The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness deadlines are quickly approaching. In order to avoid making unnecessary PPP loan payments, borrowers must submit loan forgiveness applications to their lenders within 10...more
Xavier Becerra was recently named by President Elect Joe Biden as his appointee to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Now that Mr. Biden has been inaugurated, and coupled with the recent change in...more
On January 6, 2020, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued its much anticipated Interim Final Rules (“IFR”) under the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding act, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small...more
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“NY Fed”) published additional guidance for the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (“PMCCF”) and the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (“SMCCF”, and, jointly, the...more
On April 24, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act was signed into law, appropriating $75 billion for hospitals and other eligible health care providers for health care related expenses or lost...more
4/29/2020
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Seyfarth is actively monitoring all aspects of federal legislation impacting our corporate clients based on COVID-19 business stimulus funding. We expect there to be rolling updates to these provisions based on programs yet...more
Small business, small agricultural cooperatives and most nonprofits in all 50 states and US territories impacted by COVID-19 are eligible to apply for a low interest loan under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response...more
3/25/2020
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This is the first in a series of alerts from Seyfarth’s Health Law practice highlighting significant changes in health care regulations and policy as providers and other industry participants enter 2018.
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On August 17, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Trump administration published a proposed rule to cancel Medicare’s hospital Episode Payment Models (EPMs) and Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR)...more
In a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) moved to cut payments for most services provided by off-campus locations of hospitals by 50 percent. ...more
On November 14, 2016, CMS published its final rule implementing the physician payment provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (“MACRA”). The rule became effective January 1, 2017. Data collection from...more
1/31/2017
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