CMS Policy Changes to Drug Benefit Program Targets Opioid Abuse
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Effective June 15, policy changes for the prescription drug benefit program finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) ...
Read More OIG Opinion: Providing Sample Ostomy Products Does not Violate Anti-Kickback Statute
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
An ostomy product distributor can give free samples to Medicare patients without worrying about violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, according ...
Read More CMS Wants to Revive Controversial HHA Claim Review Process
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to revive a controversial demonstration project for Medicare fee-for-service home health ...
Read More Nationwide Push on to Remove Gag from Pharmacists
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, gag clauses that prohibit pharmacies from telling customers how they can save money ...
Read More VA Physicians to Start Practicing Across State Lines
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Starting June 11, VA healthcare providers will be allowed to deliver care via telemedicine across state lines. As we wrote ...
Read More OIG Report Critical of AHCA’s Nursing Home Violation Verifications
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is under fire for failing to ensure that nursing homes followed through and ...
Read More CMS Issues Slew of New Rules and Policies to Improve Patient Care, Boost Reimbursements
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has been busy pushing out proposed rules and policy changes that will impact ...
Read More Medical Associations Propose New Payment Model for Opioid Addiction Treatment
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Recognizing that the current payment structure for physicians who provide outpatient opioid addiction treatment is not working, the American Medical ...
Read More OIG Report Finds Improper Billing for Telemedicine Services
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
As the push to increase the use of telemedicine grows, so too do concerns over questionable billing practices. In a ...
Read More OIG Workplan Update: From Opioid Misuse to Elder Abuse
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) continues to update its Work Plan ...
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