CMS Issues New ACO Regulations
Shared Savings Program Proposed Rule reflects focus on primary care and improved incentives for participation, quality, and efficiency. Read the full press release here.
Jeremy Miller and Michael Thornhill on Where Physicians Fit into Accountable Care Organizations
On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its long awaited proposed rules for Medicare Accountable Care Organizations. The draft rules, which are 429 pages long, implement Section 3022 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act establishing the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The regulations are…
Miller Health Law Group on How the New Health Reform Law will Dramatically Increase Fraud and Abuse Enforcement
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) provide the federal government with new tools and funding to prevent, root out and punish fraud and abuse by providers and suppliers. Read Jeremy Miller’s entire article here: “Fraud Busters,” Los…
Miller Health Law Group Lawyers on Hospital-Physician Alignment Models and Strategies
Physicians were facing daunting challenges before the passage last March of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: declining reimbursement, rising overhead, increasingly burdensome government regulation, and a severe recession. Health care “reform” will likely only exacerbate these pressures. As a result, many physicians are in a state of high…
Miller Health Care Law Attorneys on Health Care Reform and How it Affects Employers
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), which became law in late March 2010; contain a number of provisions that will affect employers in the short and long term. Three areas of great interest (and concern)…
Miller Health Law Group Newsletter on Key Provisions for Health Care Providers
National Health Care Reform — Key Provisions for Providers The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Health Care Reform Law”) are now the law of the land. The controversial legislation, the most important for the health care…
Miller Health Law Group Bulletin: New Health Care Reform Compliance Deadlines
National Health Care Reform The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are now the law of the land. While many of the provisions of this landmark legislation will be implemented over the next few years, there are several aspects…