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Trending in Telehealth: September 17 – 30, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Manatt Telehealth Policy Tracker: Tracking Ongoing Federal and State Telehealth Policy Changes

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2024: New Federal Developments - There were no relevant federal developments during Q2 of 2024. 2024: New State-Level Developments...more

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Trending in Telehealth: July 2 – 8, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Telehealth Monitoring, Research and Evaluation: Issues for State Medicaid Agencies to Consider

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Background - The use of telehealth increased exponentially in 2020 and 2021 as health care providers and patients responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that the use of...more

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New York State SFY23 Executive Budget Health Focus Highlights

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On January 18, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul released her budget proposal for State Fiscal Year 2023. While record-breaking in its size—totaling $216.3 billion—and inclusive of many investments in Medicaid and health care more...more

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Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 36

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The General Assembly kicked off the penultimate week of the 2021 Legislative Session early this morning with a number of committee meetings preceding early afternoon convenings of both chambers. Perhaps the most watched of...more

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The “State” of Telehealth: New Jersey

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This article is the first post in our new “State” of Telehealth series in which we discuss innovation on a state level on the expansion of telehealth access, coverage and reimbursement. On January 14, 2021, the New...more

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Trump Administration Approves Georgia’s Limited Expansion of Medicaid and Work Requiremen

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CMS approved Georgia’s Section 1115 demonstration project to partially expand Medicaid coverage for adults not otherwise eligible for Medicaid coverage with incomes up to 95 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL)—short of...more

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Will COVID-19 Prompt “Holdout States” to Reconsider Medicaid Expansion?

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In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court in NFIB v. Sebelius struck down a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) which, for all intents and purposes, made the expansion of the Medicaid program...more

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COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Medicaid, Grants, & Stark Law Waivers)

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more

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HHS Issues Advisory Opinion on PREP Act: Immunity May Extend Beyond Actual Covered Persons and Approved Countermeasures

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With crisis comes uncertainty, and even the best-intentioned regulations can leave those combating the current COVID-19 public-health emergency out in the cold.  Many have asked whether the recent Declaration under the...more

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CMS Announces New Priorities for Facility Surveys and Inspections

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In light of findings from the COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will suspend all routine facility inspections and surveys...more

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Vermont Health Care Update 01-13-2020 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

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DVHA presents budget adjustment proposal - The House Health Care Committee heard from Department of Vermont Health Access Commissioner Cory Gustafson on Tuesday on his department’s 2020 budget adjustment. ...more

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2020 Legislative Session –A Sampling of Health Related Bills Filed

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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

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North Carolina Legislative Update - August 2019

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In the absence of an enacted budget for fiscal year 2019-2020, Legislators passed a number of bills appropriating money for various purposes this week. They also acted on bills on other topics....more

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Vermont Legislative Update 04-12-2019 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

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PFAS bill progresses - The House Natural Resources Committee finished deliberation this week on S.49, a bill that grants the Agency of Natural Resources more discretion in setting the maximum contaminant level for PFAS...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 03-29-2019 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

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House passes budget bill - The House approved a $6.1 billion FY 2020 budget this week. The bill, H.542, provides for a 3.1 percent growth in spending over FY 2019....more

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Polsinelli Obtains Favorable Decision in Challenge to Colorado’s Medicaid Funding Program

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Medicaid is a shared federal and state program. Federal and state dollars are combined so states can furnish Medicaid health coverage to poor and disabled Coloradans including many who need nursing facility care. ...more

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Year in Review/Year Ahead: Medicaid Expansion: An Unanswered Call in 2018

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The Akerman Healthcare Practice Group, as part of its ongoing informational blogs and Practice Updates, will be publishing a series of articles, each outlining a significant healthcare industry issue from 2018, with an eye...more

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Recent State Action Relating to Medicaid Expansion

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As of December 2018, 37 states (including DC) have adopted Medicaid expansion. Of the remaining 14 states, some are considering expanding Medicaid. States with recent activity relating to Medicaid expansion include – Florida,...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 5-4-18 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

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Medical Monitoring Bill Moves On - The House Judiciary Committee sent a version of S.197 to the Senate floor that eliminates the Senate-passed provisions creating strict, joint and several liability for release of harmful...more

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Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House

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Candidates for Governor Square Off in Primary Debates - Lively broadcast debates for the Republican and Democratic candidates for Governor took place over the past two weeks. On April 4, the four Republican candidates...more

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

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Second Regular Session of the 128th Legislature Convenes - On January 3, 2018, the Second Regular Session of the 128th Maine Legislature convened to begin its review of more than 400 bills. Some of the larger issues facing...more

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Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap, March 2017 #2

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Arkansas - Governor Proposes Changes to Medicaid Expansion Waiver as House Passes Bill to Cap Expansion Enrollment - Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) released a proposal to amend the State's Medicaid expansion waiver by...more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - March 2016 #2

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The IRS releases guidance on resolving Form 1095 conflicts; New Hampshire's Medicaid expansion renewal clears a hurdle in the State; and New York providers get $1.5 billion in long-awaited DSRIP capital and infrastructure...more

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