The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
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A Fond Farewell: Musings on the End of the Medicare Advantage Hospice Carve-In Demonstration
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Hospice and Home Health Survey Perspectives: A Conversation with Kim Skehan, VP of Accreditation at CHAP
Transparency and the Open Payments Program
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Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
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Grace from CMS: Unexpected Good News on HIS and CAHPS Appeals
This Bandwagon Has a Broken Wheel: OIG Joins the Inconsistent Approach to Hospice GIP Claims
Behind the Curtain: Enhanced Provider Enrollment Oversight
Survey Woes: CMS Ramps Up Hospice Survey Program and Consequences
Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Provisions – What Now? – Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
A Glimpse Into the Other Side: Understanding the Perspective of Government Enforcers
I Understood There Would Be No Math: Audits, Extrapolations, and a New Set of Rules
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In September 2021, President Biden announced a series of emergency worker protection regulations to combat surging positive test rates caused by the COVID-19 Delta variant. On September 9, 2021, the White House issued...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
As we previously reported, two federal courts, one in Kentucky and the other in Georgia, collectively have enjoined the government from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors set forth in...more
This week in Vaccine Mandate/Injunction Land. Well, kids, it's been another riotous week in the world of federal vaccine mandates. Here is where everything stands as of Friday morning Eastern Time, December 17, 2021:...more
A federal judge has temporarily halted enforcement of the White House’s directive that federal contractors impose a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy in the workplace. Much like the OSHA emergency temporary standard for large...more
On December 1, 2021, we provided an update on the current status of the various federal COVID-19 vaccine rules. In that alert, we noted that a federal court sitting in Kentucky issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily...more
In September President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 was blessed by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force requiring certain federal contractors to have all of their contract and related workers vaccinated against COVID-19 by...more
Contractors collectively breathe sigh of relief. A federal judge in Georgia issued today a nationwide preliminary injunction that prohibits the government from enforcing the vaccine mandate that applies to federal...more
As set forth in more detail in its Order, a Georgia federal district court judge today issued an injunction halting enforcement of Executive Order 14042, which requires that federal contractors and subcontractors with...more
Many employers are struggling with the seemingly ever-shifting rules and requirements relating to COVID-19 vaccines. Indeed, although the Biden Administration initiated three sweeping rules earlier this Fall - one applicable...more
As November came to an end, federal courts across the country continue to examine and issue preliminary rulings on challenges to various COVID vaccine mandates put in place by the Biden Administration. At the beginning of...more
Last Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed sweeping legislation designed to protect private and public sector employees from losing their jobs due to COVID-19 vaccination mandates, as well as to protect the rights of...more
On November 4, 2021, the White House issued a statement regarding several vaccination-related policies. Though the main focus of the announcement was two new rules (referenced below) not specific to Federal contracting, there...more
Earlier this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order immediately restricting entities in the state – including employers – from compelling any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccination if that individual...more
Overview: On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued a variety of measures designed to promote COVID-19 safeguards and decrease the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Such measures included two Executive Orders and...more
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced several updates to his plan for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Although media reports have led some to believe that President Biden’s actions have imposed an immediately...more
On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its new COVID-19 Action Plan (the “Action Plan”), which outlines a six-pronged approach to combat the pandemic. The wide-ranging Action Plan lays out plans to vaccinate...more