Publications

President Barack Obama signed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) on April 16, 2015, repealing the Medicare program’s embattled Sustainable Growth Rate formula (SGR), thereby avoiding a potential 21 percent cut to Medicare physician payments. The Act—Public Law 114–10—furthers the Federal government’s mission to transition health […]

The first session of the 104th Nebraska Legislature is now over three-fourths complete. Here is an update on the bills we are tracking related to real property, renewable energy, and municipal law. You can find copies of the bills and information regarding status of the bills on the Nebraska Legislature’s website at http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/. […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released two proposed rules affecting the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (“Meaningful Use”). The first set of proposed rules relates to Stage 3 (the final stage) of Meaningful Use. The second set of proposed rules relates to Stage 1 and Stage […]

In an unprecedented collaboration, the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Association of Health Care Internal Auditors, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Care Compliance Association worked together to develop a new guidance document for governing boards regarding compliance oversight […]

Only twenty legislative days remain in the first session of the 104th Nebraska Legislature. Here is an update on the bills we are tracking related to real property, renewable energy, and municipal law. You can find copies of the bills and information regarding status of the bills on the Nebraska […]