Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
Hospice Insights Podcast: What’s the Latest on UPICs? Highlights from Recent Audit Activity, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
Hospice Insights Podcast - Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Chief Medical Officer Relationship
Understanding Trends and Challenges in the Behavioral Health Sector
AI in the Operating Room: Liability Issues for Device Makers — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 202: Life Sciences Startups and Industry Developments with Gil Price, Life Sciences Leader
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Healthcare Document Retention
The DEA Is Knocking at Your Door . . . Are You Prepared? – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Rise in Medicare Deactivations: Tips for Avoiding This Financial Pain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 199: Bringing Awareness to Organ and Tissue Donation with Dave DeStefano of We Are Sharing Hope
Preventative Medicine: Health Care AI Privacy and Cybersecurity — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 198: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Life Sciences with hosts Matthew Roberts and Lauren DeMoss, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorneys
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 5: Understanding Palliative Care: Strategies for Compliance and Reimbursement
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hospitals and Other Providers Should Make Sure Any Items or Services of Value That They Provide to Their Referring Physicians To Alleviate Burnout Comply With the Stark Law - Amidst the ongoing labor market shortages and...more
On Monday, February 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, and Todd Young, R-Indiana, introduced the Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, which if passed, would extend several of the telehealth waivers...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still active worldwide, health care industry leaders and regulators have already begun to think about how to implement post-pandemic changes to health care delivery based on lessons learned...more
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines hold promise to control the pandemic and help restore normal social and economic life, even as variant threats loom. ...more
Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process, work plan items, and other government reports - Provider insights into COVID-19 audits, reviews, and monitoring... During this program, we will provide an...more
Telehealth has become an integral part of care delivery, particularly in light of the waivers instituted during COVID-19. However, these flexibilities remain in flux and at the same time, government scrutiny and enforcement...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 11 (March 22, 2021) - University Medical Center of Southern Nevada has agreed to pay $128,820 in a civil monetary penalty settlement that stemmed from a self-disclosure. According to...more