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OHRP FY 25 Budget Request Lacks Prior Plea For Funding, Staff Increases; Plans Are Modest

In December 2022, Julie Kaneshiro—then deputy director of the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)—disclosed that the agency had 32 positions but that only 20 were filled, leaving 12 vacant or “on hold,” due to...more

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New Biden Executive Order Emphasizes Women’s Health

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Following an initial funding announcement last month, the Biden administration has kept its foot on the gas to build out the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Last month, we wrote about ARPA-H’s $100 million...more

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Eight Categories Summarizing the Directives of Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

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On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” (“EO”) that issues a multitude of directives across a wide swath of federal agencies and departments,...more

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Special Report - HHS Proposes to Update Disability Nondiscrimination Regulations for First Time in Nearly 50 Years

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Discrimination on the basis of disability has contributed to significant disparities in healthcare and child welfare. To address these disparities, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed updated...more

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OIG Final Rule Expands OIG Enforcement Authority to Grant and Contract Fraud

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On June 27, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a final rule amending OIG’s civil money penalty (CMP) regulations implementing the 21st Century Cures Act...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OCR: Current Fines Too Low to Spur Compliance; Agency Also Seeks Funding Boost, Injunctive Relief

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 5 (May, 2022) - Compared to other agencies, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is a little fish in the big federal pond, but it has an outsize effect on HIPAA covered entities (CEs) and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 7. In This Month’s E-News: July 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 7 (July 2021) - In a review of more than 500 NIH awards, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that about one-fifth were funded “out of rank order,” and for more than a...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Proposed NJ Bill That Would Provide For “Community Cats” Does Not Adequately Address Harm To Wildlife And Disease Concerns From...

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NJ Senate bill S1034 and sister bill A4399 would establish a “special, nonlapsing fund to be known as the ‘Compassion for Community Cats Fund” that would be funded in part by “moneys as may be appropriated by the...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

HHS Releases Key Guidance for Health Care Providers Seeking Phase 3 Funding

Health care providers who are interested in applying for the new Phase 3 General Distribution of $20 billion from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) now have access to key guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...more

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HHS Awards $117 Million to Safety Net Clinics

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HHS announced on August 25, 2020 that, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS has awarded over $117 million in quality improvement awards to 1,318 health centers. HRSA-funded health centers...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

UPDATE: Medicare Relief Funds Attestation Now Available

As discussed in our previous article, healthcare providers that received Medicare relief funds must sign an attestation confirming receipt of the funds and agreeing to the terms and conditions of payment. The attestation is...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Health Centers: The Federal Government Delivers a Big Win

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On August 15, 2017, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, issued a press release reporting that almost $105 million dollars will be bestowed upon 1,333 health centers across the United States, including its...more

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FY18 Massachusetts Budget Update: Governor Baker Signs FY18 Budget

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On Monday, July 17th, Governor Charlie Baker signed a budget for FY2018 that includes $39.4 billion in spending. This comes ten days after the Legislature approved a state budget with a $40.2 billion bottom line. The Senate...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - May 2017 #3

Governors pen bipartisan letter to Congress urging five-year extension of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); new analyses find Medicaid funding cuts under the AHCA would disproportionately affect...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Medicaid: CMS Launches Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program to Advance Delivery System Reform

On July 14 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP), an initiative to provide $100 million in federal funding for technical assistance (TA) to states to...more

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HHS Announces $83.4 Million in Funding to Train New Primary Care Providers

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On July 7, 2014, HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell announced that HHS would be awarding $83.4 million under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program administered by the Health Resources and...more

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