A new HHS Final Rule overhauls the federal Part 2 regulations on the confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) records. Our Heath Care Health Care and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Groups unpack how the changes will...more
What does a post-pandemic business world look like? What should companies be planning and preparing for when restarting their businesses and bringing back employees? Protecting the health of employees and customers will...more
Our Health Care Group dives into the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Stark Law waivers for physicians and hospitals fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
- COVID-19 Purpose and 18 blanket waivers...more
Our Health Care Group highlights how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....more
What do you do when the ones who help the most need help themselves? Our coronavirus task force explains what happens when health care providers are exposed to the coronavirus and HIPAA privacy considerations for their...more
Can you ask an employee if they’re infected with the coronavirus? Can you send them home? Take their temperature? And what does “clean” mean, exactly? Our coronavirus task force collects answers from the CDC, OSHA, and EEOC...more
There’s more than a virus in the air – there’s malware and spyware too. Our Health Care and Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Groups team up to list proactive steps HIPAA covered entities and business associates can take...more
Conferences, concerts, even entire school districts are closing up shop in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus. Our coronavirus task force guides you through the questions every company is (or should be) asking...more
As the coronavirus moves across the world, companies need to have their own policies and procedures ready to minimize business disruptions. Our coronavirus task force highlights steps companies can take to help stop or slow...more
On November 10, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its 2017 Work Plan. The 2017 Work Plan outlines the areas of special concern to the OIG and...more
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In November 2015, we published a client advisory on the closely watched AseraCare litigation and its potential impact on the falsity element under the False Claims Act (FCA). AseraCare involves allegations that a hospice...more
On November 2, 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2016 (“2016 Work Plan”).1 The 2016 Work Plan outlines the areas of...more
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Prosecutors, defense attorneys and health care providers alike have been closely watching the U.S. v. AseraCare (No. 2:12-cv-00245) matter pending in the Northern District of Alabama. The AseraCare case relates to hospice...more
On August 3, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the first judicial opinion interpreting the Affordable Care Act’s “60-day overpayment rule,” which requires providers to “report and...more