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This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization.  “WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN AND COST FOR PARTICIPATING ACOs”1 Background Introduction.  On October…Read More

Pursuant to Section 6111 of the Affordable Care Act enacted on March 23, 2010, and the final rule published on March 18, 2011 in the Federal Register, a nursing facility must be offered the opportunity to request an Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (IIDR) if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) imposes a civil…Read More

CMS has just released the highly anticipated final regulations for accountable care organizations (ACOs) under Section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  The ACA requires accountable-care agreements to be offered under Medicare, starting in 2012. 

This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization.  The very much anticipated final regulations for the new Shared Savings Program under Section 3022 of the Affordable Care…Read More

On October 18, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiated two sets of regulatory reforms and finalized a third that are designed to improve transparency and allow providers to operate with increased efficiency. One set proposes updates to Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) and the…Read More

Just weeks after ongoing development of the CLASS Act stalled, Secretary Sebelius announced today the implementation of the CLASS Act has been completely halted.  Reflecting concerns over the sustainability of the program and the potential for the development of a new entitlement program, the Department of Health and Human Services determined the financing plans related to the Act were…Read More

On October 12, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging Matthew Kolodesh a/k/a Matvei Kolodech, with conspiracy to defraud Medicare of more than $14 million.  According to the indictment, Kolodesh’s business, Home Care Hospice, Inc. (HCH), located in Philadelphia, PA, submitted Medicare claims for approximately $14.3 million dollars for patients who were…Read More

On October 6, 2011, the Provider Reimbursement Review Board released Decision No. 2012-D1 ruling on two issues related to proper calculation of “total paid hours” when calculating the wage index for hospitals in Cincinnati and rural Iowa.  Both issues related to hour recorded as paid by the hospitals but not actually worked by employees.  In…Read More