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Healthcare Technology Regulatory Update - March 2024

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Federal and state agencies continue to remain active this year, particularly with regard to laws that impact healthcare technology. As part of our ongoing efforts to track health technology-related legislation and...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 11, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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CMS Updates Guidance on Home Dialysis Services Provided in Nursing Homes

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On March 22, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued revised Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home (Rev QSO-18-24-ESRD) to State Survey Agency...more

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CMS Issues Updated Guidance for Home Dialysis Provided at Nursing Homes

On March 22, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updated guidance for home dialysis services performed in a skilled nursing facility or nursing home (the Updated Guidance). CMS first issued...more

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The End of the Public Health Emergency: Updated Guidance

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On February 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act,...more

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CMS Issues Revised Staff Vaccination Guidance

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On October 26, 2022, CMS issued revised guidance on COVID-19 vaccination requirements for staff working for Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers. While the revised guidance was issued in separate...more

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Which Law Should Emergency Departments Follow? DOJ Sues Idaho Over Conflict Between EMTALA and State Abortion Restrictions

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In a newly filed lawsuit against the State of Idaho, the federal government argues that Idaho’s “near-total ban on abortion,” scheduled to take effect on August 25, 2022, overreaches by prohibiting abortion even where federal...more

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CMS Issues Updated Guidance for Nursing Homes

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QSO-22-19-NH was issued on June 29, 2022, by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This released Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety (Updated Guidance) as part of the Phase 2 and 3...more

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CMS Releases Second Set of FAQs Regarding Good Faith Estimates to Uninsured and Self-pay Patients Under “No Surprises Act”

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CMS continued to roll out guidance regarding the No Surprises Act. The latest guidance is the second set of FAQs regarding the Good Faith Estimate Requirement for uninsured and self-pay patients was issued on April 5, 2022....more

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CMS issues updated guidance for certified facilities on COVID-19 vaccine requirement as public health emergency continues

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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC) have published guidance on survey procedures and enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for hospitals and health care facilities after...more

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid to Enforce Its COVID-19 Vaccination Rule, Sets New Deadlines

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will enforce its COVID-19 vaccination requirement in 25 states, the District of Columbia, and other territories, according to an update released on December 28, 2021...more

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CMS Loosens Restrictions on Co-Located Healthcare Providers; Enforcement Interpretation Still to Be Determined

On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) revised and finalized draft guidance first issued on May 3, 2019, for co-location of hospitals with other hospitals or healthcare providers (the...more

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CMS Leaves Hospitals Guessing on Expectations for Compliant Co-Location Arrangements

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On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated version of its Quality, Safety and Oversight Group memorandum, QSO-19-13-Hospital, containing much-anticipated final guidance on...more

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Task Force Updates Guidance & FAQ to Be Consistent with November 4 White House Statement: Clarification re Vaccination Deadline;...

On November 10, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force published, on their website, an updated Guidance sheet, as well as additional Q&A on the “Contractors” FAQ page. These updates incorporate the vaccination deadline...more

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Important Updates on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate—Deadline Extended and Flexibility Added - UPDATED

UPDATE: The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued updated Guidance on November 10 confirming that the date a covered employee must be fully vaccinated is January 18, 2022. With the addition of new answers to...more

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Biden Administration Orders Long Term Care Facilities to Require COVID-19 Vaccinations To Receive Federal Funds; OSHA Issues...

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As we have previously written, the landscape for employers in the time of COVID-19, particularly healthcare employers and long term care facilities, is ever-changing and quickly moving. In the last year, healthcare employers...more

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Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Diagnostic Testing

Over a year after the declaration of a nationwide public health emergency due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, providers are in a position to offer patients a variety of COVID-19 medical services,...more

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CMS Revises 2021 Remote Patient Monitoring Rules, Issues Correction

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CMS just issued a correction to its guidance on 2021 Medicare rules for remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) services. The correction is effective January 1, 2021 and revises the preamble commentary in the Medicare Physician...more

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CMS Clarifies that Positive COVID-19 Test Results Necessary for 20-Percent Increase to MS-DRG Weighting

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On August 17, 2020, CMS issued a Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters article providing that for admissions occurring on or after September 1, 2020, in order to be eligible for the 20 percent increase in the MS-DRG...more

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Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 25. News Briefs: July 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 25 (July 13, 2020)  -  Ophthalmic Consultants PA in Sarasota, Florida, agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle false claims allegations that it billed Medicare and other federal payers...more

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D.C. District Court Upholds Price Transparency Rule

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On June 23, 2020, Judge Carl Nichols of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision upholding CMS’s price transparency rule, which was adopted late last year. The case is cited as American...more

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CMS Announces Changes to Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes and Responds to FAQs

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Five Star Quality Rating System Changes - On March 23, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was temporarily postponing routine facility inspections for nursing homes so it could...more

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NYC Council Considering Worker “Bill of Rights” Amid COVID-19 Relief Bills

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During its first-ever remote session, members of the New York City Council have introduced a series of bills aimed at providing relief for individuals and businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis....more

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FDA and NCI to Review COVID-19 Antibody Tests Marketed Under FDA Guidance Permitting Sale Without FDA Authorization

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In mid-March, the US Food and Drug Administration announced via press release an “unprecedented policy” to increase testing capacity for COVID-19 in the United States. As part of its Policy for Diagnostic Tests for...more

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OIG Releases Policy Statement Extending HHS Blanket Waiver Protection to Certain Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Violations During...

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On April 3, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a policy statement of enforcement discretion (the “Policy Statement”) regarding sanctions under the Federal...more

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