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December 10, 2024 | Blogs
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) raised the bar for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by b...
July 30, 2024 | Blogs
Changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will require stak...
March 12, 2024 | Blogs
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in health care can create better, stronger, and faster sol...
November 9, 2023 | Blogs
*This article was originally published in Law360 Expert Analysis. Artificial intelligence models a...
September 15, 2023 | Blogs
Businesses that collect or process health data from individuals are subject to new and burdensome re...
July 21, 2023 | Blogs
This was originally published in Reuters Legal News (May 16, 2023). Private equity investment in h...
June 26, 2023 | Blogs
The 2023 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (“Final Rule”), which became effective in January 202...
May 19, 2023 | Blogs
In a crucial U.S. Supreme Court decision issued on May 18, in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, the Court applie...
May 16, 2023 | Blogs
This was originally published in Reuters Legal News (May 16, 2023). This is the third piece in our ...
May 12, 2023 | Blogs
In its 2023 US Private Equity Outlook report, PitchBook predicted that private equity investment in ...
April 20, 2023 | Blogs
On April 12, 2023, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed R...
April 12, 2023 | Blogs
On March 29, the Kentucky legislature voted to override Governor Andy Beshear’s veto on Senate Bil...
March 29, 2023 | Blogs
This was originally published in Reuters Legal News (March 29, 2023). The first piece in this ser...
March 6, 2023 | Blogs
Utilization of RPM and RTM services has surged dramatically over the past few years. In 2016, before...
December 23, 2022 | Blogs
This was originally published in Reuters Legal News (Dec. 22, 2022). Private equity’s investment i...
October 31, 2022 | Blogs
The 2020 Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) adaptations to the Physician Self-Referral law, ...
October 20, 2022 | Blogs
This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law. The federal government has prioritized pro...
September 12, 2022 | Blogs
As medical payment evolves to favor care innovation and clinical integration opportunities, value-ba...
July 29, 2022 | Blogs
On July 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision invalid...
July 18, 2022 | Blogs
This article was originally published in Reuters Attorney Analysis. One year after China’s upd...
June 16, 2022 | Blogs
In the first two parts of our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) series, we shared an overview of so...
May 25, 2022 | Blogs
In the first of our three-part Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) series, we shared an overview of E...
May 9, 2022 | Blogs
In a recent decision, Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board found that physicians are not ...
April 28, 2022 | Blogs
While many software trends come and go, systems integration continues to grow in scope and importanc...
April 20, 2022 | Blogs
The rules governing the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) are currently under review, and publi...
April 12, 2022 | Blogs
This article was originally published on April 11, 2022 in Thomson Reuters Attorney Analysis from We...
April 7, 2022 | Blogs
You may not know it, but you are being watched. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U...
March 18, 2022 | Blogs
In recent years, online crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe have eme...
March 4, 2022 | Blogs
The False Claims Act (FCA) has long been a powerful tool for the federal government to generate larg...
February 25, 2022 | Blogs
In late January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its opinion in United States...
January 28, 2022 | Blogs
On January 18, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a new program to combat healthcare fra...
January 14, 2022 | Blogs
In a divided decision, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser...
January 7, 2022 | Blogs
This article was originally published on January 6, 2022 in Westlaw Today, an imprint of Thomson Re...
January 7, 2022 | Blogs
With the passage of Ohio House Bill 122, effective March 23, 2022, Ohio physicians with a certificat...
December 16, 2021 | Blogs
Providers, hospitals, laboratories, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, rural health center...
December 9, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
As noted in our recent article “Enforcement of CMS Vaccine Mandate Blocked Nationwide,” on Novem...
December 7, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
The net impact of two federal court decisions issued the last two days in November is a nationwide p...
November 22, 2021 | Blogs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued an interim final rule (the ...
November 4, 2021 | Blogs
CMS issued a press release today to announce the issuance of its interim final rule on required COVI...
November 2, 2021 | Blogs
Note: This article was updated on January 26, 2022, for clarification purposes. Recently, the Cent...
October 12, 2021 | Blogs
In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, a rule promulgated by the Cen...
October 9, 2021 | Blogs
This article was originally published on October 8, 2021 in Westlaw Today, an imprint of Thomson Re...
October 7, 2021 | Blogs
A new Ohio law mandating licensure for home health agencies and providers will go into effect July 1...
