Home
Health and Hospices
Miles and Peters represents owners and operators of home health agencies and
hospices with legal matters involving all aspects of facility operation from
employment matters to regulatory compliance.
The firm's attorneys are experienced
in assisting with the certification of home health providers and hospices
with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and to the States' Medicaid
agency, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. The
firm also provides representation for sales and acquisitions of home health
agencies, including legal opinions concerning licensing and financing.
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DOJ
OFFERS GUIDANCE ON NONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST
LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKERS
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice issued guidance
October 26 on what recipients of federal assistance-including hospitals-must
do to ensure they are not discriminating against those with limited English
proficiency.
The guidance is online at www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/lep/Oct26Memorandum.htm.
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CMS PUBLISHES NATIONAL PROVIDER
IDENTIFIER FINAL RULE
On January 23, 2004 CMS published the long awaited National Provider Identifier
(NPT) final rule. This NPT final rule requires all health care organizations
to use an assigned identifier for each health care provider when filing and
processing electronic claims and other standard transactions.
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