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1 month ago | 
mwe.com | Emily Cook |Sandra M. DiVarco |Monica Wallace |Caroline Reignley
Hospitals participating in the Medicare program must follow specific “provider-based rules” to receive payments from Medicare for hospital services. These rules are complex and often misunderstood. Certain persistent myths about these rules may result in hospitals receiving improper payments.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Emily Cook |Sandra M. DiVarco |Caroline Reignley
Medicare reimbursement for hospital outpatient services has come under attack in recent years, with a focus on “site neutral” payment policies that would pay hospitals for outpatient services furnished in off-campus locations at the same rates paid for similar services furnished in physician offices or other non-hospital settings.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Emily Cook |Sandra M. DiVarco |Gregory E. Fosheim |Bryan Frederick
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) proposed changes to regulations regarding
general acute care hospital (GACH) licensing requirements related
to clinical laboratory, dietetic, and pharmaceutical services. While few of the proposed changes appear to be substantive, the
proposal includes changes that could require GACHs in California to
materially alter their current operations.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Emily Cook |Sandra M. DiVarco |Gregory E. Fosheim
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) proposed changes to regulations regarding general acute care hospital (GACH) licensing requirements related to clinical laboratory, dietetic, and pharmaceutical services. While few of the proposed changes appear to be substantive, the proposal includes changes that could require GACHs in California to materially alter their current operations.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Sandra M. DiVarco |Gregory E. Fosheim
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the release of updated
model signage for use by Medicare-participating hospitals to inform
patients of their rights under the Emergency Medical Treatment and
Labor Act (EMTALA). Hospitals are encouraged – but not
required – to adopt the updated signage by September 13,
2024.
The new model signage is available in the "Downloads"
section of CMS's EMTALA webpage in Medicaid-participating and non-Medicaid-participating
versions.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Sandra M. DiVarco |Gregory E. Fosheim
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the release of updated model signage for use by Medicare-participating hospitals to inform patients of their rights under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Hospitals are encouraged – but not required – to adopt the updated signage by September 13, 2024. The new model signage is available in the “Downloads” section of CMS’s EMTALA webpage in Medicaid-participating and non-Medicaid-participating versions.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Sandra M. DiVarco
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the release of updated model signage for use by Medicare-participating hospitals to inform patients of their rights under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Hospitals are encouraged – but not required – to adopt the updated signage by September 13, 2024. The new model signage is available in the “Downloads” section of CMS’s EMTALA webpage in Medicaid-participating and non-Medicaid-participating versions.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sandra M. DiVarco |Gregory E. Fosheim
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the release of updated model signage for use by Medicare-participating hospitals to inform patients of their rights under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Hospitals are encouraged – but not required – to adopt the updated signage by September 13, 2024. The new model signage is available in the “Downloads” section of CMS’s EMTALA webpage in Medicaid-participating and non-Medicaid-participating versions.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Gregory E. Fosheim |Sandra M. DiVarco |David Harmon |Nigel Telman
Skip to main content February 27, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 58 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
employeebenefitsblog.com | Christopher Foster |Sandra M. DiVarco |Alexander L. Randolph
The National Labor Relations Board has changed its joint-employer rule, making it easier for entities doing business with each other to be deemed joint employers. The new rule goes further than any earlier joint-employer standard in two ways: (1) by making clear that indirect (or even unexercised) control is sufficient to prove joint-employer status, and (2) by dropping the requirement that there be enough control to permit meaningful collective bargaining.