September 23, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
News coverage of COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes in the United States helped create an assumptio...
September 23, 2021 | Blogs
The FDA and CDC each issued warning notices to the public regarding Delta-8 THC products on Septembe...
September 21, 2021 | Blogs
Ohio medical marijuana patients and prospective dispensary owners rejoice! On September 20, 2021, th...
September 13, 2021 | Blogs
New rules are coming regarding the creation of Institutional Review Boards (“IRBs”) for the Texa...
September 8, 2021 | Blogs
In employers’ urgency to ensure proper procedures are in place to create a safe and healthy workpl...
August 30, 2021 | Blogs
On August 20, 2021, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (together, the...
August 3, 2021 | Blogs
Patients will soon get protection from unexpected medical bills for care received in emergencies and...
July 20, 2021 | Blogs
This article was originally published on July 19, 2021 in Westlaw Today, an imprint of Thomson Reut...
June 11, 2021 | Blogs
On June 10, 2021, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (O...
June 9, 2021 | Blogs
A recent case from the Indiana Court of Appeals highlights the parameters of Indiana’s Medical Mal...
May 19, 2021 | Blogs
On April 16, 2021, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) issued two notices in reaction to the Janua...
April 22, 2021 | Blogs
On April 19, 2021, the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy approved increasing the number of medical mar...
March 16, 2021 | Blogs
As the health care industry continues to integrate, providers and health care professionals are chal...
March 10, 2021 | Blogs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPR...
March 1, 2021 | Blogs
*This article was originally published by OneTrust DataGuidance in January 2020. The Health Insura...
February 19, 2021 | Blogs
In the first draft of the State of Ohio budget, Governor Mike DeWine has proposed that hospitals bec...
February 12, 2021 | Blogs
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of H...
January 28, 2021 | Blogs
Update: As of April 16, 2021, it appears the FDA may be reversing course with respect to its prior e...
November 16, 2020 | Blogs
On October 29, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the D...
October 7, 2020 | Blogs
In its 2021 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
July 28, 2020 | Blogs
The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program (the “OMMCP”) is scheduled to accept new testing labo...
July 14, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
The IRS has recently issued FAQ guidance regarding the tax implications for providers who are the r...
May 19, 2020 | Blogs
In response to the large number of adverse outcomes at nursing homes across the U.S., the Center for...
May 18, 2020 | Blogs
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently released a notification of enforcem...
May 11, 2020 | Blogs
The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy (the “Board”) has filed amended rule changes to the Ohio Medica...
May 6, 2020 | Blogs
West Virginia continues to gradually and safely reopen health care services. Governor Jim Justice fi...
May 4, 2020 | Blogs
Newly published federal rules will now give more power to consumers in controlling their personal he...
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
As most health care providers (and many of their patients) are aware, the CARES Act allocated $100 b...
April 30, 2020 | Blogs
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services issued an order April 27, 2020, allowing for cer...
April 24, 2020 | Blogs
This will come as welcomed news to Ohio health care providers struggling financially during the COVI...
April 23, 2020 | Blogs
West Virginia has a plan to start to reopen for business. Governor Jim Justice laid out this plan th...
April 22, 2020 | Blogs
On April 21, 2020, the United States Secretary (the “Secretary”) for Health and Human Services (...
April 20, 2020 | Blogs
Rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are among the health care...
April 17, 2020 | Blogs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an Interim Final Rule (“Rule”) containing,...
April 16, 2020 | Blogs
While innovation in communication (and Medicare reimbursement) has been evolving, the COVID-19 crisi...
April 16, 2020 | Blogs
In response to COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a document sett...
April 14, 2020 | Blogs
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Centers for Medicare and Medic...
April 14, 2020 | Blogs
On April 11, 2020, the federal government issued guidance to ensure that Americans with private heal...
April 10, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
The CARES Act signed into law on March 27, 2020, provides $100 billion dollars in “Provider Relief...
April 9, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Recently, our Coronavirus Response Team discussed the potential for private nonprofit organizations ...
April 7, 2020 | Blogs
On March 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an Interim Fi...
April 2, 2020 | Blogs
As summarized in a prior bulletin, on March 23, 2020, the President of the United States issued Exec...
April 1, 2020 | Blogs
Amid responses to the COVID-19 emergency, telehealth has been a frequent area of development. The Se...
