CMS is hosting a provider call on May 19, 2014 regarding the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Individualized Quality Control Plan.

The IRS published final regulations providing guidance on the community health needs assessment and financial assistance policy requirements for charitable hospitals under the ACA.

CMS recently finalized the federal share disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for federal fiscal year (FY) 2014 and announced preliminary federal share DSH allotments for FY 2016.

The HHS Office of the Inspector General has issued a report entitled "Medicare Could Save Millions by Strengthening Billing Requirements for Canceled Elective Surgeries."

CMS has published its final rule to update fiscal year (FY) 2019 rates and policies for Medicare inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) services.

CMS is holding its annual Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment meeting on August 20-21 2018.

The annual Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment meeting will be held on August 19-20, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced.

CMS is proceeding with the application process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program for the January 1, 2016 program start date.

On December 18-19, 2014, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is meeting to discuss payment adequacy and payment update recommendations for Medicare payment systems.

The next Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) meeting is scheduled for October 8 -9, 2015. Topics on the agenda include: Medicare drug spending; Alternative Payment Models and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System; Medicare Advantage coding intensity, health risk assessments, benchmarks, and star ratings; and access to emergency care in rural areas

The next Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) meeting is scheduled for September 10-11, 2015.

The Trump Administration has launched a new MyHealthEData initiative intended to make it easier for Medicare beneficiaries and other health consumers to control their medical health care data...

CMS has announced that the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP Panel) will hold its summer meeting on August 25-26, 2014.

Last month, New Jersey joined several other states in adopting a new regulation limiting payments and gifts that can be made by pharmaceutical manufacturers to health care providers.

HHS announced that health insurance consumers will save a total of $3.9 billion under the ACA's Medical Loss Ratio rule in 2012, including $3.4 billion in the form of reduced premiums and $504 million in rebates rules.

The regulations, issued by the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services, modify previous interim final regulations published in 2010 and incorporate subsequent subregulatory guidance.

In a recent Law360 article (login required), Partner Brad Rostolsky, addressed the establishment of an online portal to receive questions from developers of mobile medical apps about compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

The recent Ebola outbreak has prompted the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), the agency responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"), to release a new bulletin for covered entities and business associates regarding their privacy obligations in emergency situations.

The Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced the addition of a new resource on its website to assist law enforcement and emergency planners.

On October 20, 2015, the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office for Human Research Protections is hosting a public town hall meeting to respond to questions related to its September 8, 2015 proposed rule.