On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized policy changes in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) final rules which will phase out inpatient-only procedures over the next three years, allowing CMS for the first time to reimburse for those procedures on an ...
On December 1, 2020, CMS modified the data collection and reporting compliance periods for ground ambulance organizations that were selected by CMS to collect data during year 1 (2020) and year 2 (2021). Under this modification, the subject ground ambulance organizations can select a new continuous 12-month data collection period that ...
By: Lee Geiger & Laura Caty
As a result of the 2020 election, four more states—Arizona, New Jersey, Montana, and South Dakota— are legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia now permit people to grow and consume marijuana to varying amounts. Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia have ...
Last week, the EEOC released proposed updated guidance that refreshes the agency’s view of how anti-discrimination laws guard against religious bias and clarifies legal protections afforded to religious employers.
The proposed guidance refreshes the EEOC’s religious discrimination guidance manual, last updated in 2008, to align with ...
written by Marianna Michael
On November 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued two new Administrative Orders regarding hearings. Orders 2020-71 and 2020-72 replace Administrative Orders 2020-63 and 2020-64 which were published in early November as guidance to courts in “red zone” counties. With nearly each of Kentucky’s ...
By Kathie McDonald-McClure
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, Governor Beshear announced new restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 during a third wave of the disease with the potential for exponential growth due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and the cooler weather that leads to spending more time indoors. As the ...
On November 18, 2020, Governor Beshear announced new restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 during a third wave of the disease with the potential for exponential growth due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and the cooler weather that leads to spending more time indoors. Two new Executive Orders here (businesses/social ...
On November 10, 2020, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Kentucky Public Health issued Guidance for Celebrating Thanksgiving designed to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The Guidance recognizes that traditionally many families travel long distances to celebrate Thanksgiving together, but recommends families stay home this year, as ...
On November 12, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified in its MLN Connects (the official CMS weekly news from its Medicare Learning Network®) that Non-Practitioners, including registered dietitians and nutrition professionals, can use the COVID-19 CPT Codes 98966-98968 to bill for audio-only telephone ...
On November 2, 2020, the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) issued a letter instructing healthcare providers interested in administering COVID-19 vaccines to enroll as a COVID-19 vaccine provider here. The KDPH is anticipating a late 2020 to early 2021 release of new vaccines in limited quantities, which will be distributed according ...