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ML Strategies: Health Care Update & Telehealth Policy Alert
June 3, 2015 | Blog | By Carrie Roll
Yesterday, ML Strategies posted its Health Care Update and Telehealth Policy Alert. This publication provides timely information for those who are already in, or contemplating entering, the telehealth space.
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ACO Model Expansion Hinges on Increasing Medicare Program Flexibility
May 28, 2015 | Blog
Earlier this month, HHS Secretary Silvia Burwell made a game-changing announcement about the Obama Administration’s most significant alternative payment model (APM).
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ML Strategies: 21st Century Cures and Other Health Legislation Markup
May 20, 2015 | Blog | By Bridgette Keller
Earlier this week, ML Strategies posted its weekly Health Care Update which provided timely information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Congressional initiatives affecting the health care industry, and federal and state health regulatory developments.
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ML Strategies: 340B Discount Drug Program Guidance Submitted to OMB
May 15, 2015 | Blog | By Samantha Kingsbury
Earlier this week, ML Strategies (MLS) posted its weekly Health Care Update. This publication provides timely information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Congressional initiatives affecting the health care industry, and federal and state health regulatory developments.
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ML Strategies: 21st Century Cures Initiative and Pioneer ACO Expansion
May 7, 2015 | Blog
ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Update. This publication provides timely information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Congressional initiatives affecting the health care industry, and federal and state health regulatory developments.
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5 Takeaways from the HHS OIG's Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards
April 22, 2015 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch , Ryan Cuthbertson
Yesterday the HHS OIG, in collaboration with the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), and the Health Care Compliance Association, released a guidance document entitled Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight (the Guidance).
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With SGR Repealed, Replacement Policy Creates New Priorities
April 20, 2015 | Blog
On April 16, 2015, President Obama signed into law, the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015” (MACRA), ending annual temporary patches and massive lobbying efforts since the late 1990s to prevent significant reimbursement cuts for physicians serving Medicare beneficiaries caused by the so-called Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula.
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Proposed Replacement of Sustainable Growth Rate Addresses Telehealth
March 20, 2015 | Blog | By Ellen Janos
On March 19th, Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) unveiled a bipartisan plan to repeal and replace the sustainable growth rate (SGR) physician payment system for physician reimbursement under Medicare.
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ML Strategies Posts Weekly Health Care Update on March 16, 2015
March 18, 2015 | Blog
ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Update. This publication provides timely information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Congressional initiatives affecting the health care industry, and federal and state health regulatory developments.
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Obama Administration Announces “Next Generation ACOs”
March 12, 2015 | Blog
In a highly anticipated announcement on Tuesday, March 10, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released details for a new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program called the Next Generation ACO (NGACO).
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Highlights From the FTC - DOJ Workshop Examining Health Care Competition
March 3, 2015 | Blog | By Theresa Carnegie
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice co-hosted the second installment of their public workshop series, “Examining Health Care Competition.”
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ML Strategies Posts Weekly Health Care Update on February 23, 2015
February 26, 2015 | Blog
ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Update. This publication provides timely information on the Affordable Care Act implementation and other federal regulatory initiatives, and covers other updates affecting the health care industry.
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FTC’s Ninth Circuit St. Luke’s Win Deals a Blow to Efficiency Defenses in Health Care Merger Cases
February 11, 2015 | Blog | By Dionne Lomax
In a much anticipated appellate health care antitrust decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently upheld a district court’s finding that a consummated hospital-physician group merger violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act, despite the provider-defendants’ assertion of an efficiencies defense.
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HHS Payment and Delivery Reform Announcement Sets Priorities for Remainder of Obama Administration
February 2, 2015 | Blog
One week prior to the unveiling of the President’s first budget under a completely Republican-controlled Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made its most formal announcement yet on the Obama Administration’s efforts to reduce total Medicare and Medicaid spending.
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Reference Chart of Proposed Amendments to Medicare Shared Savings Program
January 26, 2015 | Blog | By Theresa Carnegie
Mintz Levin has prepared a chart of the proposed amendments to 42 C.F.R. Part 425 governing the Medicare Shared Savings Program. This chart provides a summary of each proposed amendment and its potential impact.
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States Doubling Down on Delivery and Payment Reform Efforts
December 22, 2014 | Blog
Although health care reform implementation via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused mostly on federal changes to the health care marketplace, individual States are getting some much needed help to design and implement their own efforts to improve quality and lower health system costs.
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FTC Centennial: How Health Care Antitrust Has Evolved
December 15, 2014 | Blog | By Dionne Lomax
This year the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") celebrated its centennial. Looking back on the FTC’s first 100 years, we have seen dramatic shifts in antitrust enforcement in the health care sector.
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Mintz Advisory Analyzes Medicare Shared Savings Program Proposed Rule
December 9, 2014 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch
On December 8th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its proposal for long-awaited changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Our colleagues Daria Niewenhous, Andrew Shin, Lauren Moldawer *, and Stephanie Willis have authored an Advisory that provides an in-depth analysis of key provisions of the proposed changes and how they may impact current and future MSSP accountable care organizations created under the authority of the Affordable Care Act.
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ML Strategies Posts Weekly Health Care Update on October 13, 2014
October 15, 2014 | Blog | By Theresa Carnegie
ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Update. This publication provides timely information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Congressional initiatives affecting the health care industry, and federal and state health regulatory developments.
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“Access Denied” – Understand How Your Electronic Health Records Are Controlled
September 25, 2014 | Blog
Earlier this week, my colleague Dianne Bourque commented on a small medical practice’s inability to access its patients’ medical records one July day after its EHR vendor blocked the practice from pulling the data stored in the EHR.
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Viewpoint Editors
Karen S. Lovitch
Chair, Health Law Practice & Co-Chair, Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice
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Rachel E. Yount
Of Counsel
Pat G. Ouellette
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Stephnie A. John
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