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Document(s) published by this organization: 7
Sort by:  | Finally, Some Good Regulatory News for Providers: CMS Revises Hospital and CAH Conditions of Participation
Brooke Bennett Aziere; Foulston Siefkin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 28, 2012, previously published on May 25, 2012 On May 16, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Final Rules revising the requirements that hospitals and critical access hospital (CAHs) must satisfy in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These revisions will eliminate outdated,...
| | New Interpretive Guidelines for Patient Rights Conditions of Participation
Marta Fisher Linenberger; Foulston Siefkin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 29, 2012, previously published on February 27, 2012 On April 15, 2010 President Obama, recognizing that many hospital visitors do not fall within the definition of the traditional nuclear family, issued a Memorandum on Hospital Visitation to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Memorandum directed Secretary Sibelius to initiate...
| | CMS Issues Proposed Overpayments Rules: When Does The 60-Day Clock Start Running?
Brooke Bennett Aziere, Johnathan A. Rhodes; Foulston Siefkin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 29, 2012, previously published on February 17, 2012 On February 16, 2012 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited Proposed Rules for Medicare Part A and Part B providers implementing Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which requires providers to return and report identified Medicare...
| | HIPAA Audits Are Here: Can You Satisfy the Auditor of Your Compliance
Brooke Bennett Aziere; Foulston Siefkin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 9, 2011, previously published on December 6, 2011 The movement to Audit HIPAA Compliance continues to expand. In 2007, the Office of E-Health Standards and Services posted a sample document request list for on-site HIPAA security audits and CMS established a yearlong contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct security audits. Now four years...
| | New .XXX Domain Name Registry Announced: Act Now to Protect Your Brand
Gordon G. Kirsten, William P. Matthews; Foulston Siefkin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 13, 2011, previously published on October 12, 2011 A new .xxx domain name registry is being introduced for adult entertainment websites. If you want to stop your trademark from being available as a “yourbrand.xxx” domain name, you can submit a Sunrise B application until October 28, 2011. If approved, no one will be able to register...
| | New Notice Rule Reaches Out to Union and Non-Union Employers Alike
Forrest T. Rhodes; Foulston Siefkin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 2011 August 22, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a final rule that will require most employers to prominently post an 11” x 17” notice in the workplace informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act...
| | Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Homes Beware: Health Care Reform Changes How Facilities Approach Compliance
Brooke Bennett Aziere; Foulston Siefkin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 5, 2011, previously published on June 24, 2011 The era of the voluntary compliance program has come to an end. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“PPACA”) requires all providers and suppliers, including skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes (collectively referred to as “nursing facilities”) to...
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