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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - November 2023 #3

News Briefs - Senate Committee Advances Bill on 'Ghost Providers,' PBMs - In a unanimous 26-0 vote, the Senate Finance Committee passed a comprehensive draft package that puts pharmacy benefit manager reform and mental health...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2023 #3

News Briefs - PHE End Brings Challenges for Nursing Home Operators - As the public health emergency (PHE) came to an end on May 11, industry leaders point out that nursing home operators are still in pandemic recovery mode...more

Goldberg Segalla

Mitigating Pressure Injury Exposure Through LEAF’s Innovative Wearable Sensor Technology

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Healthcare facilities exposed to pressure injury litigation too often fail to defend patient malpractice claims because they cannot prove that caregivers provided reasonable turning and repositioning to prevent skin breakdown...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2020

Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more

Butler Snow LLP

Mississippi Development Authority Opens Portal For PPE And Testing Reimbursement

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Mississippi healthcare providers seeking relief for expenses incurred for PPE and COVID-19 testing for staff during the COVID-19 pandemic may now submit applications through the Mississippi Development Authority’s (“MDA”)...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Hospitals & Nursing Homes: Old Dangers on the Increase During a Pandemic?

Hospitals in Florida and the rest of the country generally are careful about safety measures, staff-to-patient ratios and infection control. There are specific standards of care they must meet in the communities they serve. ...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont Health Care Update 02-28-20 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

House overrides minimum wage veto - On a vote of 100-49, the House voted to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the minimum wage bill. The bill will raise the state’s minimum wage to $11.75 in 2021, and $12.55 in 2022, and...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont Health Care Update 02-17-2020 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

Push to end surprise medical billing - The Senate Finance Committee heard from providers and health insurers on S.309, a bill that prohibits certain provisions in contracts between health insurers and health care...more

Baker Donelson

Medicare Spreads Sunshine Act Coverage to New Categories of Payments, Recipients

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On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") finalized changes to the Open Payments Program as part of the CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule....more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

New Connecticut Legislation Affecting Healthcare Providers and Entities Effective October 1, 2019

Multiple public acts from Connecticut’s 2019 legislative session go into effect on October 1, 2019. Below is a list of public health legislation effective October 1, with links to our previous posts summarizing the acts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CMS Issues Proposed Revisions to Open Payments/Sunshine Act Reporting Requirements

• On July 29, 2019, CMS released its proposed 2020 Physician Fee Schedule rule, which includes the much anticipated proposed regulatory changes to the Sunshine Act/Open Payments program (“Open Payments”). The proposed...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Alert: 2016 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

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Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - July 2016

The Vulnerability of Healthcare Information - According to a report the Brookings Institute issued in May 2016, 23% of all data breaches occur in the healthcare industry. Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations had some...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - March 2016

Liberating Data to Enable Healthcare Market Transparency: A Guide for Regulators and Policymakers - Editor's Note: We are on the cusp of a transparency revolution in which consumers will have the data and tools to make...more

Cooley LLP

Potentially Burdensome Reporting Obligations Ahead for Industry Interactions with APRNs in Connecticut

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The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (Department) recently released its Expenditure Disclosure Form for manufacturers subject to section 75 of Public Act 14-217, which requires manufacturers of a covered drug,...more

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