February 16, 2026, is the deadline for each HIPAA covered entity to update its Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) to incorporate new regulatory requirements enacted in 2024. Specifically, HIPAA-covered entities (including health care providers and health plans) are required to review and revise their NPPs as necessary to ensure compliance with a 2024 federal rulemaking
CMS Interim Rule Makes Changes to COVID-19 Laboratory Test Ordering and Payment For Medicare and Medicaid Providers and Beneficiaries
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On April 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2020 (the Interim Rule) which – among other things – makes changes to Medicare requirements for ordering COVID-19 laboratory tests, Medicare reimbursement for specimen collection and Medicaid reimbursement for laboratory services.
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Significant Changes to The Stark Law in the 2016 Physician Fee Schedule
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In the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made several important and provider-friendly revisions and additions to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law). The PFS created two new Stark exceptions—one for the recruitment of non-physician practitioners (NPPs) and one for timeshare arrangements. The PFS also made several…