HFMA Presentation of Hospital-Physician Alignment
On September 12, 2017, Jeremy N. Miller and Michael C. Thornhill addressed the HFMA Fall Conference on “Navigating Hospital-Physician Alignment Issues.” Click HERE to view the presentation.
New Attorney Joins MHLG. Jessica Weizenbluth
Jessica Weizenbluth joined MHLG in January 2017. Jessica’s practice focuses on transactional and compliance issues. Read about Jessica Weizenbluth HERE
CMS announces new voluntary bundled payment model
On January 9, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new voluntary bundled payment model called the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced. Click HERE to review CMS’ announcement.
Obamacare to Trumpcare: What’s Next?
The health care industry appears to have not seriously considered the possibility that Donald Trump would be elected President. While Mr. Trump campaigned on “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), it is anything but clear what comes next. This edition of the Health Law Bulletin will at…
What Did The “Doc Fix” Fix?:
MACRA’s Medicare Physician Payment Changes
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) makes two major changes in how Medicare will pay physicians and other clinicians. First, it implemented the so-called “Doc Fix.” That is, MACRA ended the flawed and much-maligned Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for determining Medicare payments and the annual ritual of…
Miller Health Law Group Named Top Firm in 2019 by US News
Miller Health Law Group was selected as a 2019 “Tier One” “Best Law Firm” in Health Care Law by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers®. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client…
Miller Health Law Group Named Top Firm in 2018 by US News
Miller Health Law Group was selected as a 2018 “Tier One” “Best Law Firm” in Health Care Law by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers®. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client…
Miller Health Law Group Named Top Firm in 2017 by US News
Miller Health Law Group was selected as a 2017 “Tier One” “Best Law Firm” in Health Care Law by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers®. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client…
CMS Releases Final MACRA Rules
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) repeals the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) methodology for updates to the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and replaces it with a new approach to payment called the Quality Payment Program that rewards the delivery of high-quality patient care through two…
Firm Secures Dismissal of Medi-Cal and Medicare Fraud Charges
September 23, 2016: Following a two-day preliminary hearing, a Kern County Superior Court Judge dismissed all charges against a physician accused by the California Attorney General of Medi-Cal and Medicare fraud and related theft and tax offenses. Led by Steven Goldsobel, the firm fought a more than two-year long battle…
CMS Issues New Stark Regulations
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015) Code of Federal Regulations Title 42: Public Health (Excerpted) View Article
Jeremy Miller Named 2016 Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers has selected Jeremy N. Miller of Miller Health Law Group as one of its 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers. Jeremy has made this list every year for the past 11 years. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have…
Jeremy Miller’s Article on THE 60-DAY SWORD OF DAMOCLES [You’ve Got 60 Days to Pay Up- or Else!]
Consider the following scenarios involving medically necessary services for Medicare or Medicaid patients: (1) a medical group learns that its outside billing service has incorrectly used the physician’s office site of service code when billing Medicare for hospital consults; (2) an imaging center finds out it did not have adequate…
HHS sets clear goals and timeline for shifting Medicare reimbursements from volume to value
In a meeting with nearly two dozen leaders representing consumers, insurers, providers, and business leaders, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced measurable goals and a timeline to move the Medicare program, and the health care system at large, toward paying providers based on the quality, rather…
Jeremy Miller Named 2015 Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers has selected Jeremy N. Miller of Miller Health Law Group as one of its 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers. Jeremy has made this list every year for the past 10 years. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have…