Lauren Knizner

Aug 8, 2024 | lexology.com | Kristen O’Brien |Daniel Gottlieb |Lauren Knizner |Jennifer S. Geetter

On August 5, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) Proposed Rule in the Federal Register as part of its continued focus on improving information sharing among health care stakeholders through the Health IT...

Jun 27, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jeffrey Davis |Lauren Knizner |Kristen O'Brien

The long-awaited final reg is upon us! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a final regulation earlier this week establishing disincentives for certain healthcare providers determined to have committed information blocking. The reg finalizes most of the provisions in the October 2023 proposed reg and is effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Nov 1, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Lauren Knizner |Kristen O'Brien

On October 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Calendar Year (CY) 2024 final rule (CMS-1782-F). The rule finalizes minimal increases to the ESRD PPS base payment rate, estimated to increase overall Medicare payments to ESRD facilities by 2.1%. The rule also finalizes proposals for new add-on payment adjustments, including a Transitional Pediatric ESRD Add-on Payment (TPEAPA).

Jun 30, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Lauren Knizner |Kristen O'Brien

On June 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Proposed Rule (CMS-1782-P). The proposed rule would make minimal increases to the ESRD PPS base payment rate, estimated to increase overall Medicare payments to ESRD facilities by 1.6%.