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UK OFT Refers Merger of Two NHS Foundation Trusts to the Competition Commission
January 18, 2013
On 8 January 2013 the UK Office of Fair Trading (the "OFT") announced that it has referred the proposed merger of two NHS Foundation Trusts to the Competition...
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Providers and Physicians Partnering to Form New Accountable Care Organizations
January 17, 2013
On January 10, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") announced that health care providers and physicians have formed 106 new...
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Health Care Spending Report Shows Slow Growth for Third Consecutive Year
January 16, 2013
Health spending grew only 3.9% in 2011, according to a report by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This statistic takes into...
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MedPAC Debates Adequacy of Medicare Payments to Various Providers and Suppliers and Whether Payments Should Change in FY 2014
January 16, 2013
On January 10 and 11, 2013, the Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission ("MedPAC") held a public meeting and Commissioners discussed the adequacy of current...
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FDA Vacates First Suspension Order
January 15, 2013
On November 26, 2012, the FDA suspended the food facility registration of Sunland Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of peanut products linked to an outbreak of...
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FDA Releases Two Proposed Rules Addressing Food Safety
January 14, 2013
On January 4, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") released for public comment two proposed rules promulgated under the Food Safety and Modernization...
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OIG Approves Health Screening Incentives
January 11, 2013
On January 3, 2013, the OIG published Advisory Opinion 12-21, in which OIG approved certain health screening incentives proposed to be offered by a federally qualified...
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Still No Sunshine
January 11, 2013
You haven't missed it: the final rule for the Physician Payment Sunshine Act has not yet been issued – despite the agency's goal of a final rule before...
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HHS Issues Guidance on Federal/State Partnership Health Exchanges
January 10, 2013
On January 3, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued new guidance to states planning on partnering with the federal government to...
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The Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol: Where Are We Now?
January 10, 2013
The Medicare Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) offers a method for providers and suppliers to resolve actual or potential violations of the physician self-referral...
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OIG Seeks Input On Safe Harbors & Special Fraud Alerts
January 9, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") has asked for recommendations to help develop new or revised safe harbors to the...
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H.R. 8 Provides a Doc-Fix but Also Includes Significant Health Care Offsets
January 8, 2013
On January 3, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8), which postpones sequestration until the beginning of March 2013 and...
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Pros And Cons Of Proposed Medicare Smart Cards
January 8, 2013
On Nov. 28, 2012, the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled "Examining Options to Combat Health Care...
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Certain PPACA Provisions Became Effective January 1, 2013
January 7, 2013
On January 1, 2013, many reform provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") became effective. Specifically, the following...
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HHS Settles Breach of 441 Patients’ Data for $50,000 + Corrective Actions
January 3, 2013
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On January 2, 2013, the United States Department of Health and Human Services' ("HHS") Office of Civil Rights announced a settlement with the Hospice of...
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