Client Advisories

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These advisories are intended to provide general information about legal developments in health law and do not provide legal advice specific to individual circumstances. For more specific information, please call or contact Mellette PC.

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2011 Client Advisories:

OIG Issues Unfavorable Opinion on Supplier Arrangements with Nursing Facilities

Virginia Board of Health Issues New Durable Do Not Resuscitate Order Rules

The CMS-855 Medicare Enrollment Process: Requirements to Establish and Maintain Medicare Enrollment

CMS Issues Accountable Care Organizations Proposed Rule

Federal Trade Commission Issues Guidance to Healthcare Providers on Medical Identity Theft

Obama Administration Revises Conscience Clause Rules for Healthcare Professionals

Groundhog's Day Regulatory Update: CMS Proposes Rule to Require Additional Notifications to Medicare Beneficiaries

2010 Client Advisories:

New PPACA Proposed Regulations Target Anti-Fraud Effort

CMS Proposes New Requirements for Nursing Facility and Hospice Arrangements

Changes in MDS 3.0 Section Q and Implications for Nursing Facilities

CMS Proposes New Rules for Civil Monetary Penalties

Health Reform 2010: New Elder Abuse Reporting Requirements

Health Reform 2010: Highlights for Hospitals

Health Reform 2010: Highlights for Physicians

Health Reform 2010: Highlights for Nursing Facilities

2009 Client Advisories:

Protecting the Validity of Waivers of Discrimination Claims in Employee Severance Agreements

Statewide Electronic Health Records Systems Assistance to Individual and Small Group Primary Care Practices and Others Medically Underserved Populations

Certificate of Public Need (COPN) Primer for Clients 2009

September 2009 Findings on Hospice Claims in Nursing Facilities Meeting Medicare Coverage Requirements and Changes That Could Be On the Way

Protecting the Validity of Waivers of Discrimination Claims in Employee Severance Agreements

Statewide Electronic Health Records Systems Assistance to Individual and Small Group Primary Care Practices and Others Medically Underserved Populations

Virginia Reporting Requirements

FTC Red Flag Rules: Enforcement of Mandated Identity Theft Programs Delayed Until August 1, 2009

CMS Issues Scam Alert – Fake Medicare Faxes Sent to Providers

Modification of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Business Associate Agreement Requirements by 2009 Stimulus Package

Amendments to State Medical Facilities Plan – Effective February 15, 2009:
Radiation Therapy Services

Amendments to State Medical Facilities Plan – Effective February 15, 2009:
Nursing Facilities and Long Term Care Providers

Amendments to State Medical Facilities Plan – Effective February 15, 2009:
Inpatient Bed Requirements

Amendments to State Medical Facilities Plan – Effective February 15, 2009:
General Surgical Services

Amendments to State Medical Facilities Plan – Effective February 15, 2009:
Diagnostic Imaging Services

2008 Client Advisories:

Proposed Revisions to State Medical Facilities Plan Acute Care Institutions

2007 Client Advisories:

CMS Issues Instructions to States on Implementing the Special Focus Facility (Sff) Program

Implementation of Medicaid’s New Tamper-Resistant Prescription Requirement Delayed

Medicaid’s New Tamper-Resistant Prescription Requirement

Potential for Medical Malpractice Plaintiff to Avoid the Malpractice Cap by Suing under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act

CMS Disclosure of Financial Relationships Report Alert

Redesigned Charity and Tax-Exempt Organization Form (IRS Form 990) Proposed for 2008 Tax Year

VOPA DOPE: Responding to an Investigation by the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy

Equal Opportunity Commission Update

2006 Client Advisories:

2006 Amendments to the CMS-855 Medicare Enrollment Process: Requirements to Establish and Maintain Medicare Enrollment

Individualized Care Required for Nursing Facility Residents: The Role of the Medical Director