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A recently issued federal court opinion confirmed that certain pre-COVID era prescribing restrictions are back in place. In July 2023, a nonprofit advocacy group, Community Oncology Alliance, filed suit against the U.S....more
When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) ended on May 11, 2023, many physician groups furnishing certain medical equipment, devices, and/or supplies to their Medicare patients became in violation of the federal...more
As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency comes to an end on May 11, various regulatory flexibilities simultaneously expire, including certain waivers issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, among other...more
Considering the difficulties physicians faced during the pandemic, it may not be surprising to find that compensation increased during the past few years. In Medscape’s newly released 2023 Physician Compensation Report, which...more
Concurrent with the termination of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, various regulatory flexibilities will also come to an end, including the blanket waivers to the Stark Law and related enforcement discretion under the...more
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) first declared the existence of a public health emergency (PHE) on January 31, 2020. The PHE allowed HHS to implement a number of regulatory waivers and...more
The COVID-19 pandemic was first declared a “Public Health Emergency” (PHE) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2020, and was later declared a “National Emergency” on March 31, 2020. Since...more
After three years, the federal public health emergency (PHE) will expire May 11, 2023. Most of the relaxed regulatory and payor standards will end on or within a few months after the deadline, including many relating to: ...more
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, which is less than three months away. In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...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
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
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
When COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Secretary of HHS was authorized to waive or modify certain Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, HIPAA, and EMTALA requirements. Many...more
Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more
Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more
Proposed class action alleges DaVita subsidiaries withheld wage premium during declared COVID health emergency - According to a proposed class action filed in Washington state, an employee at Total Renal Care contends the...more
The novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has brought about unprecedented applications of certain federal healthcare laws and regulations, including the federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”) and the federal...more
While hospitals and other health care organizations continue to focus on the challenges of treating COVID-19 patients and complying with newly-issued state government reopening orders, now is the time to begin planning for a...more
Bricker attorneys Beth Kastner, Shannon DeBra and Claire Turcotte will explore how COVID-19 has—at least temporarily—changed Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance for health care providers. Topics to be discussed include: ...more
On April 21, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released “Explanatory Guidance” related to the March 30, 2020 Blanket Waivers of Section 1877(g) of the Social Security Act (information about those...more
On March 30, 2020, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a "blanket waiver" impacting the physician self-referral law known as the Stark Law. The blanket waiver—which is retroactively...more
- Federal emergency authorities targeting COVID-19 provide important protections to businesses for certain actions in connection with the national response to the public health crisis. - The protections include immunity...more