On December 3, 2020, in anticipation of one or more forthcoming COVID-19 vaccines, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) purported to broadly expand civil immunity from tort claims related to the manufacture,...more
12/7/2020
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Telehealth ,
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On September 3, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH or the Department), which regulates PA-based skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), issued new guidance on the frequency of testing residents and staff, the...more
On June 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will link state CARES Act funding to its requirement that states must perform COVID-19-related infection control surveys of every licensed...more
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to rapidly evolving recommendations, guidelines and advice throughout the healthcare industry. A recent publication from the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Health Alert...more
Long-term care facilities have long had written standards, policies, and procedures for infection control, including “when” and “to whom” possible incidents of communicable diseases should be reported. Pursuant to those...more
As part of sweeping exemptions aimed at facilitating all levels of healthcare during the coronavirus public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been issuing waivers for a wide range of...more
5/5/2020
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Critical Access Hospitals ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Home Health Agencies ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Inpatient Rehab Facilities ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Physicians ,
Psychiatric Hospitals ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Telemedicine
As part of sweeping exemptions aimed at facilitating all levels of healthcare during the coronavirus public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been issuing waivers for a wide range of...more