The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday ended the six-month moratorium on new enrollments for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) providers. CMS placed the six-month moratorium on DMEPOS providers on Feb. 27 to curb fraud in the sector. Thursday, Aug. 27, marks six months. In May, CMS imposed a six-month
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Fraud Division has designated home health and hospice as among its top enforcement priorities. The agency plans to use innovative data analysis to target fraud schemes in these industries, according to a Thursday memorandum. The DOJ Fraud Division will also target telemedicine programs, Medicare or Medicaid fraud, controlled substance
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In this episode of “Counsel That Cares,” healthcare attorney Shalyn Watkins and Camino Strategy Group CEO Phoebe Gutierrez examine how California’s corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine is shaping healthcare transactions, digital health platforms and investor-backed healthcare organizations. Using the recent Carbon Health settlement, ongoing litigation and broader enforcement trends as examples, they explain why
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Healthcare attorneys Jacob Bolton, Eric Scalzo, John Saran and John Arnold published an article in Law360 about a change to North Carolina law eliminating a review step for dental industry transactions. S.L. 2026-41, Section 38A.2, enacted July 7, 2026, removes the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners’ longstanding requirement that parties submit dental management
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The Federal Trade Commission approved a final consent order Aug. 25 that resolves antitrust concerns tied to Ascension’s $3.9 billion acquisition of ASC operator Amsurg. The FTC voted 2-0 to approve the final order after a public comment period, according to a news release. Under the FTC’s final consent order, Ascension must divest seven ASCs:
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Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services has received Oregon Health Authority approval for its proposed affiliation with Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System. The approval allows the systems to clear the remaining legal and administrative hurdles to close the transaction, according to an Aug. 24 MultiCare news release. The affiliation is not final, and the organizations will
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California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups,
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More than 200 healthcare organizations urged CMS not to finalize proposed limits on remote monitoring, warning the changes would disrupt care for about 1 million Medicare beneficiaries who manage chronic conditions from home. In a sign-on letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, the coalition asked the agency to hold off on remote physiologic monitoring
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Eight states have enacted laws or regulations impacting health care transactions that include new or expanded notice and/or approval requirements, “mini-HSR” notice requirements, corporate practice of medicine restrictions, and ownership/control reporting requirements. Most of these laws and regulations capture transactions involving private equity groups, hedge funds, management services organizations (MSOs) and real estate investment trusts
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Regulators are narrowing focus around hospice patient eligibility. Hospices in the Midwest and South have recently survived the scrutiny in federal courts in a case that could have ripple effects on regulatory oversight. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit oversees four states of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The Sixth Circuit ruled
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