March 31, 2020 | Blogs
The COVID-19 outbreak has led to several changes with respect to the delivery of mental health and s...
March 30, 2020 | Blogs
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises, first responders now must operate in a world with a...
March 27, 2020 | Blogs
On March 23, 2020, the President of the United States issued Executive Order 13910 entitled “Preve...
March 26, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On March 24, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) hosted a call for Prog...
March 18, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
As businesses across all industries respond to the national emergency, the Center for Medicare and M...
March 2, 2020 | Blogs
Private equity’s expansion into healthcare has proliferated in the past decade, with over 181 priv...
February 25, 2020 | Blogs
Woody Allen famously said that 80% of success is showing up. However, in some settings, including ho...
January 30, 2020 | Blogs
The 340B Drug Pricing Program is a federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug man...
January 29, 2020 | Blogs
Direct primary care practices have received considerable attention lately, so it seems timely to dis...
December 6, 2019 | Blogs
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health (“BPH”) kick...
November 25, 2019 | Blogs
Ohio’s medical marijuana program is almost one year old. Patient numbers have increased since Janu...
October 11, 2019 | Blogs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a long-awaited proposed rule that ...
October 10, 2019 | Blogs
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended to Congress in its June 2019 report th...
October 10, 2019 | Blogs
Peppered with references to ride sharing, interoperability, cybersecurity, and electronic health rec...
September 11, 2019 | Blogs
In a first of its kind enforcement action, the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health an...
August 28, 2019 | Blogs
Hospitals may wish to enter into joint ventures with physicians for a variety of reasons. Commonly...
July 31, 2019 | Blogs
It’s official — with Governor DeWine’s signature, Senate Bill 57 legalized hemp-derived produc...
July 22, 2019 | Blogs
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule, effective September ...
July 17, 2019 | Blogs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for ...
July 8, 2019 | Blogs
Marijuana products liability claims are inevitable. As the marijuana industry increases in size, and...
July 2, 2019 | Blogs
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a welcome decision that affords employers ...
May 10, 2019 | Blogs
Hold the presses – CMS’s long-awaited guidance on shared space arrangements between hospitals an...
May 1, 2019 | Blogs
As we rapidly approach the fifth month of the year, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C...
April 26, 2019 | Blogs
The 2018 Farm Bill’s legalization of hemp set the stage for a resurgence in hemp production and ...
April 23, 2019 | Blogs
State laws vary considerably in terms of the professional obligations they place on physicians obtai...
April 18, 2019 | Blogs
As a result of huge costs and pricing pressures, many drug development players are now participating...
March 29, 2019 | Blogs
Hemp is not marijuana – let us start there. This is a critical distinction the Ohio legislature ha...
February 19, 2019 | Blogs
This month, the Ohio Department of Medicaid finalized its regulation (OAC 5160-1-32.1) which creates...
December 20, 2018 | Blogs
Labs, clinical treatment facilities, and recovery homes BEWARE! If you are currently using marketers...
October 29, 2018 | Blogs
On October 3, 2018, Congress approved the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6). This bi...
August 17, 2018 | Blogs
While the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General is looking ba...
July 31, 2018 | Blogs
Co-Author: Joseph Brammer The Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) audit dissected telehe...
July 19, 2018 | Blogs
Co-Author: Maxwell Williams Cash only? Informed consent forms? Waivers of liability? The original...
July 13, 2018 | Blogs
Co-author: Ashley Ramm In response to President Trump’s American Patients First Blueprint, ...
June 26, 2018 | Blogs
Co-author: Nathan Truitt Ironically named the “Choice Demonstration,” the Centers for...
June 8, 2018 | Blogs
Depending on the state in which a nurse practitioner or physician assistant practices, he or she c...
May 9, 2018 | Blogs
This article will go into detail on surety bond requirements that may be imposed on providers of d...
May 2, 2018 | Blogs
Ohio State Auditor David Yost has noted that Ohio has millions of dollars of unpaid obligations ow...
April 25, 2018 | Blogs
This is the third article in a three-part series designed to inform physicians and other health ca...
April 9, 2018 | Blogs
“Grandma’s tremors appear to have gotten worse lately. She mentioned she wants to try ...
April 5, 2018 | Blogs
On March 27, 2018, Governor James C. Justice signed SB 273, which among other dramatic actions lim...
