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Private Equity in Healthcare – An Updated Review of Selected Niche Investment Areas

Since mid-2022, the macro acquisition environment has faced the challenges of inflation and increasing interest rates, among a variety of other headwinds. Global deal flow is down from its 2021 peak. Yet, as this white paper...more

End of COVID-19 Emergency: Legal Implications for Healthcare Providers

On Jan. 30, 2023, President Joe Biden announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end May 11, 2023. Under the PHE, the federal government implemented a range of modifications and waivers impacting Medicare,...more

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Guidance: Provider Relief Fund Late Reporting Requests for Extenuating Circumstances Accepted April...

Two Weeks Left: Approaching Deadline to Report Period 4 Provider Relief Fund Payments - Most healthcare providers received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) funding (as described in greater detail in a previous McGuireWoods...more

CMS Streamlines Stark Law Self-Disclosures

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced updates to the voluntary self-referral disclosure protocol (SRDP), including revisions to streamline SRDP submissions. Providers and suppliers may report and...more

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Guidance: Provider Relief Fund Late Reporting Requests for Extenuating Circumstances Accepted April...

May 18 Deadline to Request Late Reporting for Provider Relief Fund Period 2 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a deadline extension for providers that received $10,000 or more in the second...more

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Guidance: Looming Deadlines to Report Provider Relief Fund Period 2 Payments and COVID-19 Vaccine...

Looming Deadlines to Report Provider Relief Fund Period 2 Payments and COVID-19 Vaccine Claims - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reporting portal remains open only through March 31, 2022, at 11:59...more

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Guidance: HHS to Reopen Provider Relief Fund Period 1 Reporting Dec. 13–20

HHS to Reopen Provider Relief Fund Period 1 Reporting Dec. 13-20 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reporting portal includes a new statement appearing to give providers an additional week in...more

CMS Accelerated and Advance Payment Recoupment Begins

Recoupment has started or will soon begin for Medicare Part A and Part B providers and suppliers who received funds in 2020 under the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more

First Provider Relief Fund Indictment

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges this month against a Michigan woman, Amina Abbas, for embezzling government property. This indictment is the first in the nation related to the CARES Act public health...more

Fraud and Abuse Rules Part III: New Value-Based Arrangement Protections

As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules, effective Jan. 19, 2021, that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the...more

HHS Delays Provider Relief Fund Reporting — Five Updates for Healthcare Providers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Jan. 15, 2021, that it was delaying both (i) the deadline for the initial final report from recipients of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency...more

New Spending Package Includes Provider Relief Fund Reporting Changes and More Funding

On Dec. 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), an appropriations and stimulus package that includes changes to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Provider...more

Health Department Updates Provider Relief Fund Reporting Guidance

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued updated reporting requirements, a policy update memo and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) addressing mandatory final reports from recipients...more

CMS Updates Medicare Accelerated and Advance Program Repayment Guidance and Start Date

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued an updated fact sheet and a FAQ page detailing the repayment terms for Medicare Part A providers and Part B suppliers who received payments under its...more

Provider Relief Fund: New $20 Billion Available Starting Oct. 5 and Reporting Guidance Issued

On Oct. 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administrative (HRSA), announced $20 billion in new Phase 3 General Distribution Funding for providers from the...more

CARES Act Healthcare Provider Relief Fund Update: New Distribution and Extended Deadlines

On July 31, 2020 and August 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued press releases announcing a second chance to apply for funding for certain Medicare providers and extended application...more

Provider Relief Fund: Medicaid/CHIP and Dental Deadline Extended, More Funds for Hard-Hit Hospitals

On July 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced in a press release that providers participating in state Medicaid programs, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and/or...more

New Provider Relief Fund Payments for Medicaid/CHIP Providers and Safety-Net/COVID-19 Hotspot Hospitals (Updated)

Update (June 11, 2020): This article was originally published on June 9, 2020. It has been updated to reflect new guidance released on June 10, 2020, by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the updated...more

New Provider Relief Fund Payments for Medicaid/CHIP Providers and Safety-Net/COVID-19 Hotspot Hospitals

On June 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will distribute $25 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Provider Relief Fund) to healthcare providers...more

June 3 Deadline for Provider Relief Fund and HHS Guidance for Acquisitions

General Distribution Portal Submission Closing on June 3, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on May 20 that eligible providers have until June 3, 2020, to accept the Terms and Conditions and...more

HHS Extends Attestation Deadline and Issues Further Guidance for Provider Relief Fund

After issuing additional guidance regarding the Provider Relief Fund on May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on May 7 that providers would be given 15 additional days (through at least...more

HHS Targets $22 Billion for Hard-Hit COVID-19 Hospitals and Rural Providers

On May 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of $22 billion of the $100 billion public health and social services emergency fund (Provider Relief Fund) appropriated in the...more

CMS Issues Explanatory Guidance on Stark Law Blanket Waivers During COVID-19 Pandemic

On April 21, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance on the scope and application of the blanket waivers to the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) issued by the Department of Health and...more

CMS Suspends Advance Payments and Re-evaluates Accelerated Payments

On April 26, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was immediately suspending its advance payment program to Part B suppliers, and re-evaluating the amounts that will be paid to providers under...more

HHS Opens 20 Billion General Distribution CARES Act Application Key Points for Providers

On April 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of the remaining $70 billion of the $100 billion Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Provider Relief Fund)...more

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