Today in Washington – May 28, 2020: COVID-19 Updates
Thursday, May 28 Update Our Federal Advocacy Team is dedicated to providing frequent COVID-19 updates as they develop. Going forward, these updates will be distributed as developments warrant instead...
View ArticleInformation Blocking and Interoperability Regulations: A Few Key Points
A pair of final rules were published May 1, 2020, by HHS. The first rule issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (“ONC”) relates to the 21st Century Cures Act information...
View ArticleHealth Provider News – May 29, 2020
**We had a request to alphabetize the states instead of dividing by region. Going to test this out for a couple weeks, so if you have feedback either way, just let us know. Want to make this as...
View ArticleCMS Stabilizes Graduate Medical Education Payments in COVID-19 Rule and...
Teaching hospitals, teaching physicians and other providers will have additional flexibility to respond to the COVID‑19 public health emergency (“PHE”) under an interim final rule with comment period...
View ArticleHospitals Fear Pandemic May Threaten Their Eligibility to Participate in the...
In a March 20, 2020 letter to HHS Secretary Azar, 340B Health, a membership organization consisting of more than 1,400 nonprofit hospitals in the 340B drug pricing program, advised the Secretary that...
View ArticleGME Cap Space Travels Easier Under 2021 IPPS Proposed Rule
On May 29, 2020, CMS published its 2021 IPPS Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”). If adopted, the Proposed Rule would change CMS’s funding methods for graduate medical education (“GME”), giving additional...
View ArticleEmployees Are Returning to Work…or Are They? The Impact of EPSLA and/or EFMLA...
As Shelter-in-Place Orders are relaxed, employers are able to resume varying degrees of pre‑COVID‑19 operations subject to a myriad of state, county and sometimes city government recommendations and/or...
View ArticleAttention: Employers with Multi-State Locations…Prepare to Juggle Federal,...
As Safer-at-Home transitions to Safe-at-Work, two new issues have emerged for employers: (1) Can I require everyone to return to the workplace?; and (2) What new operational considerations are...
View ArticleThe FAQ Carousel: HHS Continues with More Updates to CARES Act Relief Fund FAQs
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) continues to update its Provider Relief Fund Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”). The latest revisions are dated May 26 and 29, 2020 and include new...
View ArticleIndiana Lawsuit Seeks to Prevent Employer from Denying Paid Leave Under FFCRA
As expected COVID-19 related litigation steadily increases, a lawsuit recently filed in the Northern District of Indiana presents a novel approach regarding the potential applicability of the Families...
View ArticleToday in Washington – June 2, 2020: COVID-19 Updates
Tuesday, June 2 Update Our Federal Advocacy Team is dedicated to providing frequent COVID-19 updates as they develop. Going forward, these updates will be distributed as developments warrant instead of...
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OIG Strategic Plan and Next Steps for Organizations to Prepare
On May 21, 2020, Hall Render published “Providers Beware: Avoiding the Pitfalls in Regulatory Flexibilities and Relief Funds.” On May 26, 2020, OIG published “OIG Strategic Plan: Oversight of COVID-19...
View ArticleHHS Releases COVID-19 CARES Funding Relief FAQs for Skilled Nursing...
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) updated its Provider Relief Fund Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”). The latest revisions are dated May 26 and 29, 2020 and June 2, 2020 and include...
View ArticleThe Organized Medical Staff in Health Care M&A: Three Key Considerations for...
Mergers and acquisitions in the health care industry present unique challenges that are not often present when undertaking similar transactions in other industries. Because of health care’s highly...
View ArticleToday in Washington – June 4, 2020: COVID-19 Updates
Thursday, June 4 Update Our Federal Advocacy Team is dedicated to providing frequent COVID-19 updates as they develop. Going forward, these updates will be distributed as developments warrant instead...
View ArticleEligible Outpatient Facilities of 340B Hospitals Can Now Bypass Registration...
Based on recent interactions Hall Render has had with HRSA Office of Pharmacy Affairs (“OPA”) representatives, hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program as covered entities (“Covered...
View ArticleReimagining Skilled Nursing Compliance Programs: Five Key Areas of Focus from...
Skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) are facing many challenges as their residents and staff encounter COVID-19 diagnosis, care and testing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS and state departments of...
View ArticleToday in Washington – June 9, 2020: COVID-19 Updates
Tuesday, June 9 Update Our Federal Advocacy Team is dedicated to providing frequent COVID-19 updates as they develop. Going forward, these updates will be distributed as developments warrant instead of...
View ArticleIMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED – HHS Requesting Updated COVID-19 Patient Data to...
Hospitals across the country are again receiving emails from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) asking hospitals to submit their COVID-19 positive inpatient admissions for the period...
View ArticleHealth Provider News – June 12, 2020
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