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CMS Relaxes “Immediate Jeopardy” Standard for Nursing Facilities
A recent directive to state surveyors eliminates mandatory financial penalties for nursing facilities if a survey reveals tha...
Learn MoreJustice Department Clarifies Softer Stance on False Claims Act Enforcement
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently clarified two prior memos that suggested less enforcement of False Claims...
Learn MoreBarley Snyder Starts Senior Living Group
Media Contact: Michael Sadowski, Communications Coordinatormsadowski@barley.com or 717-208-8842 For Immediate Release&nb...
Learn MoreFederal Government to Target False EHR Incentive Payments
While health care reform remains bogged down, the federal government’s efforts to curtail fraud, waste and abuse in its hea...
Learn MoreProceed with Caution in Using New Process to Self-Report Stark Law Violations
Like tax forgiveness programs, the new self-reporting process for Stark Law violations offers health care providers the possi...
Learn MoreBarley Snyder Tops JD Supra’s 2017 Food & Beverage List
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Thirteen Barley Snyder Attorneys Named “Select Lawyers”
Lancaster, Pa. – Barley Snyder is well-represented in December’s distinguished “Select Lawyers” designation, wit...
Learn MoreCould Possible Healthcare Repeal Efforts Extend to Physician Payments Under Medicare?
Now that the 2016 presidential election is over, many patients are asking whether Congress will repeal the Affordable Care Ac...
Learn MoreWhen “Organic” is Not “Organic,” Even When the USDA Says It Is
Producers of agricultural products go to great lengths to achieve the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “organic” label....
Learn MoreMissed Opportunity by The Supreme Court to Address the Erosion of Hospital Self-Review Privileges
In Tibbs v. Bunnell1, the U.S. Supreme Court recently denied a hospital’s petition2 for certiorari to review the ...
Learn MoreHIPAA Phase 2 Audits Begin: What Are The Risks?
On March 21st, OCR1 commenced Phase 2 of its HIPAA2 Audit Program. OCR will audit health plans, hospitals, physicia...
Learn MoreNew Stark Law Exception for Non-Physician Practitioner Recruitment Subsidies: A Gift or Pandora’s Box for Hospitals?
As of January 1, 2016, a new Stark Law exception allows hospitals to give subsidies to physician practices for the recruitmen...
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