On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the withdrawal of three “outdated” health care antitrust policy statements that had been issued jointly by the DOJ and Federal Trade [...]
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 2023), H.R. 2617, a comprehensive law funding government operations. For Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), the law contains [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert[1] (Alert) on July 20, 2022, to highlight areas of concern that OIG has identified in [...]
FTLF Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan, along with revenue management cycle expert Rebekah Wallace Pardeck of Achieve Revenue Management, will speak at the Louisiana Primary Care Association’s 37th Annual Continuing Education Conference. Held [...]
On July 18, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) published a proposed rule concerning changes to the Medicare home health prospective payment system for calendar year (CY) 2020 (the “CY 2020 [...]
On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule (CY2019 PFS Final Rule). The regulation sets forth how physicians and [...]
On October 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the calendar year 2016 physician fee schedule (“PFS”) final rule. That rule, which determines how providers are reimbursed under Medicare, [...]
States that choose not to expand Medicaid may soon face a severe reduction in federal funds used to support the provision of medical care to low-income populations. The Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (“DSH”) [...]
