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CMS announces payment, policy changes for physician services to Medicare beneficiaries in 2010

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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November 9 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final changes to policies and payment rates for services to be furnished during calendar year (CY 2010) by physicians and non-physician practitioners paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS

House passes comprehensive bill

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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November 9 2009

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which will now move to the Senate where it could face stiff opposition

House passes small business exclusion to Red Flag Rules

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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November 9 2009

The House of Representatives passed a bill narrowing the scope of the Red Flag Rules on October 20, 2009

CMS issues final rule for payment and policy changes to hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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November 9 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for both hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) for calendar year (CY) 2010

CMS announces policy and payment updates for Medicare home health

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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November 9 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a 2 percent market basket update to Medicare's calendar year (CY) 2010 home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) rates and modifications to the home health outlier policy

HHS publishes interim final rule revising HIPAA enforcement provisions

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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November 9 2009

The Department of Health and Human Services published an interim final rule that reconciles the HIPAA enforcement regulations with the statutory revisions described in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee awards attorneys fees and costs to defendant physician after plaintiff failed to rebut defense of HCQI immunity

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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November 9 2009

In Mazen Abu-Hatab, M.D. v. Naseem Siddiqi, M.D., Extracorporeal Technologies, Inc. & Blount Memorial Hospital, Inc. (E.D. Tenn. 2009), Dr. Mazen Abu-Hatab filed a multi-count lawsuit against Dr. Naseem Siddiqi, Dr. Siddiqi's dialysis clinic, Extracorporeal Technologies, Inc. (ETI) and a hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for first amendment retaliation and procedural due process deficiencies stemming from the suspension and revocation of his medical staff privileges, as well as state law claims for breach of contract, defamation and tortious interference with contract

How the health care reform bills differ

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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October 7 2009

Three major health care reform proposals have been introduced in Congress in the last year

$120 million for states made available as part of Recovery Act Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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October 7 2009

HHS has made available $120 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for prevention and wellness programs for states and territories

CMS proposes new prospective payment system for renal dialysis facilities

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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October 7 2009

CMS has proposed a new prospective payment system (PPS) for facilities that provide dialysis services to Medicare beneficiaries who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD

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