Author: Randall Hanson

Randall is an associate in Dorsey’s health transactions and regulations practice group.

Reimbursement for Remote Patient Monitoring Services in 2019

Medicare reimbursement for remote patient monitoring has taken a number of steps forward throughout this year. New and proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services both expand the billing options available to health care providers and also build in additional flexibility in the provision of remote patient monitoring in order to further...

New Transportation Model Creates Value-Based Care Payment Opportunities for Ambulance Providers and Suppliers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMS Innovation Center”) issued a press release on February 14, 2019, announcing the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport Model (the “ET3”). The ET3 is a five-year payment model that will test two new Medicare ambulance supplier and provider payments for: Treatment...

CMS Proposed Rule to Require Drug Pricing Transparency

On October 18, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed a new rule (“Proposal”) that would require direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) television advertisements of prescription drugs paid for by Medicare or Medicaid to include the drug’s wholesale acquisition cost (“List Price”). The Proposal comes as part of the current administration’s promise and attempt to...