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The Physician Payments Sunshine Act – Compliance in a Nutshell                                                                     

AIHC

Detailed documentation of financial interactions, including consulting fees, research grants, speaking fees, and gifts Reporting Categories Research Payments Ownership and Investment Interests General Payments Natures of Payment: Consulting and Speaking Fees Honoraria, Gifts, Royalties Grants and Research Charitable Contributions Entertainment, Travel, (..)

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How do providers strike the right balance between in-person care and telehealth?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A: It's pretty incredible to think about the fact that, as recently as 2016, only a quarter of 1% of all Medicare beneficiaries used a single telehealth service in a year. Q: While telehealth usage has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person care has started to come back. What is happening in healthcare at this unique moment?

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A State Roadmap To Successfully Deploy Medicare Modularity (MMIS)

HIT Consultant

In 2010, the Affordable Care Act ushered in a new era for Medicaid Modularity, an approach anchored by breaking down large, monolith systems into smaller, more nimble and self-contained modules that can de-risk healthcare delivery and unlock innovation. Prior to 2016, large vendors controlled the market and monopolized state MMISs.

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HHS Finalizes Rule on Provider Information Blocking

Compliancy Group

That 2016 law was established to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures, by streamlining drug and device approval processes, and bringing treatments to market faster. For CAHs, payment will be reduced to 100 percent of reasonable costs instead of 101 percent.

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Recent Developments under 340B Program

Natalia Mazina

reduction to payments for most drugs purchased through the 340B Program and paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”). HHS, however, did not issue a notice or proposed rule-making until 2016. Medicare reimbursement cut In 2018, CMS implemented a 28.5% Sanofi Aventis U.S. United States HHS (3d Cir.

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OIG Issues Final Information Blocking Enforcement Rule and Highlights the Potential for Referrals to the FTC and FCA Liability

Health Care Law Brief

The Final Rule codifies the prohibition on “information blocking” introduced by the 21st Century Cures Act (“ Act ”), which was enacted on December 13, 2016. 1033, (2016); 42 U.S.C. Department of Health and Human Services (“ HHS ”) released its final rule (“ Final Rule ”) implementing penalties for information blocking. See also U.S.

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MIPS and MACRA 2022: What’s New?

Compliancy Group

Until the passage of the CURES Act in 2016, MACRA was the most significant legislative overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since 2010’s Affordable Care Act. One of these incentives is the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS.