Sonnenschein Health Care Of Interest News
Sonnenschein Health Care Of Interest News
- CMS Outpatient PPS Final Rule
11-27-2007 - - CMS Releases Rule Delaying Effective Date for Stand in the Shoes for AMCs
11-09-2007 - - New Steps to Encourage Efficiency and Quality for Medicare Hospital Outpatient Services in 2008
11-01-2007 - - Medicare Final Rule Announces 2008 Physician Fees and Reforms for Accurate Payments and Quality
11-01-2007 - - CMS Release Decision Memorandum for the Clinical Trial Policy
10-17-2007 - - CMS Announces $4 Billion Medicare Part D Recovery Program
10-05-2007 - - OIG Releases Fraud & Abuse Advisory Opinion about Needy Cancer Patients and Nonprofit Foundation
10-03-2007 - - OIG Releases FY 2008 Work Plan
10-01-2007 - - OIG Rules Favorably on Hospital Program to Pay Physicians for On-Call and Indigent Care
09-27-2007 - - OIG and AHLA Release Corporate Responsibility Guidance for Health Care Boards of Directors
09-13-2007 - - Secretary Leavitt Announces Weems Designated as Acting CMS Administrator and Herb Kuhn as Deputy CMS Administrator
09-07-2007 - - CMS Posts Stark III Regulations (scheduled to be published in Federal Register on September 5)
08-27-2007 - - CMS Announces Payment Changes for Medicare Home Health Services
08-22-2007 - - IRS Announces Qualified 501(c)(3) Bonds Compliance Project
08-21-2007 - - CMS Announces Payment Reforms for Inpatient Hospital Services in 2008
08-01-2007 - - CMS Proposes New Clinical Research Policy
07-19-2007 - - HRSA Publishes Proposed Notice on Children's Hospitals and the 340B Drug Program
07-10-2007 - - CMS Issues Final Decision Memorandum for Clinical Trial Policy
07-09-2007 - - CMS Publishes New Medicaid Drug Payment Rule
07-06-2007 - - IRS Adds Question and Answer Guidance for EHR Financial Assistance
06-20-2007 - - OIG Withdraws Substantially in Excess Proposed Rule
06-18-2007 - - IRS Releases Redesigned Form 990
06-14-2007 - - US Attorney in South Florida Announces DME Fraud Indictment of $101 Million
05-25-2007 - - CMS Announces Expanded Coverage of Ultrasound Diagnostic Procedures
05-22-2007 - - CMS Proposes Reforms of Compliance Requirements for Medicare Advantage Plans
05-21-2007 - - IRS Memo States Financial Assistance to Physicians for EHR Not Private Benefit, Inurement
05-11-2007 - - CMS Proposes Payment, Policy Changes for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities for FY 2008
05-02-2007 - - CMS Announces Policy and Payment Changes for Long-Term Care Hospitals for Rate Year 2008
05-01-2007 - - CMS Proposes Increase in Medicare Payments to Nursing Homes for 2008
04-30-2007 - - CMS Proposes Payment Changes for Medicare Home Health Services
04-27-2007 - - IRS Provides Guidance on Not-for-Profit Tax Forms (FAQs for Form 990)
04-26-2007 - - CMS Issues Guidance on Hospital Emergency Services Requirements
04-26-2007 - - HHS Secretary Delegates Authority for Subpoenas to Office for Civil Rights (from the Federal Register)
04-16-2007 - - CMS Proposes Payment Reforms for Inpatient Hospital Services
04-13-2007 - - OIG Report Declares Missouri Provider Tax Produced $8 Million Medicaid Overpayment
04-11-2007 - - CMS Proposes Revised Clinical Trial Policy
04-10-2007 - - Seventh Circuit Holds that Cardiologist's Sentence Too Low for Major Fraud
04-09-2007 - - HHS Urges Clinical Trial Sponsors to Enhance Quality of Adverse Event Reports
04-06-2007 - - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Concerning Use of Rewards from Credit Card Issuers for the Benefit of a Residential Health Care Facility and its Employees
04-03-2007 - - CMS Clarifies Guidelines for National Provider Identification (NPI) Deadline Implementation
04-03-2007 - - CMS Announces Measure Specifications for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
04-03-2007 - - CMS Issues Notification of Changes in Medicare Part D Payment for Calendar Year 2008
04-02-2007 - - CMS Announces Competitive Acquisition Program for Certain DME, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies
04-02-2007 - - CMS Announcement of Calendar Year 2008 Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Payment Policies
04-02-2007 - - OIG Advisory Opinion States Company's Help for Part D Enrollees not Sanctionable but Raises Kickback Concerns
03-30-2007 - - Federal Court Holds HHS Method of Calculating Hospitals' Medicare Reimbursement Unlawful
03-29-2007 - - U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Relator Was Not The "Original Source" In Qui Tam Act