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Date	Title
April 9, 2009	The OIG's Newest Open Letter Regarding The Self-Disclosure Protocol: What's a Stark-Only Violator To Do?
March 12, 2009	Tennessee's Continuing Trend to Uphold Mandatory Arbitration For Nursing Home Contracts
February 9, 2009	Ready, Set GO! RACs Given Green Light to Proceed
February 9, 2009	Healthcare IT Spending In The Economic Stimulus Bill: Incentive Payments May Be Available To Some Healthcare Providers
January 27, 2009	The Dreaded Debut of the DFRR: Is it on the Horizon?
January 7, 2009	The New Mental Health Parity Act: What It Does and Doesn't Do
January 2, 2009	Final Rule Implementing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Released
December 9, 2008	The 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS): Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Some Folks Blue
November 11, 2008	Warning for Health Care Providers as Creditors: New Form Requires Creditors to Limit Disclosures when Filing Claims in Bankruptcy Court
October 31, 2008	Focusing the Lens: OIG Issues Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities
October 8, 2008	Red Flag for Healthcare Providers: The FTC's New Red Flag and Address Discrepancy Rules
September 24, 2008	Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: Congress Giveth and Congress Taketh Away
September 16, 2008	What Goes Up Must Come Down: Spinning Wheel of Stark Goes 'Round
August 28, 2008	Still on the Radar Screen: CMS Proposes Further Restrictions for Physician Groups Providing Diagnostic Imaging
August 8, 2008	Disruptive Behavior Could Disrupt Your Joint Commission Accreditation
August 6, 2008	PhRMA Refinements: A Revised Code of Ethics
July 17, 2008	HIPAA Enforcement Redux: HHS Announces First-Ever "Resolution Agreement" for Potential HIPAA Violations
July 8, 2008	To Self-Disclose or Not to Self-Disclose: The Conundrum of the OIG's Self-Disclosure Protocol
June 19, 2008	Am I My Doctor's Keeper? Tennessee Hospitals May Be Vicariously Liable for the Negligence of Independent Contractor Physicians
June 11, 2008	Enforcing the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Trends, Stats, and Issues
May 28, 2008	The "Spring Cleaning" Edition: A Round-Up of Smaller But Noteworthy CMS Issuances
May 15, 2008	Disclose, Disclose, Disclose – CMS Wants to Know About Your Physician Financial Relationships
April 29, 2008	The Stark Aspects of the Proposed IPPS Rule: A New Era of Incremental Regulation and Some New Sources of Heartburn
April 18, 2008	Consultant Liability: The Government Expands the Reach of Culpability for Alleged Healthcare Fraud
March 28, 2008	Brave New E-World: Accessing, Updating, and Submitting Medicare Provider Information Online
March 12, 2008	At Long Last – HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Implement The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act
February 27, 2008	Raising the Bar: CMS Proposes New Enrollment Requirements for DMEPOS Suppliers
February 12, 2008	Outlier Fraud: Recent Spate of Settlements and Government Interventions Shows Issue is High Priority
January 31, 2008	Medicare Conditions of Participation vs. Medicare Conditions of Payment: Failure to Satisfy the Former Does Not Give Rise to False Claims Act Liability, According to Tennessee Federal District Court
January 24, 2008	Medicare Rules for Ambulatory Surgery Centers: What a Difference a Year Makes
December 31, 2007	Too Many Surprises in the New Anti-Markup Rule? CMS Has Now Delayed Implementation
December 20, 2007	The Surprising Anti-Markup Rule: CMS Ends a Busy Year With a Bang
December 14, 2007	Alert for Employers in Home Health Industry
December 10, 2007	Office of Inspector General Fiscal Year 2008 Work Plan
November 19, 2007	Final Accreditation Standard MS.1.20: The Joint Commission Does an About-Face
October 26, 2007	Preparing For A Medicare Audit By A Program Safeguard Contractor
October 12, 2007	Stark Phase III Regulations Second of Two-Part Series: “More Than Meets the Eye”
September 14, 2007	Stark Phase III Regulations First of Two-Part Series: “What Meets the Eye”
August 23, 2007	Tennessee Attorney General Issues Opinion of Non-Physician Practitioners to Own and Operate Professional Medical Practices
August 10, 2007	CMS Final Rule Requires Hospital Disclosure of Physician Ownership and Lack of 24/7 Physician Presence
July 23, 2007	CMS Proposes Dramatic Changes to Stark Rules and Medicare Payment Rules
July 5, 2007	Union Organizing Efforts in Healthcare May Be Increasing
June 25, 2007	Coming July 1, 2007 - Changes to Hospital Discharge Appeal Rights
June 15, 2007	Tennessee General Assembly Breathes New Life Into Physician Covenants Not To Compete
June 1, 2007	Little-Noticed CMS Data Collection Initiative Has Potentially Big Enforcement Implications
May 15, 2007	CMS Clarifies Hospital Emergency Service Obligations – Proposes Transparency Of Emergency Response Capability
May 4, 2007	CMS Proposes to Require All Physician-Owned Hospitals To Disclose Physician Investment To Patients
April 26, 2007	Further Guidance from CMS on False Claims Act Education Requirements for Medicaid Providers
April 17, 2007	New Competitive Bidding Programs for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies – CMS Narrows the Field of Suppliers
March 26, 2007	East Tennessee Heart Consultants Case: False Claims Investigations Based On Alleged Failure To Refund Overpayments
March 19, 2007	American Healthcare Management Case: Alleged Understaffing as a Basis of Civil and Criminal False Claims Actions
February 28, 2007	Healthcare Employers – What does the ADA require of you?
February 9, 2007	Illinois Joins Lawsuit Against Radiology Centers: A New Era Of Enforcement Under State Fraud and Abuse Laws?
January 31, 2007	DOJ Revises Guidelines on Seeking Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
January 10, 2007	CMS Issues Two Final Rules Revising Hospital Conditions of Participation
December 21, 2006	CMS Issues Guidance on False Claims Act and Whistleblower Education Requirements for Medicaid Providers
December 19, 2006	CMS Issues Final Rule Updating Outpatient Prospective Payments
November 21, 2006	Two Recent Cases Show False Claims Actions Based on Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws Are Alive And Well
October 18, 2006	Highlights For Medicare Providers In The OIG's 2007 Work Plan
September 27, 2006	Final E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Regulations Protect Certain Health Information Technologies
September 7, 2006	CMS Issues Final Report on Specialty Hospitals and Reveals Plans for New Measures Affecting All Hospitals
August 23, 2006	In Today’s Federal Register -- CMS Proposes Significant Revisions to Ambulatory Surgery Center Payment System
August 8, 2006	CMS to Implement Changes to DRG Payments Over the Next Three Years
August 3, 2006	Illinois Case Holds Hospital Liable for Independent Contractor Anesthesiologist
July 25, 2006	Recent Article Highlights Legal Responsibility to Provide Interpreters for Patients Who Aren't Proficient in English
June 30, 2006	Florida Supreme Court Rules That Federal Anti-Kickback Law Preempts Florida Medicaid Statute
June 15, 2006	Federal Court Rules that Public Companies Must Disclose Present and Anticipated Regulatory Risks
May 31. 2006	The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: New Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Provisions
May 16, 2006	United States Sentencing Commission Proposes to Retract Privilege Waiver as a Sentencing Factor
April 27, 2006	Court Interprets Scope of Tennessee Peer Review Statute
April 1, 2006	Important HIPAA Reminder for Health Plans