Virtues and Vices of Medicare Episode of Care Payment Bundling: A Look at PPACA’s Pilot Program

Posted by Jason Greis on April 30, 2010 under Presentations | Be the First to Comment

The attached presentation addressing the potential benefits and drawbacks of CMS’s Pilot Program under PPACA to develop an episode of care bundled payment model for acute care, post-acute care, physician and outpatient services was presented at the Chicago Bar Association on Friday, April 30, 2010.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Read More...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Provisions Impacting Institutional Providers

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The below CMS e-mail alert was distributed via grouplist on Thursday, April 22, 2010 and impacts LTACHs, among other institutional providers. Read More...

Exploring the Adverse Impact of Federal Healthcare Reform on Physician-Owned Hospitals

Posted by Jason Greis on April 1, 2010 under Articles | Be the First to Comment

After almost a year of heated debate, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (P.L. 111-148) (“PPACA” or the “Act”) on March 23, 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) (“HCEAA”) on March 30, 2010.  While many of these laws’ provisions are benign, some contain “bombshells” that will permanently alter the business and regulatory landscape for certain businesses.  One such provision is contained in Section 6001 of PPACA, which significantly curbs physician ownership and investment in hospitals by restricting application of the Federal Ethics in Patient Referrals Act’s (the “Stark Law”) statutory “whole-hospital exception.” Read More...

NALTH 2010 Annual Conference

Posted by Jason Greis on February 22, 2010 under Events | Be the First to Comment

NALTH 2010 Annual Conference
April 29-30, 2010
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC Read More...