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Temporary Regulatory Relief for North Carolina Health Care Providers Responding to Helene

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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency on September 25, 2024, due to the impending impact of Tropical Storm Helene (Helene). On September 28, 2024, a Federal Major Disaster Declaration (FEMA-4827-DR)...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Hurricane Season Brings Limited HIPAA Privacy Rule Relief

Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern United States from September 26-28, dumping nearly 30 inches of rain in some western North Carolina communities and causing catastrophic flooding, mudslides and wind damage along...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Releases FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 10, 2024, released a proposed rule for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: CMS Finalizes Medicaid DSH Rule and House Launches Bipartisan AI Task Force

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Top 5 Areas to Watch in Digital Health in 2024

Digital health—that is, medical care enhanced or made possible by the use of technology—has changed the landscape of healthcare in America. Innovation in this sector is at an all-time high and 2024 will no doubt see greater...more

Stevens & Lee

Hospital at Home Programs Are Sticking Around

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Health systems and hospitals have implemented “hospital at home” programs for several years, but the trend increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) waiver....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Dramatic Portrayal of Care During Early COVID-19 Costs Hospital $80K; OCR: No Prior Authorization

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 12 (December, 2023) Spring 2020 was a terrifying period in the annals of COVID-19, and New York was at the epicenter. COVID-19 cases, and deaths, already the highest in the nation, were...more

King & Spalding

HRSA Ends PHE Waivers, Requiring Hospitals to Register Off-Site Outpatient Facilities for 340B Program

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On October 27, 2023, the Health Resources and Services Administration of HHS (HRSA) issued a Federal Register Notice (the Notice) requiring hospitals to register their off-site outpatient facilities to continue participating...more

McDermott Will & Emery

HRSA Issues Notice Confirming 340B Registration Requirement

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On October 26, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a Federal Register notice addressing the use of 340B drugs at off-campus hospital outpatient locations that have not yet appeared on a filed...more

Epstein Becker & Green

HRSA Initiates Audits and Requires Return of Provider Relief Funds

Throughout the course of the pandemic, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) distributed $178 billion in Provider Relief Funds (PRF) to hospitals and health care providers.  The Public Health Emergency has...more

Fisher Phillips

Top Workplace Law Stories You May Have Missed from May 2023

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years — and this past...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2023 #3

News Briefs - PHE End Brings Challenges for Nursing Home Operators - As the public health emergency (PHE) came to an end on May 11, industry leaders point out that nursing home operators are still in pandemic recovery mode...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Waivers Era Is Over Now That the End of the Public Health Emergency Is Here

In a memorandum issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 1, 2023, CMS provided guidance to State Survey Agency Directors related to surveys of Long Term Care (LTC) and Acute and Continuing Care...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Special Report - CMS Unwinds Waivers as the COvid-19 PHE Comes to an End

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At the onset of the COVID-19 PHE, CMS was permitted to issue several temporary emergency statutory and regulatory waivers to help providers appropriately respond to the pandemic. On May 1, 2023, the Secretary released a memo...more

Morgan Lewis

What Hospitals Need to Know: 15 Key PHE-Related Waivers Ending May 11

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The impending end of the COVID-19 national and public health emergency will present a complicated landscape to navigate for hospital systems, which look to minimize the impact of the transition to post-pandemic normality....more

Baker Donelson

Making Sense of the Varying End Dates of Telehealth Waivers and Flexibilities When the PHE Ends on May 11th

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With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending on May 11th, providers and practitioners must carefully consider the dates when various telehealth waivers and flexibilities end. This requires understanding the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Healthcare compliance in a post-pandemic world

On January 31, 2020, pursuant to Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) determined that a public health emergency (PHE) exists due to the soaring...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tracking the Waivers: Implications of the Wind Down of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The White House recently announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declarations will end on May 11, 2023. These declarations have been in place since the beginning of the COVID-19...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

What to expect now that we’re expecting: What the end of the public health emergency means for healthcare providers

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On January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that both the COVID-19 national emergency and the public health emergency (PHE) will end May 11, 2023. This announcement has left many healthcare providers considering how the...more

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“Acute Hospital Care at Home”: Omnibus Bill Extends Flexibility Period to December 31, 2024

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As part of the $1.7 million omnibus spending bill that became law December 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended, through December 31, 2024, the Acute Hospital Care at Home (H@H) initiative...more

Jackson Walker

Is Your Health System Prepared for the Expiration of Federal and State COVID-19 Public Health Emergency?

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must renew the COVID-19 Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) Determination every 90 days to maintain certain healthcare flexibilities and waivers. On October 13, 2022,...more

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[Virtual Conference] Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference - December 15th - 16th, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm CST

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Please join us for the 8th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference hosted by Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association. Eligible for more than seven hours of CLE credit (including ethics), this...more

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The PHE is Ending: Do You Know Where Your Waivers Are?

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While the pandemic is not over, the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is expected to expire soon, which means that a number of operational, safety, and billing standards that were waived at the beginning of the pandemic...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for CY 2023

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On July 15, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule to update the payment policies, payment rates, and other provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Outpatient...more

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Hospitals must boost safety efforts and cut low-value (but high-profit) care, experts say

Doctors and hospitals must redouble their efforts to protect patients in their care, as the coronavirus pandemic reversed years of safety advances, and these must be restored top to bottom - and more. This powerful,...more

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