Debra A. McCurdy, all library items
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Reed Smith Health Care Reform Review: The Affordable Care Act - Analysis and Implications for DMEPOS Suppliers
July 07, 2010
Suppliers and manufacturers of durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) will be impacted, directly and indirectly, by numerous provisions of the recently-enacted health reform legislation, H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as amended by H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Reconciliation Act), collectively known as the “Affordable Care Act” or ACA.
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Reed Smith Health Care Reform Review: The Affordable Care Act - Analysis and Implications for Drug, Device and Biotech Manufacturers
June 24, 2010
In April 2010, Reed Smith provided an extensive analysis of the recently-enacted health reform legislation, H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as amended by H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Reconciliation Act). Together, these sweeping measures expand access to health insurance (including subsidies, mandates, and market reforms); reduce health care spending (particularly in the Medicare program); expand federal fraud and abuse authorities and transparency requirements; impose new taxes and fees on health industry sectors; and institute a variety of other health policy reforms.In this analysis, we concentrate on those provisions in the new law that will affect life sciences entities: pharmaceutical, device, and biologics manufacturers.
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Reed Smith Health Care Reform Review: Analysis and Implications of Fraud Abuse and Program Integrity Provisions of the Affordable Care Act
June 03, 2010
In April 2010, Reed Smith provided an extensive analysis of the recently-enacted health reform legislation, H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as amended by H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Reconciliation Act). Together, these sweeping measures expand access to health insurance (including subsidies, mandates, and market reforms); reduce health care spending (particularly in the Medicare program); expand federal fraud and abuse authorities and transparency requirements; impose new taxes and fees on health industry sectors; and institute a variety of other health policy reforms. In this analysis, we concentrate on those provisions in the new law that will affect Fraud Abuse and Program Integrity Provisions.
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Reed Smith Health Care Reform Review - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Reconciliation Act
April 09, 2010
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a sweeping measure designed to expand access to health insurance, reduce health care spending (particularly in the Medicare program); expand federal fraud and abuse authorities and transparency requirements; impose new taxes and fees on health industry sectors; and institute a variety of other health policy reforms. The President also signed a second bill into law on March 30, 2010, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Reconciliation Act), which includes a series of “fixes” to the PPACA, including substantive changes to the PPACA’s provisions regarding Medicare prescription drug coverage, Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service payments, Stark law self-referral policy, and Medicaid matching payments, among many others. Within the thousands of pages of the new laws are numerous provisions that will have a direct and material impact on nearly every component of the health care delivery and financing systems in the United States, including health insurers, health care providers, and manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, as well as employers, taxpayers, and patients. Moreover, the impact of some of these provisions will be felt immediately, as certain provisions are effective upon enactment, and some have January 1, 2010 effective dates. Reed Smith has prepared a major Alert concentrating on those PPACA provisions we believe are of most interest to health care providers and medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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CMS Prepares to Re-Launch Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding—Tips for Potential Bidders
May 14, 2009
Client Alert 2009-166
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Health Information Privacy and Incentives, Medicaid Funding, and Other Health Care Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
April 15, 2009
On Feb. 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the “ARRA”).
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The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
August 08, 2008
Health Care Bulletin HC2008-05
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The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: Delay and Reform of the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
July 28, 2008
Health Care Alert 2008-04
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Operating Notes: Developments Surrounding Outpatient Surgical Facilities Continue to Unfold in 2008
March 06, 2008
Client Bulletin 2008-040
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The ‘Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007’ Enacted into Law
January 24, 2008
Health Care Bulletin HC2008-02
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Expansion of Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Announced
January 10, 2008
Health Care Bulletin HC08-01
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GAO Report and Congressional Testimony on Federal Tax Debt of Medicaid Providers
December 12, 2007
Health Care Bulletin HC2007-12
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Medicare's New Policy For Recalled, Replaced Devices
November 20, 2007
Inpatient hospitals are subject to a new Medicare policy regarding payment for procedures involving medical devices that are recalled or replaced at no cost or reduced cost to the hospital, effective Oct. 1, 2007.
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Medicare Clinical Trial Policy: CMS Rejects Major Proposed Revisions
October 26, 2007
In the face of both substantive and procedural concerns, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has decided not to adopt significant changes to the Medicare clinical trial national coverage policy that it had proposed on July 19, 2007. Instead, CMS’s July 9, 2007 final clinical trial coverage policy stands.
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Vol. III, No. 8 (September 2007)
September 28, 2007
Product Liability Update
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Medicare Hospital Inpatient Rule: New Policy for Recalled/Replaced Devices
August 27, 2007
Health Care E-Flash
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Ninth Circuit Rules That Provider Reimbursement Review Board May Order Reimbursement of Expenses Not Claimed In Cost Report or Previously Considered by Intermediary
August 10, 2007
Health Care Bulletin HC2007-08
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Medicare Competitive Bidding Program for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies
May 18, 2007
Health Care Bulletin HC2007-04
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Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 Signed into Law with Major Medicare & Medicaid Provisions
January 08, 2007
Health Care Bulletin HC2007-01
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HHS OIG Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2007
October 25, 2006
Health Care Bulletin HC2006-08
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CMS Proposes Competitive Bidding,Other Payment Reforms for DME, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Supplies
June 19, 2006
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") published its long-awaited proposed rule to implement the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment ("DME"), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies ("DMEPOS") on May 1 ("Proposed Rule").
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CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Implement Medicare Competitive Bidding Program & Other Payment Reforms for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, & Supplies
May 22, 2006
Health Care Bulletin HC2006-05
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CMS Proposes Major Reforms of Medicare Inpatient Hospital Payment System and Changes for Long-Term Care Hospital Payments
April 24, 2006
Health Care Bulletin HC2006-03
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Deficit Reduction Act Enacted with Major Medicare and Medicaid Provisions
February 16, 2006
Health Care Bulletin HC2006-01
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CMS Issues Final Rule on Competitive Acquisition of Medicare Part B Drugs and Biologicals
December 21, 2005
Health Care Bulletin HC2005-11
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CMS Issues Interim Final Rule on Competitive Acquisition of Medicare Part B Drugs and Biologicals
July 14, 2005
Health Care Bulletin HC2005-07
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CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Competitive Acquisition of Part B Drugs and Biologicals
March 16, 2005
Health Care Bulletin HC05-03
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CMS Issues Final Rule to Implement the New Medicare Part D Outpatient Prescription Drug Program
February 28, 2005
Health Care Bulletin HC2005-02
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HHS OIG Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2005
November 02, 2004
Health Care Bulletin HC2004-19
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CMS Proposed Rule to Establish the Medicare Modernization Act’s New Medicare Part D Outpatient Drug Program
August 30, 2004
Health Care Bulletin HC2004-16
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CMS Proposed Rule to Establish the Medicare Modernization Act’s Medicare Advantage Program
August 30, 2004
Health Care Bulletin HC2004-17
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CMS Publishes Final “Stark II, Phase II” Physician Self-Referral Rule
March 29, 2004
Health Care Bulletin HC2004-04
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The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
December 11, 2003
Health Care Bulletin HC2003-21
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HHS OIG Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2004
November 06, 2003
Health Care Bulletin HC2003-19
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House and Senate Pass Separate Versions of Legislation Reforming Medicare and Expanding Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
July 18, 2003
Health Care Bulletin HC2003-16
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HHS OIG Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2003
November 28, 2002
Health Care Bulletin HC2002-21
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Office of Inspector General Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2002
November 01, 2001
Health Care Bulletin HC01-17
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Vol. VI, No. 2 (Summer 2001)
September 19, 2001
Health Law Monitor
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HCFA “Educational Symposium” on the Use of Evidence-Based Medicine in the Medicare Coverage Decision Process
May 09, 2001
Health Care Bulletin HC01-08
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United States ex rel. Cherry v. Rush Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center: A New Incentive For Voluntary Disclosure?
February 20, 2001
Health Care Bulletin HC01-03
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Vol. VI, No. 1 (Winter 2001)
February 01, 2001
Health Law Monitor
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Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP – Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000
January 31, 2001
Health Care Bulletin HC01-02
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SNF Consolidated Billing And Fee Schedules: Congressional And HCFA Developments
December 19, 2000
Health Care Bulletin HC00-18
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Office of Inspector General Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2001
October 31, 2000
Health Care Bulletin HC00-15
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Medicare National Coverage Decision Regarding Routine Costs of Qualifying Clinical Trials
September 26, 2000
Health Care Bulletin HC00-13
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Balanced Budget Act “Giveback” Legislation
November 29, 1999
Health Care Bulletin 99-18
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HHS Proposed Rule on Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
November 23, 1999
Health Care
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Office Of Inspector General Work Plan For Fiscal Year 2000
October 27, 1999
Health Care 99-13
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Health Care Financing Administration Final Rule On Medicare Prospective Payment System And Consolidated Billing For Skilled Nursing Facilities, 64 Fed. Reg. 41,644 (July 30, 1999)
August 10, 1999
Health Care
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Clinton Administration Anti-Fraud Developments
December 18, 1998
Health Care 98-14
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Office Of Inspector General Fiscal Year 1999 Work Plan
November 23, 1998
Health Care 99-13
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Health-Related Provisions In The Omnibus Appropriations Act
November 04, 1998
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HCFA Home Health Agency Surety Bond Final Rule And Medicare “Incentive Program” Final Rule With Comment Period
June 12, 1998
Health Care 98-07
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Health Care Financing Administration Interim Final Rule
June 12, 1998
Health Care 98-08
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HCFA Issues Proposed Hospital Conditions of Participation Health Law Monitor Vol. III, No. 1
April 01, 1998
Health Law Monitor
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HCFA’s Interim Final Rule on “Stark II” Advisory Opinions
January 30, 1998
Health Care 98-
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Correction Of Medicare/Medicaid Budget Memorandum
September 03, 1997
Health Care 97-
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Issuance Of Advisory Opinions By The OIG: Interim Final Rule
March 07, 1997
Health Care 97-