Topic
Value-Based Care
134 published works
Health Care and Life Sciences
Arrangements, Exceptions, and Modifications – OIG and CMS Challenge the Status Quo
By Anjali N.C. Downs, Jennifer Michael, Victoria Vaskov Sheridan
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued their long-awaited proposed rules in connection with the…
Health Law Diagnosis
Government Releases Proposed Rules on Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), Anti-Kickback Statute and CMP Law; Significant Regulatory Changes Intended to Encourage Care Coordination and Value-Based Care
By Conor Duffy, Robinson+Cole's Health Law Group
On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its long-awaited proposals (the Proposed Rules) to update regulatory exceptions and safe harbors, for the federal Physician…
Healthcare Law Blog
CMS Proposes New Home Health Agency Rule Including Potential Changes to Reimbursement, Coverage, Quality, and More: CMS Accepting Comments until September 9, 2019
By Kathleen Stratton, Theresa Thompson
On July 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a proposed rule for home health agency Medicare reimbursement that would increase payments by an aggregate 1.3%…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HHS “Quality Summit” to Focus on Overhauling Federal Quality Programs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced plans to hold a “Quality Summit” to foster dialogue between government leaders and health care industry stakeholders on how HHS…
Health Industry Washington Watch
OMB Reviewing OIG Proposed Rule Amending Federal Anti-kickback and Beneficiary Inducement Policies to Promote Value-Based Care
By Elizabeth B. Carder-Thompson, Debra A. McCurdy
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing a long-awaited Trump Administration proposed rule to amend the safe harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and exceptions to…
The Healthcare Investor
Reimbursement Trends for Facility Investments: New Ways to Look at Shifts in ACOs, Bundled Payments and Value Based Purchasing and Other Developments – 3 Key Points
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference discusses reimbursement trends for healthcare facilities. It is authored…
Healthcare Law Blog
CMS Announces New Initiative for Value-Based Transformation of Primary Care
By Melissa Gertler, Matthew Goldman
On April 22, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced the CMS Primary Cares Initiative (the “Initiative”), which…
The Healthcare Investor
Reimbursement Trends in PPM Businesses – 5 Key Points
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference focuses on trends in physician practice management (PPM). It…
Employee Benefits Blog
Digital Health Drives Forward – A Roadmap of Regulations
New digital health regulations arose at the federal and state level in 2018, bolstering the existing legal framework to further support and encourage digital health adoption in the context of…
Waller Law Blogs
HHS launches innovative payment model for ambulance providers
02.21.19The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a new payment model for emergency ambulance services that will permit Medicare patients to be transported to healthcare…