March 20, 2018 | Blogs
Ohio doctors can now apply to become certified to recommend medical marijuana for treatment. The O...
March 14, 2018 | Blogs
This is the second article in a three-part series designed to inform physicians and other health c...
February 23, 2018 | Blogs
This is the first article in a three-part series designed to inform physicians and other health ca...
February 20, 2018 | Blogs
The response at the federal and local level is rapidly evolving to meet the overwhelming need to s...
February 7, 2018 | Blogs
The West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (“Advisory Board”) met on February 6...
February 1, 2018 | Blogs
"Direct Primary Care,” or DPC, is a patient care delivery model gaining attention and some d...
January 31, 2018 | Blogs
Physicians interested in recommending medical marijuana are already completing the two hours of co...
January 30, 2018 | Blogs
Down goes a jurisdictional barrier to telehealth: Nurses interested in expanding their practice ca...
January 26, 2018 | Blogs
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced January 10 a new, voluntary bundl...
January 18, 2018 | Blogs
CVS Health announced plans to buy Aetna last month in a $69 billion deal that the New Yo...
January 12, 2018 | Blogs
On the day President Trump was inaugurated, he nominated Seema Verma, a healthcare consultant from...
January 12, 2018 | Blogs
To Kentucky, the grass must have literally been greener on the other side. After Kentucky law...
January 5, 2018 | Blogs
In November of 2017, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of...
January 4, 2018 | Blogs
The individual mandate (i.e., that every American must have health insurance coverage or pay a pen...
December 21, 2017 | Blogs
On December 14, 2017, the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board announced: (1) the results...
December 15, 2017 | Blogs
The Supreme Court of Kentucky held in an opinion issued August 24, 2017 that Kentucky’s regu...
December 14, 2017 | Blogs
The fallout from the seemingly endless W-2 phishing scams continues to be felt.
December 4, 2017 | Blogs
It’s already a stressful time of year, but for those vying for a license to convert marijuan...
December 1, 2017 | Blogs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a Final Rule that will cut ...
November 30, 2017 | Blogs
Under the Obama administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) placed a low priority on pursuing ...
November 29, 2017 | Blogs
OSHA recently announced that employers now have until December 15, 2017 to electronically submit t...
November 13, 2017 | Blogs
Although it is still very early in the tax reform process, provisions in the House tax bill propos...
November 7, 2017 | Blogs
November 1 was the “last chance” for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C...
November 7, 2017 | Blogs
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two final rules that wi...
October 31, 2017 | Blogs
Ohio physicians interested in treating patients with medical marijuana need to understand their ob...
October 30, 2017 | Blogs
On October 26, 2017, President Trump declared the Opioid Crisis a “public health emergency,&...
October 18, 2017 | Blogs
October 12, 2017, was an eventful day for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because of two executive o...
October 13, 2017 | Blogs
In 2015, West Virginia experienced the highest rate of deaths due to opioid overdoses in the Unite...
October 13, 2017 | Blogs
As we all know, health care providers such as physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurs...
September 20, 2017 | Blogs
“Tort reform” has been a buzzword in the news and legal communities for some time. Wha...
September 20, 2017 | Blogs
For most physicians with significant Medicare business, October 2 marks the beginning of the last ...
September 8, 2017 | Blogs
In West Virginia, medical marijuana will soon be a treatment option for physicians and patients, a...
August 16, 2017 | Blogs
Ohio’s medical marijuana program is set to begin just a little over a year from now. The pro...
August 2, 2017 | Blogs
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human S...
July 12, 2017 | Blogs
West Virginia is the 29th state to authorize medical marijuana use.
July 11, 2017 | Blogs
Only 13! That is the percentage of applicants who will ultimately receive an Ohio medical marijuan...
June 26, 2017 | Blogs
Kentucky providers with prescriptive authority take note: beginning June 29, 2017, new laws (HB 33...
June 12, 2017 | Blogs
In many states, an investigation into a healthcare provider’s license by the Department of H...
June 11, 2017 | Blogs
The National Practitioner Data Bank, or NPDB, is a repository of information created by the f...
March 20, 2017 | Blogs
President Trump said he was “100 percent” in favor of medical marijuana during his cam...
October 3, 2016 | Blogs
“Let’s get together and feel alright” sang the Ohio legislature to those sufferi...
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