Daria retired from Mintz in 2023 from the Health Law Practice. Her legacy includes a position as the former director of Mintz's Domestic Violence Project, the firm's signature pro bono initiative.
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Massachusetts Long Term Care Facility Regulations – Proposed Amendments
November 21, 2016 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) continues its efforts to revise its regulations to comply with Executive Order 562, which requires all state agencies to review its regulations.
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Massachusetts Regulatory Overhaul Continues
November 10, 2016 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
At yesterday's Public Health Council meeting, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) released yet another round of proposed regulatory amendments. On deck were regulations concerning Long Term Care Facilities, Hospice Programs, and Temporary Nursing Service Agencies, as well as requirements for Training of Nurses’ Aides in Long-Term Care Facilities.
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Massachusetts Health Policy Commission's Annual Cost Trends Hearings
November 1, 2016 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
Continuing our current coverage of health policy issues and trends, Mintz Levin's Health Law Practice and ML Strategies have issued a joint Alert regarding the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s Annual Cost Trends Hearings.
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The Health Policy Commission’s Annual Cost Trends Hearings
November 1, 2016 | Alert | By Steven Baddour, Daniel Connelly, Julie Cox, Daria Niewenhous, Stephen Weiner, Maxwell Fathy, Elena Horvit, Parnia Zahedi
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission conducted its fourth annual Cost Trends Hearing on October 17 and 18, 2016, under the requirements of Massachusetts’s 2012 health care reform legislation (“Chapter 224”).
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Massachusetts Licensure of Clinics Proposed Regulations – Key Take-Aways
October 19, 2016 | Blog | By Ellen Janos, Daria Niewenhous
In previous blog posts, we addressed the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (DPH) proposed regulations that affect hospitals, dialysis clinics and medical marijuana programs. In this final post on DPH’s recent regulatory review and overhaul, we address the proposed amendments to the clinic licensure regulations.
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Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts – DPH Proposes Amendments to Regulations
October 4, 2016 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has released for public comment proposed amendments to DPH’s Medical Marijuana Regulations (105 CMR 725) (the “regulations”).
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Massachusetts Hospital Licensing Regulations Proposed Amendments - Key Take-Aways
September 26, 2016 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has released for public comment proposed amendments to DPH’s Hospital Licensure Regulations (105 CMR 130.00) (the “regulations”). The proposed amendments are designed to enable the regulations to meet a number of goals, among them ensuring a high quality of care, industry standardization and strong consumer protection for hospital patients.
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Massachusetts Regulatory Overhaul: Hospitals, Clinics, Dialysis Units, and Medical Marijuana – Oh My!
September 15, 2016 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has released proposed amended regulations for the licensure of hospitals, clinics, and out-of-hospital dialysis units, proposed the rescission of separate birth center regulations, and proposed amended regulations for medical marijuana.
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Massachusetts Determination of Need Regulation Overhaul
August 24, 2016 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Determination of Need (DoN) Program has unveiled proposed regulations that constitute an ambitious and, perhaps, long overdue overhaul of the DoN Program regulations.
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New Rules for ACOs in the MSSP
June 15, 2016 | Blog | By Bridgette Keller, Daria Niewenhous
CMS issued a final rule, published in the Federal Register on Friday, June 10, 2016, updating how the performance of ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is measured and compensated.
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podcasts
Health Law Diagnosed – CA Proposes Regs for Pre-Closing Review of Health Care Deals: What You Need to Know
August 21, 2023 | Podcast | By Lara Compton, Deborah Daccord, Bridgette Keller, Daria Niewenhous
Mintz Health Law attorneys discuss regulations recently proposed by California’s newly established Office of Health Care Affordability, which call for advance regulatory review of certain health care entity mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and other arrangements.
Mintz Health Law: What We Are Grateful For
January 11, 2023 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller
Bridgette Keller speaks with the Mintz Health Law team about what they are grateful for as they look back on a year of client service, mentorship, and working together as a team.
Health Law Diagnosed — Mintz’s 2022 Health Law New Year’s Resolutions
January 12, 2022 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller
In this episode of the Health Law Diagnosed podcast, members of the Mintz Health Law team discuss their health law–focused 2022 New Year’s resolutions and how they’re helping clients and colleagues navigate the continued challenges and opportunities of the current era.
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Health and Hospital Law: MCLE BasicsPlus
MCLE Conference Center, 10 Winter Place, via Winter Street
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MCLE New England's 20th Annual Hospital and Health Law Conference 2019
Hospitals and Health Systems
Ten Winter Place, Boston
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Creating Value Through Strategic Care and Operational Innovations
Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association
Boston, MA
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