Health Provider News – February 16, 2018
NATION All 71 new 2017 ASCs by specialty Follow the money: Inpatient surgery moving out of hospitals into ambulatory centers Study: Only one-quarter of clinicians comfortable with value-based payment...
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Trump Budget Proposes Cuts to HHS and Entitlement Programs On February 12, the White House released President Trump’s FY 2019 budget proposal, which seeks major cuts to the Department of Health and...
View Article“Unlucky” Companies Receive New Wave of “To Be Audited” Letters from OFCCP
Earlier this month, OFCCP mailed 1,000 letters to unlucky companies notifying them that they are on the agency’s “to be audited” list. Known as Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (“CSALs”), the...
View ArticleLaw 360: What Hospitals Need To Know Before Forming A Drug Co.
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View ArticleBecker’s Hospital Review: 6 key trends affecting healthcare real estate in 2018
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View ArticleCincinnati Business Courier: Split between UC Health, doctor group leads to...
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View ArticlePost-Acute Advisor: President Trump signs bill that creates new home health...
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View ArticleDismissal of Appeal Challenging Court-Mandated NPDB Void Report—What to Do Now
In February of 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ordered a Texas hospital (the “Hospital”) “to immediately submit to the National Practitioners Data Bank a Void Report”...
View ArticleHealth Provider News – February 23, 2018
NATIONAL EHR interoperability, connectivity a big challenge around globe new study finds AHA Asks CMS to Delay New Bundled Payment Model Anthem amends ER policy but stands behind decision not to pay...
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Proposed Rule Released for Short-Term Health Insurance Plans On February 20, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule to extend the availability of a lower cost, more narrowly...
View ArticleHall Render’s This Week in Washington – March 10, 2017
House Republicans Make Progress on ACA Repeal and Replacement On March 6, House Republicans released their long-awaited budget reconciliation package, the American Health Care Act, which is intended to...
View ArticleThe 21st Century Cures Act Reforms to the Mental Health System: Part 3
Title IX: Increasing Access to Care and Strengthening the Mental Health Workforce This is the third article in a series on the 21st Century Cures Act (the “Cures Act”), which was signed into law on...
View ArticleHall Render Celebrates Health Care HR Week
Join Hall Render as we celebrate Health Care Human Resources Week! The week of March 12-18 has been designated to recognize the hardworking human resources professionals in health care organizations of...
View ArticleMichigan Board of Medicine Updates the Administrative Code
The Michigan Board of Medicine (the “Board”) recently updated provisions of the Michigan Administrative Code (the “Code”) related to English proficiency requirements, training related to identifying...
View ArticleCanadian Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with Valid TN Visas Are Being...
Reports from Canada and CBC News have confirmed that Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (“APRNs”), including Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and Nurse Practitioners, who work in the United...
View ArticleTitle X of the 21st Century Cures Act Strengthens Mental Health and Substance...
This is the fourth article in a series on the 21st Century Cures Act (the “Cures Act”), which was signed into law on December 13, 2016. Over the next few weeks, we will publish a series of articles...
View ArticleHall Render’s This Week in Washington – March 17, 2017
House Budget Committee Advances American Health Care Act On March 16, the House Budget Committee voted 19-17 to advance the ACA repeal and replace legislation known as the American Health Care Act...
View ArticleThird Circuit Rules that Medical Residents, as Both Employees and Students,...
Background on Title IX On June 23, 1972, President Nixon signed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 into law. Title IX provides that “[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of...
View ArticleKiel Zillmer Joins Hall Render
Hall Render is pleased to announce attorney Kiel Zillmer has joined the firm’s Milwaukee office. Kiel counsels clients on a variety of health care issues, including hospital-physician arrangements and...
View ArticleCMS Delays Expansion of Bundled Payment Programs
On March 20, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published an interim final rule (the “Interim Final Rule“) effectively postponing the start date of CMS’s new episode payment...
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