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Two Squire Sanders Attorneys Offer Modern Healthcare Readers Insight on the Antitrust and Fraud and Abuse Implications of the New ACO Final Rule

David Kopans
November 04, 2011 13:24

Squire Sanders attorneys, Chris Gordon, a Principal in the Washington, D.C. office, and Rob Nauman, a Senior Associate in the Columbus, Ohio office, were recently interviewed by Modern Healthcare for their take on the relaxation of the interim final rule on waivers of fraud and abuse laws and the...

ACO Webinar Reminder: Today at 2:00 P.M. (EDT)

David Kopans
November 03, 2011 12:15

Today at 2:00 P.M. (EDT), please join Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and Strategic Health Care for our complimentary webinar overview of the final rule recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the opportunities it presents for Accountable Care...

What Others are Saying: Media Round-Up on Final ACO Regs

David Kopans
October 28, 2011 17:57

This post has been contributed by Chase Matson, Manager, Government Relations, AMDR When we published last week’s blog post, MEDICARE ACO RULES NEAR FINAL HURDLE, we knew it would only be a matter of time before CMS released its final ACO regulations. Sure enough, only two days later, CMS...

WEBINAR TO EXPLAIN IMPLICATIONS OF NEW ACO REGULATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER 3; HOSTED BY SQUIRE SANDERS & DEMPSEY AND STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE

David Kopans
October 27, 2011 14:51

On Thursday, November 3rd, please join Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and Strategic Health Care for a complimentary webinar overview of the final rule recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the opportunities it presents for Accountable Care...

Final ACO Antitrust Policy Released

October 21, 2011 15:46

On October 20, 2011, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission jointly issued their “Final Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the Medical Shared Savings Program.”  The policy statement, which largely...

Interim Final ACO Fraud and Abuse Waiver Rules and final ACO Antitrust Policy Statements Released

David Kopans
October 20, 2011 18:55

Concurrently with the release of the final rule for accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector...

CMS Releases MSSP/ACO Final Rule

David Kopans
October 20, 2011 18:43

On October 20, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the nearly 700-page, final rule for payments to health care providers and suppliers participating in accountable care organizations (“ACOs”) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program...

Medicare ACO Rules Near Final Hurdle

October 18, 2011 16:42

The dog days of summer may officially be behind us, but things are just starting to heat up over at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with signs that a Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) final rule could be released in the near future. This week, Modern Healthcare is...

Majority of Healthcare Executives Likely to Join an ACO

July 22, 2011 13:32

Many healthcare executives may still be on the fence about the future impact of accountable care organizations (ACOs), but most of them still believe their institutions will ultimately join an ACO, according to FierceHealthcare's report on the results of a survey released by U.S. News and...

ACO Week in Review

June 30, 2011 19:21

Despite entering the Dog Days of Summer, ACO developments continue to unfold in a flurry.  The week started with The New York Times’ Robert Pear reporting that HHS will be hiring consultants to serve as secret healthcare shoppers, to check wait times for primary care...