In November 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule final rule. The final rule includes proposed changes to various Medicare Shared Savings Programs (SSPs). SSPs are voluntary programs that encourage groups of providers to come together in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to deliver coordinated care .
Contractual agreements, including physician employment agreements, often require the parties to arbitrate issues that arise under a contract. These arbitration provisions can be written in countless ways and may apply broadly or narrowly to disputes that arise from the contract. Furthermore, the Maryland Uniform Arbitration Act (MUAA) grants Maryland courts the authority to enforce agreements .
By Barry Rosen and Darci Smith With increasing regulatory scrutiny and litigation by employees against employer sponsored group health plans, now would be a good time to find out if your employer-sponsored group health plan is compliant with behavioral health parity rules. In 2008, Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act,