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(July 17, 2025): The Texas Legislature recently passed and Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 1318,[1] a new act amending Section 15.50 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code relating to physician noncompete clauses, and adding a new Section 15.501. The new law imposes explicit limits on the period and geographic region for physician non-compete […]
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(June 20, 2023): In response to the recent public health crises, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first implemented a vaccine mandate for healthcare providers in late 2021. This policy was an effort to safeguard the vulnerable populations served by healthcare workers. This directive required that all healthcare workers, volunteers and third-party contractors
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(January 24, 2022): In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling on January 13, 2022 staying the injunctions preventing the implementation of CMS’ Vaccine Mandate in 24 states.[1] As a result, Medicare and Medicaid providers[2] subject to the CMS Vaccine Mandate interim final rule in those states must quickly take steps to
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(March 27, 2020): Liles Parker published an article covering CMS’ blanket waiver of certain telehealth requirements on March 16, 2020, with an updated version posted March 17, 2020.[1] This article covers developments since March 17, 2020 related to CMS telehealth requirements and provider enrollment activities in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, as well
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UPDATED (March 17, 2020): CMS just announced a waiver of certain telehealth coverage requirements so that Medicare beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. The article below has been updated to address these key takeaways. (March 16, 2020): On March 13, 2020, President
(March 17, 2017): The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will be initiating its next round of CMS revalidation requests to all Medicare enrolled providers and suppliers. Current law and regulations require providers and suppliers to revalidate their enrollment with Medicare every five years (every three years for DME suppliers).
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(September 16, 2014): Consider the following scenario. You own a durable medical equipment (DME) company that you run out of a leased location in a local office building. Your customers are a mix of privately insured and Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries. You’ve been in business for about 10 years, but money is tight and you need to
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(May 15, 2012): Liles Parker continues to monitor the consolidation of current MAC Jurisdictions 4 & 7 into Jurisdiction H, which will include Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi and will be serviced by Novitas Solutions (formerly Highmark Medicare Services). Novitas has posted a number of important alerts and informative FAQs on
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