On October 17, 2016, the Texas Medical Board (“TMB”) voluntarily dropped its 5th Circuit appeal of a lower court’s refusal to dismiss Teladoc’s case against the TMB. The appeal itself was unique in that it was not an appeal
MACRA: Advanced APMs and MIPS Replace SGR Effective January 2017
On October 14, 2016, CMS issued the “Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models” final rule with comment period.
MIPS and Advanced APMs are the
Nursing home providers file suit against CMS in response to pre-dispute arbitration ban
In response to the recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) final rule prohibiting long-term care facilities from entering into pre-dispute arbitration agreements with its residents (the “Arbitration Rule”), several plaintiffs (including the American Health Care Association and other
New device guidelines published in China
On 21 September 2016, the Department of Medical Device Supervision of the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) published the Guidelines to Medical Device Manufacturers for the Quality Control and Release of Finished Products (Draft for Public Comment)
CMS final rule promotes post-dispute arbitration, giving residents more bargaining power
On October 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule that implements sweeping changes to the requirements long-term care facilities (“LTCs”) must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These new and