The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast: What’s the Latest on UPICs? Highlights from Recent Audit Activity, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
Hospice Insights Podcast - Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Chief Medical Officer Relationship
Understanding Trends and Challenges in the Behavioral Health Sector
AI in the Operating Room: Liability Issues for Device Makers — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 202: Life Sciences Startups and Industry Developments with Gil Price, Life Sciences Leader
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Healthcare Document Retention
The DEA Is Knocking at Your Door . . . Are You Prepared? – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Rise in Medicare Deactivations: Tips for Avoiding This Financial Pain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 199: Bringing Awareness to Organ and Tissue Donation with Dave DeStefano of We Are Sharing Hope
On Thursday, June 13, the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, will be presented by Rivkin Radler Partner Ashley Algazi and moderated by Robert Hussar. The program, “Conducting HIPAA...more
WHERE VALUE-BASED CARE MEETS THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE - Join hundreds of c-suite leaders, investors, operators and counsel in the healthcare capital of the United States for a deep dive into the key business and policy...more
On December 13, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification...more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law SB 7, which bans private employers of any size from imposing or enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates as a condition of employment. The law will take effect on February 6, 2024....more
Fair market value (FMV) is a pinnacle issue with respect to healthcare regulatory compliance and compensation agreements. This article will analyze the issues related to an FMV defensibility analysis of compensation...more
Many healthcare providers received waivers and exceptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now with the emergency declaration set to expire sometime in the new year, providers need to ask themselves: What did I change in my...more
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued regulations under the 21st Century Cures Act advancing the interoperability of electronic health...more
Today, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) published an interim final rule (the Interim Final Rule) implementing certain provisions of the No Surprises Act,[1] which aims...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on June 10, 2021. The ETS applies to workplace settings where professional healthcare...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") of the Department of Health and Human Services have at last published their long-awaited companion final rules advancing...more
Learning Objectives: - Explain changes to existing concepts including fair market value, commercial reasonableness, and volume or value - Examine the new definitions, exceptions, and safe harbors and their impact on...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) completed its “Regulatory Sprint” by finalizing changes to regulations pertaining to two federal fraud and abuse laws. On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare &...more
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) promulgated much-anticipated and significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify”...more
Downs Rachlin Martin labor and employment attorney Beth Rattigan goes over updates to paid leave requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. FFCRA revisions and clarifications include: who is eligible,...more
Learning Objectives: - Understand 21st Century Cures information blocking regulations and how they fit with other health information laws - Learn about the elements of information blocking and eight exceptions - Create...more
In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini, Lindsey Rogers-Seitz and Maggie Power discuss the Preventing Harm Exception to the Information Blocking Rule, which was recently finalized in the Office of the National Coordinator for...more
On August 31, 2020, the California legislature passed California AB 713, which amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to except from its requirements certain health information, including information that has been...more
Across the country, hospitals and healthcare providers are facing an unprecedented surge of patients with COVID-19 symptoms while continuing to care for patients with other medical conditions. Responding adequately to the...more
The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has presented the healthcare industry with an abundance of issues and questions, most of which revolve around public health and safety. Recognizing the wide-reaching effects of COVID-19, the...more
State and federal officials have called on volunteer health care providers to assist in the emergency response to COVID-19. In an effort to protect these volunteer health care providers, liability protections were included in...more
What larger healthcare goals are fueling the proposed revisions to AKS and Stark? What safe harbors and exceptions are introduced in the proposed rules? And what would the potentially transformational changes mean for...more
In this week's episode, Lindsey Rogers-Seitz forecasts a number of critical issues spanning the health care industry that are likely to be points of focus in the coming year. Among these issues, Ms. Rogers-Seitz discusses the...more
On January 6, 2020, the California State Senate’s Health Committee unanimously approved California AB 713, a bill that would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to except from CCPA requirements additional...more
Last year, the Oklahoma legislature joined a growing number of states in taking direct aim at the opioid crisis by enacting legislation designed to combat the forgery of paper prescriptions. More than a year and a half after...more
The Situation: Telehealth services continue to evolve and show promise for improving quality care, care coordination, and access to services while also reducing the costs of care. The Action: The Office of Inspector...more