Dec 28, 2020New Act: More Money; Surprise Medical BillingIncreased Conversion Factors. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) passed by Congress and signed by President Trump...
Dec 23, 2020Proposed Rule to Amend HIPAAOn December 10, 2020, HHS released a 357-page Proposed Rule to amend HIPAA. Proposed rules typically become final about 6 months after...
Dec 21, 2020More Government Money Coming1. More PRF Money. On December 16, 2020 HHS announced it would begin Phase III distributions of an additional $24 Billion in provider...
Dec 3, 2020CMS Releases 2021 Medicare Final RuleThe CMS Final Rule for the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was released December 1 and contains over 2,100 pages of information. ...
Nov 24, 2020CMS Releases New Stark Final Rule1. Effective Date. On November 20, 2020, CMS issued a Final Rule on Stark. There have been numerous “final” rules on Stark; this is...
Nov 23, 2020New OIG Kickback Final RuleOn November 20, 2020, the Government issued two significant Final Rules, one relating to the Anti-kickback statute (“AKS”), and the other...