Biggest Changes The 2nd Edition Brings To The Fiscal Year 2022 Mississippi State Health Plan

The Mississippi State Department of Health recently adopted the FY 2022 Mississippi State Health Plan, Second Edition, (SHP) which includes significant changes to Certificate of Need criteria related to Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Comprehensive Medical Rehabilitation (CMR) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Services. The revisions took effect Feb. 20. In this article, we break down the biggest changes.
Positron Emission Tomography
Facilities can now convert a mobile PET service site to a fixed PET site without needing to […]

By | March 14th, 2022 ||

Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Winter 2022

With 2022 well underway, the rapid pace of statutory, regulatory, policy, and industry activities in digital health continues in force. We bring you Vital Signs, a curated, one-stop resource on the most notable digital health law updates from our U.S. and global contributors.

As telehealth services have become expected from consumers, U.S. federal coverage is extended and expanded, along with a recent legislative proposal of permanency for telehealth flexibility. Similarly, state jurisdictions are taking steps […]

By | March 11th, 2022 ||

DOJ False Claims Act Recoveries Exceed $5.6 Billion In 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced that over $5.6 billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments had been reached during the 2021 fiscal year, with over $5 billion of those settlements coming from the healthcare industry. This year’s amount is the second largest in history,1 much of which is attributable to Purdue Pharma’s $2.8 billion settlement of allegations of submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs.2

In addition to a record year for FCA […]

By | March 10th, 2022 ||