Health Law Advisories Archive

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CMS Proposes Major Changes to Split/Shared Billing Requirements – Opportunity for Comment
August 13, 2021
Effective Immediately: California’s New Health Facility Breach Reporting Regulations
July 9, 2021
PRRB Announces New Address, Mandatory Electronic Filing, and Significant Proposed Changes to Rules, Inviting Comments on or before July 30, 2021
June 17, 2021
Congress Passes Additional COVID-19 Relief
March 10, 2021
Highlights from the Medical Board of California Sunset Review Oversight Report for 2020
February 18, 2021
DMFEA Launches Operation SAFE to Investigate SNFs During COVID-19
January 29, 2021
New Year Brings New Health Care Legislation in Massachusetts
January 11, 2021
Year-End Legislation Addresses Funding, COVID-19 Relief, and Health Care
December 22, 2020
HIPAA Proposed Rule – Removing Barriers to Care Coordination
December 15, 2020
Advisory Opinion on Sub-Regulatory Medicare Guidance
December 8, 2020
Final Anti-Kickback and Stark Rules: Value-Based Arrangements and Beyond
November 23, 2020
Supreme Court to Consider the Constitutionality of the ACA: A Listener’s Guide to Texas v. California
November 9, 2020
2020 Election Results: What Comes Next
November 9, 2020
California Clarifies Electronic Signature Law Effective Jan. 1, 2021
November 5, 2020
California Strengthens Mental Health Parity Law
Published in Bloomberg Law's Health Law and Business News, October 15, 2020
From Coast to Coast, SNFs Face Criminal Investigations for COVID-19 Response
Originally published in Law 360, October 14, 2020
Can you Force a Delinquent Health Care Tenant Into Bankruptcy In the Midst of a Pandemic? Should You?
October 8, 2020
New Nurse Practitioner Laws Change Scope of Practice, Reporting Obligations, and Financial Restrictions
October 6, 2020
Governor Newsom Signs Historic Mental Health Legislation
September 25, 2020
Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Claims Find Favor With the United Kingdom’s High Court
September 16, 2020
Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Claims: Update from the Trenches
September 11, 2020
Dealing With Prior DOJ Health Investigations During COVID-19
Law360, August 26, 2020
DHCS 340B Drug Pricing Self-Audit Requests
August 24, 2020
COVID-19 Accelerates Health Care Financial Restructuring
August 20, 2020
HHS Finalizes Transitional Changes to 42 CFR Part 2 Regulations
July 17, 2020
Massachusetts Implements Permanent Telehealth Policy, Extends MassHealth Telemedicine Coverage
July 7, 2020
Proposed California Law Would Mandate AG Approval for Almost All Hospital Affiliations with Other Providers
June 5, 2020
New Guidance from SBA on PPP Loans
May 14, 2020
States Acting to Limit Legal Liability of Healthcare Providers, Physicians and Healthcare Professionals for Care Provided During COVID-19 Pandemic
May 11, 2020
Resuming Elective Procedures During COVID-19: Federal and State Guidance
May 7, 2020
Flexibilities for the California Medi-Cal Program and Medi-Cal Providers Provided by Executive Order N-55-20
May 7, 2020
CMS Issues Second Interim Final Rule to Expand Provider Flexibility and Coverage During the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 2, 2020
EMTALA Guidance for Hospitals Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 1, 2020
Administration Turns Focus to Long-Term Care Industry
May 1, 2020
PRRB and CMS Suspend or Extend Many Appeal and Medicare Cost Report Deadlines Due to Covid-19 But Some Critical Deadlines Remain Unchanged
April 29, 2020
Congress Passes Emergency Funding Bill to Assist Providers and Small Businesses
April 23, 2020
CMS Clarifies Stark Law Blanket Waivers
April 22, 2020
HHS Announces Allocations from Provider Relief Fund; Hospitals Must Submit Data by Saturday, April 25 for Targeted Allocation
April 22, 2020 (rev'd April 24)
HHS Distributes $30 Billion in CARES Act Relief Payments to Providers
April 11, 2020
IP’s Role in Covid-19 Tests, Treatments, and Vaccines
April 9, 2020
EIDL: Another Loan Available to Health Care Providers Under The CARES Act
April 7, 2020
CMS Issues Broad Stark Law Waiver for COVID-19
April 1, 2020
The CARES Act Amends Part 2 to Align with HIPAA
April 1, 2020
CMS Grants Massachusetts 1135 Waiver Request
March 31, 2020
CMS Grants Colorado 1135 Waiver Request
March 31, 2020
CMS Expands the Accelerated and Advance Payments Program During COVID-19 Pandemic
March 30, 2020
Newly-Passed Coronavirus Relief Bill Includes Assistance for Many, Including Health Care Providers
March 27, 2020
CMS Grants Rhode Island 1135 Waiver Request
March 26, 2020
Practical Tips for Implementing Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 25, 2020
First Reports of Coronavirus Fraud and Abuse Emerging
March 25, 2020
California Department of Public Health Requests 1135 Waiver During COVID-19 Emergency
March 25, 2020
Increased Flexibility for Out-of-State Physicians to Assist with COVID-19 Response
March 20, 2020
CDPH SUSPENDS ENFORCEMENT OF HOSPITAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
March 20, 2020
CMS and ONC Finalize Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules
March 18, 2020
