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McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | February 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2025, including long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2025. This month features long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

Dickinson Wright

Telehealth Update: Controlled Substances & E/M Claims

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Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”), the federal Ryan Haight Act allowed a provider to prescribe controlled substance medications to a patient only after conducting an in-person evaluation of that patient...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: CMS Releases Three Major Medicare Final Rules

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Teleprescribing of Controlled Substances Temporarily Extended Beyond PHE – What’s Next?

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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are extending telehealth flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances. While the...more

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Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Report Highlights Telehealth Program Integrity Concerns

On July 20, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Alert) concerning the fraud and abuse risks associated with healthcare practitioners entering...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Recent Developments in Telehealth Enforcement

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) led to a rapid expansion in the utilization of telehealth. Now, almost three years later, governmental entities have focused their attention on telehealth services and the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert Warning Providers of Suspect Telemedicine Arrangements

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On July 20, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Alert) concerning the fraud and abuse risks associated with healthcare practitioners entering...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Summary of Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Yields Insight for Health Care Compliance and Risk Assessment

The following is a summary of the federal Health and Human Services agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported are based...more

Oberheiden P.C.

While COVID-19 Takes Center Stage, DOJ Continues to Target Providers for Opioid Epidemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created many new enforcement priorities for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). From selling ineffective personal protective equipment (PPE) to companies fraudulently seeking loan forgiveness under...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Federal and State Agencies Work to Expand Availability of Care Through Use of Telehealth During Coronavirus Pandemic

Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), declared a public health emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic (“Emergency Declaration”) on January 31, 2020. ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

OIG Expands Exclusionary Authority

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a final rule on January 12, 2017, expanding the OIG’s authority to exclude providers from participation in federal healthcare programs....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Telehealth Top 10 for 2015

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Telehealth continues to be an innovative alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar medicine. The number of providers offering telehealth services is rapidly increasing and states are enacting laws requiring health plans to...more

Carlton Fields

2015 Florida Legislative Post-Session Report

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Carlton Fields Jorden Burt’s Government Law and Consulting Practice Group released its 2015 Florida Legislative Post-Session Report detailing significant bills that passed during the 2015 Regular Session of the Florida...more

K&L Gates LLP

OIG Urges Additional Oversight to Combat Medicare Part D Fraud

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Fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program continue to threaten the integrity of the program and pose challenges to the federal agencies charged with its administration and oversight. Earlier...more

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End Notes Newsletter February 2015 - News for North Carolina’s Hospice and Palliative Care Community

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In this issue: - Gear Up for Increased CMS Scrutiny of Hospice Services for Assisted Living Facility Residents - Happy New Year from the DC District Court - Companionship Exemption Lives On!! - DEA Rules On...more

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