Since its enactment in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) has prohibited covered entities from using or disclosing a patient’s individually identifiable health information except either as HIPAA permits or requires or as the patient authorizes in writing.  Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a final

On June 22, 2012, the New York State legislature passed A8869-B Gottfried / S6228-B Hannon, an Act to Amend the Public Health Law, in Relation to Accountable Care Organizations.  The bill now only needs the signature of Governor Andrew Cuomo before becoming law.

The bill seeks to promote the formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs)

In what many are calling its most important decision since Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court largely upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”). Chief Justice Roberts delivered the 5-4 ruling of the Court, upholding all of the provisions of the Act, except for a narrow portion of the Act’s Medicaid expansion.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“Innovation Center”) has extended certain deadlines for its new bundled payment program known as the “Bundled Payments for Care Improvement” initiative (the “Bundled Payments Program”), which was first announced on August 23, 2011.

A bundled payment approach combines payment for hospital, physician, and other provider services into a

The New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) recently announced that it has extended from September 1 to October 3, 2011 the filing deadline for submission of applications by interested organizations seeking to participate in the new Health Home program being established by Medicaid.  Under the health home program, DOH will provide reimbursement to

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced three new initiatives in connection with its efforts to advance accountable care organizations (ACOs) – a new type of healthcare organization being promoted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Affordable Care Act”) enacted last year.  As discussed in our prior alerts, the