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CMS Proposes to Revise, Again, the Stark Law’s Definition of “Indirect Compensation Arrangement”: What Was Old is New Again Wednesday, July 14, 2021
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Proposed Rule that proposes to amend certain regulations implementing the Physician Self-Referral Law, otherwise known as the “Stark Law”. The Proposed Rule proposes to revise once again the definition of “indirect compensation arrangement” (ICA), effectively to revert the meaning of the definition back – for the vast majority of indirect financial relationships between DHS entities and referring physicians – to the definition of that term as it was in place prior to the latest Stark Law rulemaking, “Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations” (the “MCR Final Rule”), published on December 2, 2020.[1] The Proposed Rule also proposes to define the term “unit” and the p
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Glenview, IL - The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) and Thomas Jefferson University are launching a free online educational program titled Shared Decision Making in Lung Cancer Screening to assist healthcare workers with identifying eligible patients for lung cancer screening and helping patients make a well-informed decision about whether to be screened.
Targeted to health care workers, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician s associates, respiratory care workers and care coordinators, the program covers:
· Assessment of eligibility for lung cancer screening and tobacco treatment
· Education about lung cancer screening and tobacco treatment
· Support for decision making about lung cancer screening
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More than 2 million Americans have signed up for 2021 coverage during a special enrollment period on the Obamacare federal and state exchanges
By Tami Luhby, CNN
More than 2 million Americans have signed up for 2021 coverage during a special enrollment period on the Obamacare federal and state exchanges, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Wednesday.
The report includes plan selections from February 15, when President Joe Bidenreopened enrollment to the uninsured, through June. Some 1.5 million people have signed up on the federal exchange, healthcare.gov, while more than 600,000 have selected policies in the 14 states and the District of Columbia that run their own exchanges
New online educational program on shared decision making in lung cancer screening
The American College of Chest Physicians
® (CHEST) and Thomas Jefferson University are launching a free online educational program titled Shared Decision Making in Lung Cancer Screening to assist healthcare workers with identifying eligible patients for lung cancer screening and helping patients make a well-informed decision about whether to be screened.
Targeted to health care workers, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician s associates, respiratory care workers and care coordinators, the program covers:
· Assessment of eligibility for lung cancer screening and tobacco treatment · Education about lung cancer screening and tobacco treatment · Support for decision making about lung cancer screening