Section 1135 Waivers Issued Following President’s Emergency Declaration
March 18, 2020
CMS Issues EMTALA Guidance for Hospitals Facing Influx of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and EMTALA 1135 Waiver
March 13, 2020
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman Announces Mandatory Remote Work Policy for All Employees to Mitigate COVID-19 Spread
March 13, 2020
UPDATED 3/18/20: Congress Enables HHS to Relax Telehealth Restrictions to Help Fight COVID-19
March 11, 2020
COVID-19 Response: HLB Resource Page, California State of Emergency and Guidance, and CMS Survey Guidance
March 9, 2020
DOJ Enhances Pursuit of Grossly Substandard Care at SNFs
March 5, 2020
MACs Impose New “Continuous” Collection Effort Requirement for Medicare Bad Debts
February 26, 2020
California Announces Proposal for Important Changes to the Medi-Cal Delivery System
January 31, 2020
Divided Fifth Circuit Panel Rules the Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional and Remands for Further Analysis of Severability
December 20, 2019
New Law Changes Physician Assistant Supervision Requirements Effective January 1, 2020
December 17, 2019
SB 425 adds Section 805.8 to the California Business & Professions Code Requiring Reporting of Allegations of Sexual Abuse or Sexual Misconduct in Certain Circumstances
November 26, 2019
California Assembly Bill 5 and Health Care Workers
November 21, 2019
CMS Issues Final Hospital Price Transparency Rule, As Well As Proposed Insurer Cost-Sharing Disclosure Rule
November 15, 2019
California Legislative Update: Pushing for Payment Parity and Removing Barriers to Telehealth
October 28, 2019
Proposed Stark & Anti-Kickback Regulations Are A Big Deal
October 16, 2019
Questionable Stark Law Case Eases Burden on Qui Tam Relators
3rd Circuit Overturns Dismissal of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Whistleblower Suit
September 24, 2019
AseraCare Court Confirms that Difference of Reasonable Clinical Opinion Cannot Alone Establish Objective Falsity in False Claims Cases
September 19, 2019
Medicare Bad Debts -- New Requirements Concerning “Sub-ledgers” Violate Longstanding Practices
September 4, 2019
According to some MACs, the maintenance of a bad debt sub-ledger to record a patient’s bad debt after the reasonable collection effort required by PRM 15-1 § 310 has been completed, and the account has been reduced to zero on the General Ledger, means that the hospital has not “written off” the bad debt and ceased all efforts to collect the debt.
HHS Proposes Changes to Rules Governing the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Information
August 28, 2019
Medi-Cal Releases Updates to Telehealth Manual
August 27, 2019
MOB Leases With Unusual Terms Withstand Appraiser Whistleblower Claims
August 19, 2019
CMS Proposes Significant and Far-Reaching Hospital Price Transparency Requirements in CY 2020 OPPS Proposed Rule
July 31, 2019
Congress Searches for Agreement on Surprise Billing
June 18, 2019
Foreign Interests and Conflicts of Interest in Research
June 5, 2019
What the Supreme Court’s Azar v. Allina Ruling Means for Health Care Providers
June 4, 2019
MACs Improperly Eliminate Pass-Through Treatment of Hospital Allied Health Program Costs
June 3, 2019
Court Orders May 28, 2019 Deadline for Healthcare Providers to Submit Reimbursement Claims Relating to Riverstone Capital LLC
May 16, 2019
President Trump Discusses Surprise Billing Legislation
May 10, 2019
Update for Healthcare Providers on Riverstone Capital LLC Liquidation Proceeding
May 3, 2019
Medicare Advantage Final Rule – Telehealth Expansion
April 17, 2019
A New Rush of Class Action Suits Attacking Hospital Emergency Room Level Charges
March 1, 2019
California Appellate Decision Limits Hospital’s Options For Exclusive Contracts
February 11, 2019
Sweeping Changes to Knox-Keene Licensing Requirements Coming
January 30, 2019
Eighth Circuit Affirms that United’s Overpayment Recoupment Practices Violate ERISA
January 22, 2019
CMS Overhauls Medicare ACOs
Pathways to Success Final Rule
December 26, 2018
Preparing for Upcoming Changes to ACGME Common Program Requirements
Health Law Perspectives, November 15, 2018
HHS Releases Revisions to National Practitioner Data Bank Guidebook
November 7, 2018
President Trump signs the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6)
October 26, 2018
Telehealth Updates - California
September 25, 2018
Mandatory CURES Consultation Effective October 2
September 24, 2018
New Regulation May Expand the Scope of Payment Arrangements Subject to Knox-Keene Licensure
September 18, 2018
HHS-OIG Seeks Comments on Value-Based Care, AKS and CMP
August 31, 2018
Application Due Soon for Two New Rounds of Residency Slot Redistribution
July 15, 2018
CMS Proposes Changes to Telehealth Reimbursement, Stark, Substance Use Disorder Treatment Reimbursement, and Evaluation & Management Reimbursement in the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
July 14, 2018
Connecticut Permits Prescribing Limited Controlled Substances via Telemedicine
July 5, 2018
California Governor Signs Far-Reaching Consumer Privacy Legislation
July 2, 2018

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