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Significant Changes for Long-Term Care Facilities Participating in Medicare and Medicaid Programs Issued by CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on September 28, 2016, comprehensively updating and extensively revising the requirements for participation (ROPs) for long-term care (LTC) facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs (the Final Rule). As the first major update to the requirements for LTC facilities in 25 years, the … Continue Reading

Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals

On March 13, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) concurrently issued CMS Ruling Number CMS-1455-R (the Administrator's Ruling) and a proposed rule, "Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals" (the Proposed Rule). The Administrator's Ruling and Proposed Rule address the submission of Medicare Part B inpatient claims where a Medicare Part A claim for a hospital inpatient admission is denied by a Medicare review contractor on the grounds that the inpatient admission was not "reasonable and necessary."… Continue Reading

Pennsylvania Revises Review Process for New Medicaid Nursing Facility Beds: The Uphill Battle Continues

On June 30, 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare ("DPW") issued final regulations revising its process and standards for reviewing requests to enroll new nursing home beds in Pennsylvania's Medical Assistance ("MA") (i.e., Medicaid) program, and transfers of MA beds between existing nursing facilities. The new regulations suggest that DPW's restrictive approach to gaining approval for new MA beds will continue.… Continue Reading

CMS and FDA Announce Parallel Review Pilot Program

On Friday, October 7, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") (collectively, the "Agencies") announced they were soliciting nominations from sponsors of medical devices to participate in the Agencies' parallel review pilot program. The Agencies officially published a Federal Register notice announcing the program October 11, 2011 (the "Notice"), with an effective date of November 10, 2011, although the Agencies began accepting nomination submissions October 7.… Continue Reading

Prospects Unclear for CMS/FDA Proposed Parallel Review of Medical Products

Notably absent from last month's Department of Health and Human Services Semiannual Regulatory Agenda was any indication of where the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") stand with respect to their notice with request for comments, issued last fall, on the proposed parallel review process for medical products. While CMS and FDA officials confirmed that they are currently reviewing comments submitted during the review period, they declined to speculate on when they intend to act. The comments submitted, however, provide insight into industry views on this important issue, including widespread discontent with the approval mechanisms currently available. We have undertaken a review of all of the comments submitted and extracted the eight main concerns cited in the following analysis.… Continue Reading
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