December 15, 2014 Regulatory Developments
Here are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register on December 15, 2014: On December 15, 2014 at 46 NJR 2415, the Department of Health published notice of its re-adoption of the licensure regulations applicable to ambulatory care facilities. On December 15, 2014 at 46 NJR 2416, […]
CMS Announces Payment Cuts For Failure to Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
As reported by the Wall Street Journal this week (http://www.wsj.com/articles/medicare-to-cut-payments-to-some-1418955589), approximately 257,000 health care providers (most of them physicians) will be receiving notifications from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that the rates that they paid under both Medicare and Medicaid will be reduced by 1% in 2015. The reduction is being imposed because […]
December 1, 2014 Regulatory Developments
Here are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register on December 1, 2014: On December 1, 2014 at 46 NJR 2299, the Office of Administrative Law published notice of its proposed re-adoption with amendments to its rules and the proposal of a new rule governing contested cases […]
CMS Finalizes Changes to Medicare Enrollment Rules
On December 3, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule concerning provider enrollment or re-enrollment in Medicare. The final rule will give CMS the ability to deny or revoke the enrollment of entities and individuals that pose a program integrity risk to Medicare, including those that have a managing […]