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FTC Warns Healthcare Systems That CMS Price Transparency Compliance Is No Safe Harbor Under the FTC
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FTC Warns Healthcare Systems That CMS Price Transparency Compliance Is No Safe Harbor Under the FTC
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FTC Warns Healthcare Systems That CMS Price Transparency Compliance Is No Safe Harbor Under the FTC
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FTC Warns Healthcare Systems That CMS Price Transparency Compliance Is No Safe Harbor Under the FTC
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FTC Warns Healthcare Systems That CMS Price Transparency Compliance Is No Safe Harbor Under the FTC
On October 5, 2026, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent warning letters to twenty-four of the nation's largest health systems. The letters remind recipients that Section 5 of the FTC Act requires timely, accurate, and...
FTC Warns Healthcare Systems That CMS Price Transparency Compliance Is No Safe Harbor Under the FTC
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FTC Warns Healthcare Systems That CMS Price Transparency Compliance Is No Safe Harbor Under the FTC
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CMS Issues Guidance for Medicare Contractors to Pay For Section 1115 Day | JD Supra
On March 16, 2023, CMS issued Change Request 12669, which contains instructions for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to begin the process of retroactively reimbursing DSH hospitals for inpatient days attributable to individuals whose care is covered by uncompensated care pools or who receive premium assistance approved by CMS in a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver. This reimbursement is now required following CMS’s acquiescence in Bethesda Health v. Azar (D.C. Cir.
CMS Proposes for the Third Time to Exclude Section 1115 Uncompensated Care Pool Days from Medicare DSH | JD Supra
On February 24, 2023, CMS issued a proposed rule that would modify the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment regulation to limit the universe of Section 1115 demonstration beneficiaries who can be “regarded as” eligible for Medicaid (the Proposed Rule).
Foreign Influence Lessons From Research Org FCA Deal
Law360 (March 3, 2020, 4:36 PM EST) -- The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that it reached a $5.5 million settlement with the Van Andel Research Institute, a biomedical research institute that received National Institutes of Health grant funding, to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to disclose Chinese government grants that funded two research scientists.
Senators Grassley and Wyden Reintroduce Legislation to Reduce Medicare Appeals Backlog | JD Supra
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Florida Hospitals Prevail in Litigation Challenging the Exclusion of Low Income Pool Days from the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Calculation | King & Spalding - JDSupra
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District Court Order Paves Way for HHS to Appeal Decision Finding 340B Rate Cut Unlawful Without First Providing a Proposed Remedy on Remand | JD Supra
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Fifth Circuit Orders CMS to Count Mississippi Hospitals’ UCCP Days in the Medicaid Fraction of the Medicare DSH Payment Formula | JD Supra
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CMS to Begin Enforcing “Longstanding” Accounting Classification Rule for Crossover Bad Debts | JD Supra
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New Hampshire Hospital Association v. Azar is Another Win for Hospitals in Medicaid DSH Reimbursement Litigation | JD Supra
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CMS Proposes Changes to Inpatient Admission Orders in 2019 IPPS Proposed Rule | JD Supra
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District Court Grants Government’s Motion to Dismiss Legal Challenge to Medicare Rate Cut for 340B Discounted Drugs
On December 29, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the government’s motion to dismiss a pre-implementation challenge to CMS’s policy to cut the Medicare reimbursement rate for separately payable outpatient drugs by nearly 30 percent. The legal challenge was brought by the American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, America’s Essential Hospitals as well as three public and not-for-profit hospitals.
CMS Issues New Instructions for Completing Worksheet S-10 and Extends Deadline for Providers to Submit Updated Data for FYs 2014 and 2015 to October 31, 2017 | King & Spalding - JDSupra
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