The rule, which is scheduled to be published in theFederal Registeron May 10, 2024, was finalized with only a few meaningful changes from the text that was proposed in September 2023. The rule will take effect onJune 21, 2024and will be implemented on that date with some nota...
摘要: Focuses on the fire safety rule proposed by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2001 for health care facilities. Projection on the cost of compliance to the rule; Comparison of the safety codes in 1997 and 2000....
This Holland & Knight alert provides an overview of key proposals contained in the Proposed Rule. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System...
StaffingIn July of 2015, the Federal Register published for public comment proposed rule changes for nursing homes certified to receive Medicare and/or Medicaid. If the final rules are similar to the proposed rules, they will represent the largest change in federal rules governing nursing homes ...
Anew federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s newminimum nursing home staffing rulelays out the worst-case scenario: Hundreds of long-term care facilities forced to downsize or close, tens of thousands of vulnerable seniors displaced, and countless others waiting longer for care. ...
Concerns over provisions of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (MFAR) have compelled CMS to rescind the rule proposed last November.
CMS did not respond to comments that it received in response to the proposed rule's "request for information" regarding organ acquisition costs. In particular, in the proposed rule, CMS requested information on: 1) a new methodology for counting organs under which transplanting hospi...
The proposed rule includes a number of technical revisions to the regulations implementing the Stark law. These revisions appear to be designed to provide clarity and flexibility regarding the burden of technical requirements, including written agreements, extended holdover provisions, new time share leas...
CMS summarizes comments received in response to the RFI in the proposed rule on future performance measure concepts for the HHVBP model. The new measure concepts include: Family caregiver Falls with injury (claims based) Medicare spending per beneficiary ...
Hospitals may be required to revise staffing obligations, invest in additional technology (particularly telehealth technology), and amend supply agreements to serve a variety of new locations. While the “hospitals without walls” model may be attractive for certain locations and some kinds of patients...