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November 14, 2012
- AHA and Hospitals Sue HHS Over Claims Denials Involving Patient Status
- Calendar Year 2013 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Final Rule Released by CMS
- CMS Releases Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule for CY 2013
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2012: Issue 17 - Focus on Long Term Care
- CMS Issues Multiple Skilled Nursing Facility/Nursing Facility Guidance Documents
- 2013 OIG Work Plan: Key Issues for Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Facilities
- Aid and Attendance Benefit: A Useful Benefit to Veterans in Nursing Homes
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November 1, 2012
- Court Rejects Secretary’s Denial of Exhausted Benefit Days in the DSH Medicaid Proxy
- Proposed Settlement Would Prevent Medicare Denials for Chronically Ill and Disabled Due to Lack of Improvement
- OIG's 2013 Work Plan - What's Critical for Long-Term Care, Hospice, Home Health Agency and Home and Community-Based Providers?
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October 18, 2012
- A Second Court of Appeals Rules Against Hospitals in Medicare “Provider Tax” Case
- New Registration Process for 340B Entities - Another Sign of Changes in the Program
- OIG’s 2013 Work Plan – What Should Hospital and Physician Providers Expect in the Coming Year?
Health Law Alert >
2012: Issue 16
- Ober|Kaler to Present Encore Presentation of Antitrust Webinar
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October 4, 2012
- Sovereign Immunity Extended to Medicare Contractors
- Two Hospital Quality Initiatives Begin October 1, 2012
- CMS Raises Threshold Amounts for Medicare Appeals
Health Law Alert >
2012: Issue 15
- $1.5 Million OCR HIPAA Settlement Provides Notice of Increased Enforcement Focus on Mobile Device Security and Encryption
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September 20, 2012
- RACs Unleashed: 9th Circuit's Palomar Decision Gives Even More Discretion to Medicare Contractors
- Court of Appeals Upholds Medicare Offset in Provider Tax Case
- Medicaid Matters: States Weigh Medicaid Expansion Options
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2012: Issue 14 - Focus on Antitrust
- Renown Health-FTC Antitrust Agreement: Guidance for Hospitals Acquiring and Employing Physicians
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September 6, 2012
- In Seeking to Minimize Readmissions, Hospitals Must Remember Patient Choice Requirements
- RACs Bark, ZPICs Bite
- CMS Announces Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
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August 2012
- An Inconvenient Truth About Termination for Convenience Clauses in Private Construction Contracts
- Rule Raises Concerns About Adverse Competitive Impact on Small Firms that Contract with the Government
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August 22, 2012
- Medicare's Three-Day Window is Fully in Effect: Are You in Compliance?
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