Ashley Morgan

COVID-19 Outbreak Update – Two Recent Updates From CMS Affecting Relief From Quality Reporting Requirements, And New Targeted Plan For Healthcare Facility Inspections Including Provider-Self Assessment Tool For Infection Control

COVID-19 Updates, Medicare, Medicaid & Private Payor Updates /

(March 25, 2020): As our clients and all members of the health care community are acutely aware, the challenges raised by the Coronavirus / COVID-19 outbreak are critical and widespread. Because of these challenges, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other principal operating components of the United States Department of Health and […]

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COVID-19 SBA Loan Support May be Available for Qualified Health Care Providers

COVID-19 Updates, Medicare, Medicaid & Private Payor Updates /

(March 25, 2020): The Small Business Administration (SBA) offers loans to small businesses through community lenders. The SBA acts as guarantor for these loans. In addition to the traditional lending, the SBA is also authorized to offer disaster assistance to businesses, renters, and homeowners who are located in regions with “declared disasters.”[1] Small businesses impacted

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Recent Developments in Personal Care & Community-Based Services in Medicaid and Medicare

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(March 23, 2020): Until recently, personal care services, such as home health aides, were not covered under the Medicare program unless they were part of a skilled service where the beneficiary was homebound.  However, beginning with calendar year 2019, the Medicare program has expanded the ability of plans that participate in the Medicare Advantage program

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Providers Should Ensure That They Are Fully Aware of All of the Collateral Consequences that May Occur When Settling with the Government

Medicare, Medicaid & Private Payor Updates /

(December 2, 2019): Over the past several years, several clients have come to our Firm who have resolved disputes through such mechanisms as settlement agreements, criminal pleas, or consent orders, either because they specified minimal penalties or because they did not include any time in incarceration. Later they discover that agreeing to these resolutions has

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Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Revocation and Denial Authorities Have Expanded.  What Steps are You Taking to Reduce Your Level of Risk?

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Big Changes to CMS Form 855 are on the Horizon[/caption] (September 18, 2019): On September 10, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register entitled, “Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs; Program Integrity Enhancements to the Provider

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Home Health Agency Alert: The Review Choice Demonstration Project start dates for Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Florida are Around the Corner!

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(August 7, 2019): This article further updates our articles of February 19th and April 9th on the announcement by CMS of the implementation of the new five year “Review Choice Demonstration Project’ in five states – Illinois, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Florida, and the start date for the Demonstration Project in Illinois. I. Background

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Home Health Agency Alert: The Review Choice Demonstration Project is Moving Forward in Illinois Effective June 1, 2019

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(April 9, 2019): This article updates our article of February 19 on the lifting by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) of the moratorium on the enrollment of new home health agencies in Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas, and the announcement by CMS of the implementation of a new five year “Review Choice

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CMS has Ended its Moratorium on New Home Health Agencies in Texas, Illinois, Michigan and Florida. Unfortunately, the Lifting of the Moratorium Isn’t Necessarily a Good Thing for Existing Home Health Agencies.

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(February 19, 2019): CMS has now ended, at least for the current time, the moratorium that it placed on the approval of new home health agencies. At the same time, home health providers that operate in Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Texas, and potentially other states within the Palmetto/JM jurisdiction (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana,

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OIG’s Renewed Interest in Orthotic Audits and Investigations: What Your DME Company Needs to Know

Medicare, Medicaid & Private Payor Updates /

(February 8, 2019): A series of recent reports out of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) underscore the Federal government’s renewed concerns with respect to orthotic braces, including underlying medical need for these items. From 1994 to 2000, OIG issued half a dozen reports pertaining to orthotics audits

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