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Spring 2006 - Obtaining A Medicare Coverage Decision For New Telehealth Services
Article by Amy S. Leopard published in AHLA Health Information and Technology News
Spring 2006 - Client Advisory on Technology, Bioscience and Health Care
- Technology, Bioscience and Health Care Developments
- Recent Developments in Regulations and Reimbursement Rules Affecting Health Care Providers
January / February 2006 - Office of Inspector General Gives Gainsharing Arrangements a Yellow Light
W. Clifford Mull discusses the Office of Inspector General's evolving stance on the legality of gainsharing arrangements under the Civil Monetary Penalty and the Federal Anti-kickback Statutes in the January / February 2006 issue of Cleveland Physician Magazine.
January 2006 - System changes prompt Medicare providers to pay attention to appeals
Amy Leopard addresses the revisions of appeals rights for health care providers with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' final rule for the new Medicare claims appeals system in Crain's Cleveland Business, January 9-15, 2006, at 14 issue of Crain's Cleveland Business magazine.
July/August 2005 - Legal Hurdles to Boutique Practice Formation
W. Clifford Mull addresses the legal and contractual issues in forming a boutique practice, including (1) the Medicare assignment and limiting charge rules, (2) provider contracts with private payors, and (3) state insurance law, in the July / August 2005 issue of Cleveland Physician Magazine.
December 2004 - Health Care Regulatory Update
In this newsletter, the Walter & Haverfield LLP Health Care Section brings you news and reminders of several changes in regulations and reimbursement affecting health care providers. This issue features articles covering: “2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule”; “Stark II Phase II”; “Medicare Appeals”; “Antitrust Scrutiny”; “CIGNA Settlement”; “ HIPPA Security Rule”; “Tax Issues”; and an overview of the attorneys in W&H’s Health Care Practice Group.
April 2004 - Reassignment of Benefits Now Permitted for Off-Site Contractors
Effective December, 2003 the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and Modernization Act of 2003 (“MMA”) directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ease the restrictions on direct payment for reassigned claims. This is good news for practitioners and health care facilities that hire contractors to perform services under a reassignment.
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