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EEOC Issues Final Regulations Interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
April 19, 2024
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Confidential Sexual Harassment Settlements Not Tax-deductible
January 16, 2018
CMS Says Don't Text Patient Orders
January 2, 2018
On December 28, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (“CMS”) clarified its position on texting patient information from healthcare provider to provider. In its Memorandum to State Survey Agency Directors (S&C 18-10-ALL), CMS warned all texting of patient orders is prohibited, regardless of whether a secure platform is used to relay the orders, and texting of other patient information is permitted if relayed via a secure platform.
Protect Your Employees, and Your Organization, From Harassment
December 4, 2017
July 25, 2017
CMS proposed two new blows to hospital reimbursement this past week with the release of its 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) proposed rule and the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“MPFS”) proposed rule. CMS intends to significantly cut the reimbursement rates for 340B drugs and for non-excepted, provider-based department (“PBD”) services.
Is Your Emergency Preparedness Plan Consistent with CMS Standards?
July 4, 2017
Natural and man-made disasters in recent years have highlighted how disasters can disrupt the environment of health care and change the demand for health care services. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule establishing national emergency preparedness and coordination requirements for 17 different provider and supplier types including, but not limited to: Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Hospices, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Community Mental Health Centers, and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities.
Federal Court Puts FLSA Salary Increases on Indefinite Hold
November 22, 2016
CMS Clarifies Off-Campus Provider-Based Billing Prohibition
November 14, 2016
Estate and Gift Tax Proposed Regulations Limit Valuation Discounts
September 18, 2016
Department of Labor Issues Long-Awaited Updates to Key Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Exemptions
May 25, 2016
New HIPAA Guidance Removes Roadblocks to Patient Access: But at What Cost to Providers?
March 22, 2016