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Earlier this month, the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) proposed significant changes to regulations affecting nurse practitioners (NP) practicing in the state.
On August 12, 2016, the Health Resources and Services Administration published a proposed rule setting forth the requirements and procedures of the administrative dispute resolution process applicable to all covered entities and drug manufacturers participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Everyone working in the health care industry today knows how often overpayments can occur; nevertheless, it is clear under the Affordable Care Act that any provider who receives an identified overpayment is under a direct legal mandate to return it.
Forty-two Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2017.
In the Law360 article “Ensuring Compliance with CMS 60-Day Overpayment Rule,” Arent Fox Health Care partner and leader of the Health Care group in the DC office Linda Baumann, and Health Care associate Hillary Stemple, discuss the critical importance of the 60-day overpayment rule for health care pr
Today, the US Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Advocate Health Care Network (Illinois’ largest healthcare system) will pay a record $5.5 million settlement for violating HIPAA.
On June 24, 2016, the non-profit Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Ransomware is old news – it has been around at least since 1989 – but it has only now started to attract widespread attention.
Health Care partner Linda Baumann was recently quoted in an article in Bloomberg BNA’s Medicare Report on the amount of money that the Medicare program recoups through its fraud and abuse enforcement efforts.
On Monday, July 11, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a fact sheet with guidance for covered entities and business associates on HIPAA and ransomware.
On July 6th, CMS released a proposed rule (expected to appear in the Federal Register on July 15th) that, if it takes effect, could be devastating to hospital off-campus outpatient department reimbursement – an effect not intended by Congress, and certainly unwelcome to the healthcare industry.
In a surprising and promising development, the Senate Finance Committee released a Majority Staff Report on June 30, 2016 that gives the health care industry some hope that Congress may finally address some of the serious concerns with the implementation and enforcement of the Stark law.
Health Care partner Linda Baumann was quoted extensively in Bloomberg BNA’s Health Care Fraud Report in an article on the potential repeal and overhaul of the Stark Law.
Telemedicine has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past decade, moving beyond teleradiology to include a broad range of specialties such as neurology, infectious diseases, and psychiatry.
The 2016 edition of Legal 500 US has rated 46 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as national leaders in their field. In addition, 14 of the firm’s practice areas were ranked among the best in the country.
In a highly anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Universal Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar that threw out existing law related to the implied certification theory of liability under the False Claims Act.
Rising prescription drug costs have been big news this year, and states are beginning to respond.
On May 25, 2016, the White House released its much anticipated Data Security Policy Principles and Framework (Security Framework) for President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI).
On April 27, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule that, among other things, would eliminate the 0.2 percent inpatient payment reduction resulting from the “2-Midnight Rule.”
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently began its second round of audits of covered entities and business associates for compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule (the “Phase 2” audits).
The California Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recently released a report detailing a comprehensive analysis of the data breaches reported to the OAG between 2012 and 2015.
On May 6, 2016, CMS published in the Federal Register a request for comments on proposed revisions to the information to be collected pursuant to the CMS Voluntary Self-Referral (Stark) Disclosure Protocol (SRDP).
In March 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enhanced its Medicare enrollment screening for new and existing enrollees to the Medicare program. Providers not meeting CMS’s enhanced enrollment screening risk denial, revocation, or deactivation of Medicare billing privileges.
Arent Fox Health Care partner Linda A. Baumann was quoted extensively in Bloomberg BNA’s Health Care Fraud Report in an article on recent concerns surrounding the Stark Law that prohibits physician self-referrals.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has finally issued final regulations transitioning to the use of the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) to establish Medicaid ingredient cost reimbursement instead of utilizing manufacturer-reported prices.