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Health Care Articles and Papers
Changes to Stark Rules under FY 2009 IPPS Final Rules
August 8, 2008
On July 31, 2008, CMS issued more changes to its regulations interpreting the Stark law’s prohibition on physician self-referrals. These changes are final and result from a number of proposals published in various Federal Register notices, including the FY 2008 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule and the FY 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.
CMS Adopts Changes to PRRB Appeal Procedures
June 5, 2008
On May 23, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS) published a final rule that substantially changes the procedures for appealing a Medicare cost report determination included in a notice of program reimbursement (NPR) before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB).1 The final rule follows a proposed rule that CMS published on June 25, 2004. Many of these revised requirements will require providers to alter their internal practices and, in some respects, make the appeal process more difficult for providers. Most provisions of the final rule will become effective on August 21, 2008.
The Hidden Wounds of War: Of Vets, Mental Disorders, and the Right to Privacy
Modern Healthcare Online, June 4, 2008
Jim Pyles and Dr. Prudence Gourguechon write about the 'Hidden Wounds of War' for Modern Healthcare.
Written Statement of Peter W. Thomas, Esq., Co-Chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Health Task Force
Peter W. Thomas
May 6, 2008
Meet Joel Hamme, President Elect of the American Health Lawyers Association
Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association, May 2008
Gabriel L. Imperato, Esq, CHC, Managing Partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Broad & Cassel and member of the HCCA Board of directors, conducted this interview with Joel Hamme in March 2008. This Feature Interview, published in the May 2008 issue of Compliance Today, appears here with permission from the Health Care Compliance Association. Call 888/580-8373 with reprint requests.
Proposed Changes to Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2009
Barbara Straub Williams
OIG Blesses Payments for On-Call Coverage, Nixes Addition of Optometrists to Hospital/Surgeon ASC,” Administrative Eyecare, Volume 17, Number 2, pages 22-23 (Spring 2008)
Robert M. Portman and Kate Romanow
Administrative Eyecare, Spring 2008
"Concierge Medicine: Legal Issues, Ethical Dilemmas, and Policy Challenges," AHLA Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law, Volume 1, Number 3, pages 1-38 (April 2008)
Robert M. Portman and Kate Romanow
AHLA Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, April 2008
AMC Mission Support and Community Outreach Programs in the Aftermath of the Stark II, Phase III Regulations, Health Lawyers News, v. 11, no. 12 (December 2007)
Mark R. Fitzgerald
Health Lawyers News, December 12, 2007
Stark II, Phase III; CMS Issues the Third and Final Part of its Self-Referral Regulations
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Mark Fitzgerald
September 12, 2007
CMS Issues Final Transplant Center Conditions of Participation, Health Lawyers News v. 11, no. 7 (July 2007)
Rebecca Burke
Health Lawyers News, July 2007
Pay For Performance and Medicare Compliance; The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object
Mark R. Fitzgerald
AHLA Health Law News, April 2007
Solving the Riddle of Inpatient Rehabilitation Coverage
Ronald S. Connelly & Peter W. Thomas
HFM (Healthcare Financial Management), March 2007
Medicare Part B v. Part D Drug Coverage Issues
Mary Susan Philp & Rebecca Burke
November 2006
Tax Exempt Articles and Papers
Meet Joel Hamme, President Elect of the American Health Lawyers Association
Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association, May 2008
Gabriel L. Imperato, Esq, CHC, Managing Partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Broad & Cassel and member of the HCCA Board of directors, conducted this interview with Joel Hamme in March 2008. This Feature Interview, published in the May 2008 issue of Compliance Today, appears here with permission from the Health Care Compliance Association. Call 888/580-8373 with reprint requests.
Articles
Preferred Lender Lists, Codes of Conduct and Related Issues
A PowerPoint presentation to the Career College Association
August 14, 2008
Congress Reauthorizes the Higher Education Act
August 8, 2008
Changes to Stark Rules under FY 2009 IPPS Final Rules
August 8, 2008
On July 31, 2008, CMS issued more changes to its regulations interpreting the Stark law’s prohibition on physician self-referrals. These changes are final and result from a number of proposals published in various Federal Register notices, including the FY 2008 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule and the FY 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.
Gazette Minute Interviews - Rob Lavet
August 2008
CMS Adopts Changes to PRRB Appeal Procedures
June 5, 2008
On May 23, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS) published a final rule that substantially changes the procedures for appealing a Medicare cost report determination included in a notice of program reimbursement (NPR) before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB).1 The final rule follows a proposed rule that CMS published on June 25, 2004. Many of these revised requirements will require providers to alter their internal practices and, in some respects, make the appeal process more difficult for providers. Most provisions of the final rule will become effective on August 21, 2008.
The Hidden Wounds of War: Of Vets, Mental Disorders, and the Right to Privacy
Modern Healthcare Online, June 4, 2008
Jim Pyles and Dr. Prudence Gourguechon write about the 'Hidden Wounds of War' for Modern Healthcare.
Written Statement of Peter W. Thomas, Esq., Co-Chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Health Task Force
Peter W. Thomas
May 6, 2008
Meet Joel Hamme, President Elect of the American Health Lawyers Association
Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association, May 2008
Gabriel L. Imperato, Esq, CHC, Managing Partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Broad & Cassel and member of the HCCA Board of directors, conducted this interview with Joel Hamme in March 2008. This Feature Interview, published in the May 2008 issue of Compliance Today, appears here with permission from the Health Care Compliance Association. Call 888/580-8373 with reprint requests.
Proposed Changes to Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2009
Barbara Straub Williams
Solving the Riddle of Inpatient Rehabilitation Coverage
Ronald S. Connelly & Peter W. Thomas
HFM (Healthcare Financial Management), March 2007
Nonprofit Articles and Papers
The Hidden Wounds of War: Of Vets, Mental Disorders, and the Right to Privacy
Modern Healthcare Online, June 4, 2008
Jim Pyles and Dr. Prudence Gourguechon write about the 'Hidden Wounds of War' for Modern Healthcare.
Written Statement of Peter W. Thomas, Esq., Co-Chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Health Task Force
Peter W. Thomas
May 6, 2008
Meet Joel Hamme, President Elect of the American Health Lawyers Association
Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association, May 2008
Gabriel L. Imperato, Esq, CHC, Managing Partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Broad & Cassel and member of the HCCA Board of directors, conducted this interview with Joel Hamme in March 2008. This Feature Interview, published in the May 2008 issue of Compliance Today, appears here with permission from the Health Care Compliance Association. Call 888/580-8373 with reprint requests.
Speeches
Congress Reauthorizes the Higher Education Act
August 8, 2008
Written Statement of Peter W. Thomas, Esq., Co-Chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Health Task Force
Peter W. Thomas
May 6, 2008
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