One of the most frightening risks of the COVID-19 pandemic is the potential for health systems to become overwhelmed. Houston, like many other regions of the country has seen rapid, often unpredictable increases of cases...more
On May 22, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began distributing $4.9 Billion in additional relief funds to Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to help in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Last Thursday, the Texas Medical Board announced an emergency rule in response to Gov. Abbott’s recent Executive Order GA-19 related to hospital capacity. Like the governor’s order, the emergency rule went into effect on...more
On April 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a second round of sweeping regulatory waivers and rule changes in an effort to expand care to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and give...more
As New York state’s COVID-19 numbers grow, local communities have been asked to evaluate its surge capacity plans. Health systems across the state have submitted to the NYS Department of Health “surge capacity plans”...more
On April 1, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced a medical surge plan to address the state’s needs for responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency....more
On Monday, March 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American health care system with maximum flexibility to respond to the...more
On March 23, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order (Executive Order) related to the COVID-19 public health emergency to ease regulatory requirements and expand the resources available to address the...more
In Idaho, persons under the age of 18 ("minors") may consent to their own healthcare in only limited circumstances. Treatment of a minor without proper consent may expose the practitioner to tort liability for lack of...more