A growing number of states are regulating outpatient procedures being performed in previously unregulated doctors’ offices, or weighing measures to do so, the Wall Street Journal reports. States considering these measures include California, Indiana, Florida, Arizona, New York and Nevada. The New York state medical board will begin enforcing a law this month that for […]

The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware declined to apply the 2009 False Claims Act (FCA) Amendments against a physician’s submitted false claims prior to 2009 because no false claims were paid by the government and application of the amendments would have caused retroactive effects counter to congressional intent, as reported by CCH® […]

President Obama’s national health care reform initiative is in jeopardy even before serious negotiations to pass legislation have begun. Republican opponents in the House and Senate pose one obvious threat. In addition, some states are considering opting out of the plan—before a funding mechanism is set, before the number of people to be covered is […]

The next CMS Hospital/Hospital Quality Open Door Forum scheduled for:Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009  Click title to read more…     Start Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time.Conference Leader(s): Marc Hartstein, Mark Levine, M.D., Natalie Highsmith.Open Door Participation Instructions:There are 2 ways to participate, onsite or […]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today proposed changes to policies and payment rates for services to be furnished during calendar year (CY 2010) by over 1 million physicians and nonphysician practitioners who are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). The MPFS sets payment rates for more than 7,000 types […]