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Senate confirms Marilyn Tavenner as CMS Administrator

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

On May 15, 2013, the Senate approved Marilyn Tavenner's nomination to serve as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CMS updates Manual to reflect ambulance fee schedule reduction for non-emergency BLS transports of patients with ESRD

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

On May 10, 2013, CMS issued a transmittal clarifying the requirement in Section 637 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) that ambulance

CMS announces additional open period for bundling Model 1

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

On Friday, May 17, 2013, CMS announced that its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center (Innovation Center) is providing an open period

CMS announces $1 billion in funding for innovation grants

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

On May 15, 2013, CMS released a funding opportunity announcement for round two of the Health Care Innovation Awards. The grants are administered by

Members of Senate Finance Committee call for repeal of physician SGR, seek input from provider community

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On May 10, 2013, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT)the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee

Top Republican leaders decline to make appointments to IPAB

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On May 9, 2013, Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH), and Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), sent a letter to President Obama

Nonprofit posts new patient safety grades

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

The national nonprofit organization Leapfrog Group ("Leapfrog") recently released its updated Hospital Safety ScoreSM, a searchable database of

CMS posts hospital charge data

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On May 8, 2013, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, announced the posting by the Center for Medicare &

Jury ruled in Tuomey Healthcare retrial that the hospital violated the Stark Law and False Claims Act

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On May 8, 2013, a jury concluded that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. (Tuomey), a community hospital in Sumter, S.C., violated the Stark Law for

CMS proposes increase in payments for skilled nursing facilities in FY 2014

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

On May 1, 2013, CMS issued a proposed rule that would update payment rates under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities