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Powers Negotiates Global Settlement of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Medicare Appeals

WASHINGTON, DC—June 17, 2019— The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that it will settle inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) appeals at rates very favorable to IRFs. The settlement was negotiated by Powers attorneys Peter Thomas and Ron Connelly on behalf of the Fund for Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation (FAIR), the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA), and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH). FAIR’s participation in litigation challenging the backlog of Medicare Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) appeals was an important factor bringing CMS to the negotiating table.Read More

Powers Principal Peggy Tighe Leads Regulatory Relief Bill Introduction

Powers principal Peggy Tighe and the Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) recently shepherded the introduction of new legislation in the House of Representatives to reform the use of prior authorization in the Medicare Advantage program.

Powers Principal Diane Millman Speaks at ATC 2019

Powers Principal Diane Millman Speaks at ATC 2019

Powers Principal Diane Millman spoke at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) last week in Boston, Massachusetts on behalf of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS).

POWERS Principal, Paul Moorehead, spoke at the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs 35th Anniversary Roundtable and Reception on June 5th.

After nearly a decade bearing the moniker “Select Committee,” on June 5, 1984, the United States Senate voted to make permanent the Committee on Indian Affairs. Paul was the Committee’s Staff Director and Chief Counsel to Chairman Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the first American Indian to chair the Committee, from 1997 to 2005. Paul joined his former colleagues — staff directors from 1977 to 2019 — in celebrating the bi-partisan successes of the Committee in helping to improve the conditions of tribal communities across the country.

Powers Principal Peggy Tighe Speaks at AAKP Summit

Powers Principal Peggy Tighe presented on congressional advocacy at the inaugural Global Innovations in Patient-Centered Kidney Care Summit, held on Thursday, May 23 in Washington, D.C.

POWERS Welcomes 3 Summer Associates for 2019

POWERS welcomes Taylor Dowd (Education), Abby Felter (Education) and Allie Hussey (Healthcare) as our Summer Associates for 2019. We look forward to an educational and entertaining summer!

Joel Hamme Retires from Powers

Joel Hamme retired from Powers on April 30, 2019. Joel practiced healthcare law for 46 years, 21 of them at Powers. His areas of expertise included Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues for institutional providers and the 340B drug discount program.

POWERS Principal, Peggy Tighe, in Politico

POWERS Principal, Peggy Tighe, is quoted in Politico regarding 340B and the potential impact if Obamacare is eliminated. Read full coverage here.

Barbara Straub Williams Presents at AHLA

Barbara Straub Williams, principal at Powers, presented at the American Health Lawyers Association Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues on March 20 and 21 on the federal 340B drug discount program. Barbara’s presentation included a primer on 340B compliance issues as well as a discussion of recent developments.

Manufacturer Overcharges under 340B: How to Right a Wrong

Beginning April 1, 2019, after many years of delay, HRSA will provide 340B covered entities access to a database of 340B ceiling prices for the first quarter of 2019 and each quarter thereafter, enabling covered entities to confirm whether they have been overcharged for 340B drugs. But, what process may covered entities use to collect overcharges and will covered entities be able to recoup past manufacturer overcharges? Click here for a memorandum from the 340B attorneys within Powers’ drug pricing practice detailing the current legal and regulatory landscape surrounding 340B overcharges and what steps covered entities can take to recover those overcharges.

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