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Health Care Reform. The debate surrounding health care reform focused on the need to improve access to health care, expand coverage, and increase quality while decreasing overall health care spending. The challenge now is to navigate the numerous and significant changes to our industry that are following. These changes are expected to affect virtually all aspects of health care delivery - hospitals to home health and payers to peer review. And these changes will create both opportunities and challenges. As the nation's largest health care focused law firm, Hall Render is uniquely positioned to stay informed of all aspects of health care reform and to assist you in responding to the important opportunities and challenges that it will create. Health law is our business. Hall Render's Health Law Broadcast has followed the debate and issues surrounding health care reform. This series will continue to describe the changes and provide practical guidance on how to react and implement the many aspects of health care reform. The series consists of client alerts, periodic articles and analysis, and regular email updates, each written by Hall Render attorneys with in-depth knowledge and essential experience. As part of Hall Render's commitment to leading you through health care reform, this site is intended to be a single comprehensive resource for tracking the various reform-related regulatory developments and for following our analysis and practical guidance. In addition to industry and provider specific developments and analysis, you will find user-friendly access to various news and health policy sources. All to ensure that you stay informed. |
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CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Implement Statutory Obligation to Report and Return Overpayments [02/17/2012] Today Is the Day: Medicare Shared Savings Program Update [02/17/2012] If the Minimum Necessary Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Are Found Unconstitutional, Will the Entire Act Fall? [02/10/2012] Congressional Budget Office Estimates Federal Health Care Program Spending to Double over Next 10 Years [02/03/2012] Antitrust Implications for ACOs: FTC/DOJ Determine ACOs are Consistent with Indicia of Clinical Integration - Is This a Fundamental Shift in Antitrust Policy? [01/31/2012] Amicus Curiae Briefs Pour In to the Supreme Court; Oral Argument Dates Set for Late March 2012 [01/27/2012] see more articles 
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy DigestHow Small Businesses Are Coping With Health Insurance [02/22/2012]Healthcare Management and Information Systems HIMSSHIMSS Announces the 2012 mHealth Summit [02/17/2012]The Scan From Kaiser's Health Reform SourceKFF Brief Explores Issues for Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment under Reform [02/21/2012]The Brookings Institute Engelberg Center for Health Care ReformSentinel Active Surveillance Roundtable: Highlights from the Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop [02/01/2012]Health Reform Watch by the Seton Hall University School of Law, Health Law & Policy ProgramA Broader Perspective on Catholic Healthcare |
Accountable Care OrganizationsAccountable Care Organizations have become the buzz concept in health care today... Clinical Integration and AntitrustOne of the basic goals of health care reform is to lower costs while increasing quality... Employers and EmployeesThe Affordable Care Act was designed to provide health insurance coverage to the millions of Americans who are currently without coverage... Fraud and Abuse/ComplianceThe Affordable Care Act and related health reform initiatives signal the federal government's intent to continue aggressively fighting fraud and abuse under the federal health care programs... Health Care PolicyHealth care reform has ignited a vigorous debate about the policies and constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act... Health Information TechnologyThe passage of the health care reform and the HITECH Act will combine to greatly increase the focus upon and opportunities presented by health information technology... Hospitals and Health SystemsThe passage of sweeping health care reform is expected to affect Hospitals and Health Systems more than any other health industry group... Long-Term CareLong-Term Care providers will feel the effects of health care reform via increased disclosure requirements, oversight, and public access to provider information, as well as a renewed emphasis on community based care aimed at enabling beneficiaries to remain in their homes... Physicians and Physician OrganizationsThere is an increased emphasis on the availability of physician services and eliminating fraud and waste in our nation's health care system as part of health care reform. Quality, Reimbursement and ReportingThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started the shift to becoming a value-based purchaser well before health care reform... Tax & Tax Exempt OrganizationsAmong the many changes to current health care laws and regulations, the Affordable Care Act places additional requirements on tax-exempt organizations... |
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