After multiple extensions over the past three years, on Monday, January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (“PHE”) will officially end on May 11, 2023....more
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still active worldwide, health care industry leaders and regulators have already begun to think about how to implement post-pandemic changes to health care delivery based on lessons learned...more
10/27/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disaster Preparedness ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Patient Access ,
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Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth
On June 24, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 210, which officially declared the end of the New York State of Emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic effective June 25, 2021. The issuance of the...more
On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced “an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from contracting coronavirus.” The standard...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a wave of telehealth policy changes across the nation at both federal and state levels. Such changes have expanded access to health care and addressed underutilization in chronic disease...more
In a report issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on March 23, 2021 (the “2021 Report”), representatives from 320 hospitals in 45 states, the District of...more
The latest COVID-19 stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (the “Act”), enacted on March 11, 2021, provides $1.9 trillion in funding for various COVID-19 relief measures. However, while the Act includes many funding...more
4/22/2021
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Medicaid ,
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Public Health ,
Relief Measures ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Skilled Nursing Facility
New York State has enacted amendments to provisions of the Social Services Law governing the compliance program requirements applicable to Medicaid providers. These changes generally took immediate effect on April 1, 2020,...more
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CARES Act, Payroll Protection, and Medicare Advance Payment Programs -
This document was last updated on July 20, 2020 to reflect changes made by the Department of Health and Human...more
7/20/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Health Care Providers ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs
[co-author: Daniel Weinstein]
CARES Act, Payroll Protection, and Medicare Advance Payment Programs -
This document was last updated on July 7, 2020 to reflect changes made by the Department of Health and Human Services to...more
[co-author: Daniel Weinstein]
In response to widespread cash flow issues resulting from the COVID-19 public health emergency, Congress enacted two key pieces of legislation: the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection...more
6/10/2020
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Medicare ,
OIG ,
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Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ,
Provider Relief Fund ,
SBA ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Whistleblowers
On April 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued its Second Interim Final Rule in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes additional regulatory waivers and rule changes. After reviewing...more
Less than a month after passing the $2.0 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (the “CARES Act”), Congress has passed and the President has signed a second round of aid (the Paycheck Protection...more
Less than a month after passing the $2.0 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (the "CARES Act"), Congress has passed and the President has signed a second round of aid (the Paycheck Protection...more
In yet another example of coronavirus-related regulatory dispensation, on March 30, 2020, CMS announced that it will waive penalties for violations of the Stark Law in regard to compensation relationships between physicians...more