Meaningful Use Exception Includes EHR Vendor Delays
Following its announcement at HIMSS, CMS has published its hardship exception application for 2014 along with its new exception due to vendor delays. The new exception permits eligible hospitals and...
View ArticleWashington Certificate of Need Program Commences Rule Making: Consumer...
The Washington State Certificate of Need Program has announced its commencement of the rule-making process related to hospitals and dialysis. This action is in response to the directive issued last...
View ArticleHospital Medical Staff Lacks Capacity To Sue – Medical Staff Bylaws Are Not a...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that, in Minnesota, hospital medical staffs do not have capacity to sue as unincorporated associations. In addition, the Court concluded that,...
View ArticleSRDP Settlement: Improper EHR Donation Arrangement Among Violations
Last month CMS settled several violations of the self-referral statute (aka Stark Law) with an Ohio hospital, including a failure to appropriately structure a donation arrangement for electronic health...
View ArticlePublic Hospital Districts Offering Maternity Services Must Offer Abortion...
A recent Washington Attorney General Opinion concludes that a public hospital district may not administer or fund programs to provide maternity care benefits or services without making provision for...
View ArticleJoint Commission Standards for Boarding and Leadership Collaboration with...
Effective January 1, 2014, hospitals, accredited by the Joint Commission, will be required to meet the elements of performance (EPs) related to boarding and leadership collaboration for behavioral...
View ArticleMeaningful Use Audits – Security Risk Analysis
‘Tis the season for Meaningful Use, the time of year when eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) compile their data from the meaningful use measures and prepare for attestation. It...
View ArticleDOH Issues New Hospital CN Rule & Transparency Requirements
Prior to the end of the year, and in compliance with Governor Inslee’s directive, the Washington Department of Health (DOH) issued new hospital Certificate of Need (CN) rules and transparency...
View ArticleUnderstanding Stark/Anti-Kickback Compliant EHR Donation Arrangements
In 2006 and extended in December 2013, CMS issued Stark and Anti-Kickback exceptions/safe harbors permitting EHR technology donation arrangements between hospitals (and other organizations) and...
View Article2014 OIG Work Plan Contains New Priorities Specific to Hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Work Plan. The Plan contains new priorities specific to Hospitals in...
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