’s New Safe Harbors, Civil Monetary Penalty Exceptions Set to Take Effect
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
On January 6, new safe harbors to the federal anti-kickback statute and amendments to the civil monetary penalty rules will ...
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Judge Orders HHS to Clear Medicare Claims Appeal Backlog by 2020
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Four years, that’s how long a federal judge has given the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to clear ...
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OIG Says Free Labeling of Test Tubes, Collection Containers Could Violate Anti-Kickback Laws
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory opinion suggesting that a laboratory’s proposal to label test tubes ...
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Feds weigh in on competitive benefits of telemedicine
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
As telemedicine continues to grow in use and popularity, federal agencies are increasingly being asked to consider how it will ...
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CMS: Ignorance not an excuse when it comes to liability
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a policy change that provides additional conditions for determining when ...
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OIG’s Far-reaching 2017 Work Plan Designed to Root Out Fraud and Abuse
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its work plan for ...
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