Health Care Law News and Insights

On December 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ("CMS") of the Department of Health and Human Services created a new provider type for embattled rural1 and critical access hospitals ("CAHs")2—the Rural Emergency Hospital ("REH").3 Designation as an REH allows for a suspension of a hospital's inpatient operations while maintaining emergency...

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The long-anticipated results of a recent clinical study demonstrate the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelic substances. The results of the confirmatory phase 3 study to test the efficacy and safety of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for the treatment of patients with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were published on September 14...

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In its continued effort to curb fraud and abuse in the hospice industry, on Aug. 22, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was making unannounced site visits to every Medicare-enrolled hospice nationwide. The goal of the site visits was to ensure that each hospice was active and...

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