At its July meeting held last week, the Massachusetts Public Health Council approved revisions to the Determination of Need guidelines…
CMS announced on July 27:Medicare payments to nursing homes will increase by approximately $560 million in 2007. . . . …
Since the passage of the Massachusetts Universal Health Care Law, many folks have been wondering "what about ERISA pre-emption?" (OK,…
Over the years, various non-traditional models of health care delivery have sprung up and, more often than not, disappeared a…
CMS posted Survey & Certification Letter 06-21 on July 13. The official summary reads as follows:CMS has received reports from…
Development of a National Health Information Network (NHIN) -- a uniform system of electronic health record architecture and interoperability --…
Well, it was only a matter of time, right? Just over two months after its enactment, the first formal proposal…
CMS recently issued a reminder to all fee-for-service providers and suppliers concerning the Federales' latest approach to fiscal management. As…
OIG Advisory Opinion 06-07, posted June 29, confirms earlier advisories and, interestingly, relies on a manual provision (Pub. 100-2 BPM…
CMS published its proposed 2007 Medicare physician fee schedule today (all 260-some pages of it). It's a good news/bad news…