Last month’s overturn of Chevron deference is widely expected to bolster the skilled nursing facility industry’s challenge to the newly imposed minimum staffing mandate. On May 10, the American Health Care Association...more
Florida does not generally prohibit the corporate practice of medicine. However, Florida Statutes Chapter 400 Part X requires that any health care entity which meets the definition of a “Clinic” under the Statute must obtain...more
Over the last several weeks, the Biden administration has released numerous final regulations in order to “beat the clock” before it ticks down to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) deadline. The CRA authorizes Congress to...more
A new Florida law will require certain Florida-licensed providers to ensure that patient information is physically maintained only in the continental United States and its territories or in Canada. Florida SB 264, which goes...more
Florida health care providers and digital health technology platforms should be on alert that a newly passed law requires providers using certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to ensure that all patient...more
On June 2, 2022, Governor DeSantis signed the “Freedom First Budget” for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for the sole purpose of increasing the minimum wage for employees and independent contractors of Medicaid providers to at least...more
Effective October 1, 2022, certain providers participating in the Florida Medicaid program will be required to pay direct care workers a minimum of $15 per hour. Below we’ve outlined which organizations are subject to this...more
Hospitals have long used color-coded wristbands as a patient safety initiative. Recently, the FDA issued a letter to medical device manufacturers to caution them against using colors for device identification wristbands that...more
ARPA provides that, for the period from April 1, 2021 until September 30, 2021, if an individual’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”) qualifying event is an involuntary termination of employment or a...more
This post is the first installment in our blog series looking back on the 10-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The most controversial of the ACA's reforms has been the individual mandate, which requires that...more
Thousands of laboratories nationwide will be happy to hear that Florida, which licenses in-state as well as out-of-state laboratories, has repealed its laboratory licensure requirements. As of July 1, 2018, laboratories...more
The Florida Legislature passed a bill that makes significant changes to numerous provisions related to the regulation of various health care facilities by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). The following is a...more
“We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit” Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House. Happy New Year!?! - 2017 was an eventful year for health care, and...more
The Republican evolution on health care over the course of 2017 has tested the resolve of the party’s years-long effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Republican goal of repeal and replace has...more
Last week, the Senate unveiled the Graham-Cassidy Bill, Republican legislators’ latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Crafted by Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-LA, Lindsey Graham, R-SC, Dean Heller, R-NV, and Ron...more
On July 22, 2016, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of the owner of more than 30 Miami-area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, a hospital administrator, and a physician’s assistant in connection...more
In his Daily Journal article “Senators Duel Over Health Care,” Partner Michael Parme discussed the outcome of the most recent votes in the health care debate and possible next steps. “While McConnell indicated that the...more
The U.S. Senate’s efforts to craft a health care reform bill that would fulfill the promise of dismantling the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been plagued by partisanship, secrecy, disagreement and...more
Senate floor activity has made this the ACA’s biggest news week not involving Justice Roberts, but whatever news you have read, rest assured that it wasn’t really that simple. Let us preach on it. Shortly after noon EDT...more
The Senate is poised to vote today, July 25, 2017, on a motion to proceed (MTP) to debate on repealing and possibly replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The MTP allows the Senate to consider the House repeal and replace...more
Congressional action on repeal and replace took a number of significant turns in the past few days, and next steps still remain uncertain. On Monday evening, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) joined Senators...more
On Monday evening, July 17, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) issued joint statements in opposition to the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the Senate Republicans' companion bill to the House-passed...more
On The American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) held its Annual Meeting on June 24 - 28, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The meeting “[o]ffer[s] the most current information and analysis of myriad legal issues the health...more
Welcome back everybody. The absence of Senator John McCain (AZ) – who is recovering at home from a craniotomy – has caused Senate Republicans to delay consideration of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) previously...more
The chart below compares key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). This chart is current as of July 13, 2017, and as of that date,...more