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CMS Proposes $887 Million Boost in Medicare Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities in FY 2020 While Floating Expanded Group Therapy Definition

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its 232-page proposed rule to update the Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) for federal fiscal year (FY) 2020, which begins on October 1, 2019. Overall, CMS … Continue reading

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Coming Soon for Expanded Access Policies

By Deborah L. Livornese — Many companies with investigational drugs have posted an expanded access policy on their websites as required, but more than a few still have this task left over from the 2018 to-do list.  As the time … Continue reading

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Nearly 90 Percent of Taxpayers Are Projected to Take the TCJA’s Expanded Standard Deduction

As the House of Representatives this week considers a bill that would make the individual reforms of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent, one important change to keep in mind is the increased standard deduction. The TCJA lowered … Continue reading

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Has anyone tracked how many times and how many ways state medical marijuana programs have been expanded after inception?

The question in the title of this post was my first reaction to the latest reports on the latest states to expand access to medical marijuana. This piece from Connecticut on this front is headlined "State Approves Use Of Medical … Continue reading

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EPA to Publish NOA for WPS Training Materials; Employers Required to Provide Expanded Training withi

By Timothy D. Backstrom and Lisa M. Campbell On June 14, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will soon publish in the Federal Register a Notice of Availability (NOA) stating that worker safety training materials, including … Continue reading

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