Health Law Matters
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West Virginia Plans to Reopen Starting with Elective Surgeries
April 23, 2020 | Blogs
West Virginia has a plan to start to reopen for business. Governor Jim Justice laid out this plan th...
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Temporary Suspension of Enforcement of HIPAA’s Privacy & Security Requirements For Telehealth...
April 22, 2020 | Blogs
On April 21, 2020, the United States Secretary (the “Secretary”) for Health and Human Services (...
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Guidance Specifically for Rural Health Clinics and Federally-Qualified Health Centers During the COV...
April 20, 2020 | Blogs
Rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are among the health care...
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CMS Issues Interim Final Rule for Medicare and Medicaid Program Revisions in Response to COVID-19 Cr...
April 17, 2020 | Blogs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an Interim Final Rule (“Rule”) containing,...
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A Deeper Dive into Virtual Services
April 16, 2020 | Blogs
While innovation in communication (and Medicare reimbursement) has been evolving, the COVID-19 crisi...
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Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Enforcement Eased During COVID-19 Crisis
April 16, 2020 | Blogs
In response to COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a document sett...
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Guidance Specifically for Rural and Critical Access Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 14, 2020 | Blogs
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Centers for Medicare and Medic...
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COVID-19 Alert: Private Health Insurance Enrollees Will Not Pay For COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing
April 14, 2020 | Blogs
On April 11, 2020, the federal government issued guidance to ensure that Americans with private heal...
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Free Money, Pretty Much: Medicare Providers to Automatically Receive $30 Billion in Relief Funds Fro...
April 10, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
The CARES Act signed into law on March 27, 2020, provides $100 billion dollars in “Provider Relief...
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Private Nonprofit Health Care Organizations’ Guide to FEMA Reimbursement for COVID-19 Related Expe...
April 9, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Recently, our Coronavirus Response Team discussed the potential for private nonprofit organizations ...
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Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Interim Final Rule Issued in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health ...
April 7, 2020 | Blogs
On March 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an Interim Fi...
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President Trump Delegates Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act in Response to COVID...
April 2, 2020 | Blogs
As summarized in a prior bulletin, on March 23, 2020, the President of the United States issued Exec...