CMS Home Health Moratorium Expires

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CMS Home Health MoratoriumBy: Dave Davidson

In July 2013, CMS issued a moratorium on enrolling new home health providers in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in specific counties in Florida and Illinois.  The moratorium was subsequently expanded to counties in Texas and Michigan.  And in August 2016, the moratorium was expanded to cover those entire states. The stated purpose of the moratorium was to allow CMS to address the “fraud, waste and abuse” it had identified in those states, and it was consistently renewed by CMS every six months for the past five years.Continue reading

What’s the Deal with CBD Laws?

CBD Laws

CBD LawsBy: Michael Silverman

As reported in various media, on January 24, 2019 a trucker got into some hot water when he and his big rig were passing through Idaho en route to California from Oregon. In going through a weigh station and having his cargo inspected, state police didn’t take to kindly to what he was transporting.

His haul? Almost 7,000 pounds of hemp.

His customer? A company that intended to wholesale that crop to businesses that manufacture hemp-derived CBD.

Why the fuss? Drug sniffing dogs alerted to his cargo, and field tests indicated the presence (not concentration) of THC. The trucker was immediately apprehended, spent four days in jail, and was freed after posting $100,000 bond.

The company that hired the trucker to transport the product maintains that the load was indeed hemp, that the amount of THC in the hemp was within permissible federal limits, and that it was improperly confiscated. They want it back! So much so, that they’re suing for it; they filed a lawsuit against both the police and the prosecutor.Continue reading