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On November 10, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the amended final rule regarding the expansion exception process for physician-owned hospitals (“2015 Final Rule”).  The 2015 Final Rule will take effect on January 1, 2015. Background Under the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) amendments to the Stark Law, a physician-owned hospital... READ MORE

On October 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final notice approving Lake Pointe Medical Center’s (“Lake Pointe”) request for an exception to the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) expansion limitations imposed on physician-owned hospitals. Background Under the ACA’s amendments to the Stark Law, a physician-owned hospital cannot expand the... READ MORE

Background Recent public comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) shed light on the frustrations faced by physician-owned hospitals trying to expand.  On July 14, 2014, CMS issued a proposed rule to make changes to the data sources that may be used for physician-owned hospital expansion requests under the physician self-referral... READ MORE