Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

On Friday, June 20, 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 (“PPS Rule”), which has since been published in the Federal Register and is currently open for comment. Physical Therapy 3.30

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. In 1983 Medicare shifted to the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and DRGs (Diagnostic Related Groups) and only paying a limited number of days to the hospital regardless of the actual length of stay.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Noncompliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule (“the final rule”) was published in November 2019 and went into effect on January 2021. The government expects hospitals to be compliant as there has been ample time to prepare for its implementation and to comply with the requirements.

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Health Law Advisor

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Announced in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) will be a new type of Medicare provider starting January 1, 2023. Under the OPPS Final Rule, REHs will be paid both on a per-service basis at an OPPS +5% rate and a monthly facility payment.

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Unfortunately, despite this good news, there are still major technological and logistic hurdles between now and us all meeting up at HIMSS 2021 like “Wow, what a year that was, huh?”. The government thought the same. After that initial fun, the government decided to follow it up and dropped the sequel, 2? ?M?e?a?n?i?n?g?f?u?l?

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

million in 2021, more than the hospital spent on charity care in three years Could telehealth be the solution for the nursing shortage in hospitals? Cleveland VA Hospital receives five-star rating in annual Quality Star Ratings Ohio COVID-19 cases spike to highest level since mid-January; Sept. hospital creates GoFundMe page with $1.5M

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

Billion in Community Benefit in 2021 OhioHealth buys land in Canal Winchester – 3 miles from competitor’s ER Quipt Home Medical inks $26M stock deal with Beacon Securities, Canaccord Genuity Corp.,

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 29, 2022

Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday. Enrollment more than doubled over the past decade, reaching nearly 27 million people in 2021.

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Drug & Device Law

JULY 31, 2023

Since digital files were not “articles” under the statute, the government could not rely on this statute to prevent their importation. 2021) (applying California law), is a §230 preemption case. 2021 WL 1212713, at *14 (E.D. March 31, 2021) (“negligent product liability” claim dismissed against a “service” – “training. . .

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