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Uncompensated Care and DSH (Medicare disproportionate share hospitals)

AIHC

For more information on filing compliance cost reports, attend the Medicare Cost Report Camp in March 2022 presented by KraftCPAs and sponsored by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance. LTCHs are paid under the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS).

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Deadline for Physicians, Advance Practice Providers and Teaching Hospitals to Review Sunshine Act Data Approaching

Hall Render

This year, however, changes made in 2018 expanding the definition of “Covered Recipient” have gone into effect. During this 45-day window, Covered Recipients may use CMS’s online National Physician Payment Transparency Program (known as the Open Payments system) to formally dispute any information they believe is incorrect.

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Home Health PPS Final Rule for CY 2024: CMS Steps Back from the Brink

Hall Render

On November 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”), which has since been filed in the Federal Register. 7,872 2018 5,851 77.1% 7,589 2019 5,871 79.3%

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

There’s an RFI out right now, published as part of the federales’ “ Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care ,” announced by HHS Secretary Alex Azar in mid-2018. healthcare “system.” ” (Let’s just say here that the jury is still out. It’s a topic for a longer discussion.)

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

There’s an RFI out right now, published as part of the federales’ “ Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care ,” announced by HHS Secretary Alex Azar in mid-2018. healthcare “system.” ” (Let’s just say here that the jury is still out. It’s a topic for a longer discussion.)

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Gearing up for Immunizations

Redox

Even in jurisdictions with laws requiring children to be inoculated, places such as Alaska were seeing as high as 30% non-compliance. Immunization requirements still live on as Meaningful Use has turned into the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and associated Merit Based Incentive Payments System (MIPS).

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How the Fifty States View Electronic Data as a “Product”

Drug & Device Law

2018), rejected a purported duty to modify an electronic product component to disable product use while the user was driving. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC , 2018 WL 6599901, at *5 (D. 17, 2018), the court held that a mortgage “is not tangible personal property” as required by the Magnuson Moss Act. 2018), cert. 18 §7001.