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OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion for Hospital's Provision of Nurse Practitioner Services

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In one of the final advisory opinions of 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) took a broad view that a hospital's provisions of care by nurse practitioners to patients of...more

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OIG Approves Hospital Provision of Nurse Practitioner Services in Advisory Opinion

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently posted Advisory Opinion 22-20, approving an acute care hospital’s arrangement under which its employed nurse practitioners...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion Promotes Hospital Use of NPs

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable Advisory Opinion on a hospital arrangement in which the hospital was using its employed nurse practitioners to...more

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PA Health Facility Licensure and Outpatient Psychiatric Oversight Law Changes on the Horizon

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Two recent pieces of legislation will amend the Pennsylvania Health Care Facilities Act: Senate Bill 818 concerning Ambulatory Surgery Centers (“ASCs”), which is on the Governor’s desk awaiting signature, and Act 30 of 2022...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Debate Continues Around Scope of Practice Expansion for APPs

Scope of practice expansion has been a hot-button issue within medical communities and state legislatures for more than thirty years. The debate is centered on what services advanced practice providers (“APPs”) who hold...more

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Federal Audits and Enforcement Actions of Telehealth Providers: Future Trends and Mitigating Risk

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As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses and the expanded use of telehealth has appeared to stabilize over the past year according to a July report from McKinsey & Company, Federal agencies have continued the recent trend of...more

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HHS Expands Categories of Persons Covered Under the PREP Act Who Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccine

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On January 28, 2021, HHS issued a fifth amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), expanding the categories of persons able to prescribe, dispense, and administer...more

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DOJ Criminal Health Care Enforcement: It’s Not Just for Federal Programs Anymore

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On July 10, 2020, in United States v. Ruan, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of two Alabama doctors for running an opiate “pill mill.” Among many other things, the government charged that the doctors used...more

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Ten Things to Know About the CMS Long-Term Care Requirements Final Rule

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Deadlines are looming to come into compliance with sweeping changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for long-term care facilities (LTC) participating in Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS final...more

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Congress and Obama Administration Take Steps to Ease Buprenorphine Access

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On Friday, July 22, President Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA). Following on federal, state and local trends, CARA seeks to expand access for persons needing opioid treatment....more

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