On August 21, 2023, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) updated its Self-Disclosure Program to provide a new pathway for all Medicaid-program entities and providers to report, return, and explain overpayments.
On August 14, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for applications for the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model, its newest innovation program aimed at improving patient care by supporting the delivery of advanced primary care services
In what appears to follow a multi-state trend to protect “temporary” workers, as part of the New York Budget for FY 2023-2024, a new law went into effect that requires any entity that provides temporary staff to health care entities to register with the Department of Health (DOH).
On July 21, 2023, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (“OHS”), sent a letter to Connecticut physicians reminding them of the requirement for certain practice transactions to obtain Certificate of Need (“CON”) approval prior to closing.
On June 27, 2023, and in response to the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) posted a final rule that amended its Civil Money Penalty (CMP) regulations to authorize penalties of up to $1 million per violation.