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Baker Donelson

How to Apply and Who's Eligible for Millions of Dollars in Funding Available for New Residency Programs and Expansions Through...

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has issued two Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) notices of funding opportunities for the academic year (AY) 2024-2025 and AY 2025-2026. These...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

How States Can Ensure Safety Net Hospitals Benefit from the New Medicaid Access Rule

Safety net hospitals play a vital role in serving marginalized communities, however, their efforts to advance health equity are undermined because in many states Medicaid payment rates do not cover costs. Though many states...more

Dentons

Ep. 23 – Addressing Patient Transportation Needs

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Lack of transportation can be a significant barrier to accessing healthcare services. According to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report, one in five patients report forgoing needed healthcare services due to lack of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 40 - March 2024

Legislative Day 40 is a roller coaster, full of ups, downs, and zero gravity turns (also known as conference committee reports). One goes from celebrating a bill achieving final passage to lamenting a measure being gutted...more

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Impact of Site Neutral Payment Proposals May Vary in Rural and Urban Populations

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Introduction- Site neutral payment proposals may affect access differently across patient populations. In this +Insight, we focus on how site-of-service patterns for drug administration services, which both the Medicare...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Top Takeaways | 2023 Digital Health Forum | Behavioral Health 2.0: Post-Pandemic Priorities

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In this session, the panel discussed the opportunities digital health offers currently for behavioral-health care, and what might be around the corner...more

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Clarity for Rural Emergency Hospitals and Changes for Critical Access Hospitals: CMS Finalizes Conditions of Participation and...

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Rural emergency hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type that will allow Medicare to pay for emergency department and other outpatient hospital services in rural areas beginning on January 1, 2023, without requiring the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Stabilizing the Safety Net: Challenges and Solutions for Saving Our Anchor Institutions - November 17th, 1:00 pm - 2:00...

Join Manatt for the Third of Our Imperatives Deep-Dive Sessions on the Topics You Voted Most Important to You. Safety net and rural hospitals—critical components of our public health system—face overwhelming challenges...more

Stevens & Lee

Is PA Getting Closer to Eliminating Noncompetes for Healthcare Practitioners?

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Senate Bill 1358, otherwise known as the Health Care Practitioner Noncompete Act, was introduced Monday, October 18, 2022 to the Pennsylvania General Assembly and is scheduled for a committee hearing October 19, 2022....more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Critical Access Hospital and Rural Emergency Hospitals: Proposed Rules and Opportunity for Input - August 23rd, 12:30 pm...

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Beginning in 2023, Medicare will recognize a new provider type: the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). The establishment of REHs is intended to preserve access to emergency departments and other outpatient services in rural...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG: Telehealth “Critical” to Maintaining Access to Care Amidst COVID-19

The federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a report (OIG Report) as part of a series of analyses of the expansion and utilization of telehealth in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.  In...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Issues FY 2022 IPPS Final Rule, Implements Medicare GME-Related Provisions

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In December 2021, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the second part of its FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule with Comment Period. Among other policies, the Final Rule...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Telehealth in the Pandemic – and Beyond

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The COVID-19 pandemic greatly expanded the use of telehealth due to necessity. But many healthcare providers and patients alike have found significant benefits of using remote technology-delivered healthcare...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The “State” of Telehealth: Texas - Update

Texas Makes Significant Strides to Expand Telehealth - On April 14, 2021, the Texas House passed House Bill 4 (the “Bill” or “HB4”), a telehealth bill seeking to make permanent the temporary waivers issued during the public...more

Polsinelli

Telehealth: New Executive Order and CY2021 Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

Polsinelli

President Trump Issues Telehealth Executive Order and Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Reinventing Supply Chains to Reach Patients in Remote Areas

Greater access to medicines and other health commodities (as well as timely delivery of test results) in remote areas could improve health outcomes and potentially save lives....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Weathering The Storm: How COVID-19 Is Impacting Rural Hospitals

Following the 2016 United States Presidential election, the entire country turned its eye to rural America. Historically overshadowed by increased urbanization and globalization, small towns across the United States suddenly...more

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Alert: FCC Waives Additional Universal Service Rules for Rural Health Care Providers

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FCC has issued a second order waiving additional universal service rules to assist entities that participate in its Rural Health Care Program. The new order extends the filing...more

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CMS Is Seeking Guidance on Medicaid Coverage for Children Provided Across State Lines

The Medicaid program generally has more generous coverage rules for children than for adults. For example, under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Testing (EPSDT) provisions of the Medicaid statute, if a...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

2020 Legislative Session –A Sampling of Health Related Bills Filed

The 2020 Legislative Session will begin its 60-day trek to completion on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The following is a sample of bills that have been filed. We encourage you to review these bills, and contact us with specific...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Florida Law Limits Physician Restrictive Covenants in Rural Counties

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A recently passed Florida law, Florida Statutes 542.336 seeks to prevent medical providers from using restrictive covenants to monopolize medical specialties in rural counties. The law bars the enforcement of “restrictive...more

Hogan Lovells

Hello, doctor, can you hear me? - Telemedicine in South Africa

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The world of medicine, like numerous other industries, is also being disrupted by technology and apps like Hello Doctor and Medici are revolutionising the doctor-patient relationship....more

Harris Beach PLLC

The Doctor is Out. Are Immigration Laws to Blame?

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The United States health care system is struggling with an acute shortage of doctors. What does that have to do with immigration? The short answer is: Quite a lot. The longer answer leads us to an inescapable conclusion that...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Key Takeaways from the Center for Rural Health Annual Meeting

The Georgia Hospital Association held its Center for Rural Health (CRH) Annual Meeting in St. Simons Island August 22-24, 2018. Rural hospitals from across the state convened on the island to discuss success stories, learn...more

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