On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CRA), which combines a $1.4 trillion omnibus government spending bill with a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. The massive bill, which was...more
Favorable news for Ohio health care providers during this difficult COVID pandemic: on September 14, 2020, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed the Good Samaritan Expansion Bill, House Bill 606, into law. The law provides...more
Due to the high risk for infection, serious illness and death in long term care (“LTC”) facilities, CMS is amending the current infection control requirements for LTC facilities by adding obligation to “test all of its...more
Acting under its broad authority granted under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), in an April 21, 2020 release the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an even...more
5/14/2020
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New Long Term Care facility Reporting Obligations.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency that will...more
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an additional expansion of telehealth services, widening provider access to its 62 million Medicare beneficiaries. It also strongly...more
On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an unprecedented expansion of telehealth services, widening provider access to its 62 million Medicare beneficiaries. It also strongly...more
3/19/2020
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) outbreak has reached the international pandemic status. As of March 13, 2020, there are 132,758 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and 1,629 confirmed cases of COVID-19 nationally...more
3/16/2020
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Human coronaviruses are not uncommon; however, the novel and highly transmissible coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has rightly triggered a multitude of concerns and questions related...more