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08.30.18

CMS Releases Guidance Formalizing Budget Neutrality Policies

On August 22, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a State Medicaid Director Letter (SMDL) memorializing its long-standing budget neutrality policies requiring that waivers under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (1115 waivers) cost no more to the federal ...


08.21.18

Overcoming Data-Sharing Challenges in the Opioid Epidemic

It is difficult to exaggerate the impact of the opioid epidemic on the nation’s health.


08.21.18

President Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan: What’s Next?

The Administration’s drug pricing plan, “American Patients First: The Trump Administration Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs,” unveiled in May included tough rhetoric for the stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry, including manufacturers, payers, ...


08.21.18

New Webinar: “Tracking Telehealth Reimbursement Trends”

Click Here to Register Free—and Join Us on September 13 From 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET


08.21.18

Refusing Room and Board Coverage Violates Mental Health Parity

On June 6, 2018, the Ninth Circuit revived a lawsuit, Danny P. et al. v. Catholic Health Initiatives, No. 16-35609, challenging the denial of a claim for an inpatient stay at a residential mental health treatment facility by a group health plan, taking issue with disparity in the plan’s ...


08.21.18

New Webinar Reveals How to Protect Your Organization From TCPA Litigation

Click Here to Register Free for “Telephone, Texts and the TCPA: Everything Healthcare Organizations Need to Know.” Join Us September 26 From 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET—and Earn CLE. 


08.21.18

Can Efficient Skilled Nursing Facility Placement Generate PAC Savings?

Focusing on joint replacement procedures—the most common inpatient procedure for the Medicare population—we developed two models to test whether an SNF’s cost performance in a prior year could be used to improve a health system’s SNF partnership and referral strategy.


08.21.18

Now on Demand—“Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare: Preparing and Protecting Your Organization”

Click Here to View the Webinar Free, on Demand—and Earn CLE. Click Here to Download a Free Copy of the Webinar Presentation.


08.21.18

Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare: Nine Key Questions Answered

To determine if data has been accessed or exfiltrated from its network, an organization must implement a robust logging and monitoring process.


08.16.18

CMS Finalizes Changes Advancing Its Meaningful Measures Initiative

On August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS).