Health Care Law News and Insights

CMS Releases FY 2023 Medicare IPPS & LTCH PPS Proposed Rule CMS issued the fiscal year 2023 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System ("IPPS") and Long-Term Care Hospital ("LTCH") Prospective Payment System (PPS) proposed rule, 87 FR 28108, on April 18, 2022 updating Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient...

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Houston, Texas (May 16, 2022) - On Friday, May 13, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court issued an important opinion addressing but-for causation in Pediatrics Cool Care v. Ginger Thompson (o/b/o A.W.). In this case, tragically, the minor plaintiff A.W. committed suicide after seeing her pediatric healthcare provider and complaining of feelings of...

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For the first time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released data publicly on skilled nursing facility changes of ownership (CHOWs)). The data, which was released on April 20, 2022, includes information associated with CHOWs from 2016-2022. In its press release, CMS stated that the goal is to...

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