Hospital Outpatient Services: New CMS Supervision Requirements
Complying With the New Rules to Protect Medicare Reimbursement
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will prepare healthcare counsel to guide hospitals through the implementation of the new CMS supervision requirements for outpatient services. The seminar will identify open issues the new requirements create and explain common implementation challenges.
Description
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new rules effective Jan. 1, 2010 requiring on-campus hospital outpatient services to be directly supervised by an appropriately qualified physician or, in certain circumstances, by certain nonphysician practitioners (NPPs).
Complying with the rules will be challenging and costly. Hospitals must identify appropriately qualified physicians and NPPs, hire additional supervisors, and perhaps eliminate services. Consequences for noncompliance include recoupment of overpayments and possible False Claims Act violations.
Listen as our panel of healthcare attorneys explains the practical implications of the new CMS supervision requirements for outpatient services, identifies open issues the new rules create, and discusses how hospitals should respond to common supervision challenges.
Outline
- Overview of new rule
- Nonphysician practitioner (NPPs) supervision
- Qualifications of physician or NPP
- Therapeutic services
- Diagnostic services
- On-campus services
- Off-campus services
- Under arrangements
- Compliance challenges for hospitals
- Identifying qualified physicians and NPPs
- Elimination of services?
- Next steps for hospitals
- Assess outpatient operations
- Evaluate resources and physician relationships to create supervision plan
- Review and revise supervision policies and procedures
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- How do the new CMS requirements for physician supervision of hospital outpatient services impact hospital operations?
- What challenges will hospitals face in implementing the new supervision requirements?
- What steps should hospitals take immediately to ensure compliance with the new rules?
Faculty
Lowell C. Brown,
Partner
Arent Fox, Los Angeles
He serves as Chair of the Health Care Practice Group. He advises hospitals, health systems, long-term care facilities, medical groups and other healthcare provider organizations in business, regulatory and medico-legal matters, with an emphasis on laws relating to operational issues. He has extensive experience defending clients against actions by CMS to terminate Medicare provider agreements.
Lawrence C. Conn,
Special Counsel
Foley & Lardner, Los Angeles
He represents hospitals, physicians, clinical laboratories, pharmacies, and therapy and DME suppliers on a wide range of legal issues. He has experience in health care compliance issues, including the federal Stark and anti-kickback statutes and Medicare billing and reimbursement matters. He has represented several hospitals in connection with governmental investigations and self-disclosures.
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Customer Reviews
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Mildred Johnson
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
We were given simple and clear answers to complex questions, lots to work with.
Patrick R. Kelly
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McClure King
Dearborn National
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Andrea Mealey
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
This was an excellent teleconference; one of the best I have listened to. The speakers were all very knowledgeable on the subject, but importantly, they were able to present in a very direct, easy to listen to and understand style.
Jose E Guzman, Jr.
Nossaman
Health Law Advisory Board
Partner
Arent Fox
Partner
Rivkin Radler
Principal
Ober Kaler
Partner
Garfunkel Wild & Travis
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Donald H. Romano
Of Counsel
Foley & Lardner
Partner
Foley & Lardner
Partner
Drinker Biddle & Reath
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