Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program
Cases Updated in CNIPA Guidelines - Eligibility & Inventiveness for AI & Business Method Applications
Hospice Audit Series | Painting the Picture: How to Advocate for Clinical Hospice Eligibility in the Audit Appeal Process
The OIG's Impending Review of Nationwide Hospice Eligibility Demands a Robust Response From Hospices
Credit Eco to Go Podcast: The XYZ’s of the PPP
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Applying for PPP Loan Before March 31st Deadline
Medicaid Minute: Three Steps To Hire Relatives and Not Hurt Your Medicaid Eligibility
Paycheck Protection Program – Common Questions and Updated Guidance
Updates to Paid Leave Requirements Under FFCRA
Nota Bene Episode 99: Unpacking the Pendulum of American Patent Policy Then, Now, and Forward with Rob Masters
Three Timely Benefits Items Everyone Should Know
Law Brief: CARES Act Relief for Small Businesses
Understanding and Avoiding Affiliation Under Small Business Contracting Programs
The Friday and Monday Leave Act or the Family and Medical Leave Act: FMLA, Part 1
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: Expedited Review Programs for Drugs and Biologics
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On July 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new eight-year voluntary nationwide model – the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model that aims to support people living with...more
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Join Manatt for the First of Our Imperatives Deep-Dive Sessions on the Topics You Voted Most Important to You. To benefit fully from America’s health care system, people need both timely access to health care services and...more
On August 1, 2022, CMS issued guidance on the implementation of Section 1945A of the Social Security Act (the Act), which gives states the option to cover health home services for Medicaid-eligible children under age 21 with...more
The core of most hospice audits has been, and continues to be, whether the medical record supports the patient’s hospice eligibility. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske talks with Bryan Nowicki and Zaina Niles...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that its 2022 work plan for hospices will include a nationwide review of hospice beneficiary eligibility. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan...more
The 340B Program has gained national attention over the last decade, in part due to the opportunities it provides to generate revenue for participating entities without risk of significant enforcement penalties for...more
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On October 16, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) announced a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Department of Defense (“DoD”), and pharmacy retailers, CVS and...more
Downs Rachlin Martin labor and employment attorney Beth Rattigan goes over updates to paid leave requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. FFCRA revisions and clarifications include: who is eligible,...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that, on Thursday, October 5, it would begin to accept applications for an additional $20 billion in funding to reimburse providers for...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has announced the availability of $20 billion in additional funding for providers. The application...more
In light of recent postal delays and housing displacements caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the related economic crisis and a wave of natural disasters across the country, state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance...more
The Federal Communications Commission released a public notice to help eligible healthcare providers apply for funding through the FCC’s Connected Care Pilot Program. The $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program is designed...more
As we previously reported, on August 3, 2020 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) struck down four provisions of the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) regulations interpreting...more
On September 1, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced that assisted living facilities (ALFs)...more
On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provided up to two weeks of paid sick leave and an additional 10 weeks of paid family and medical leave to certain eligible...more
How Can States Leverage Telehealth Policies and Implement Eligibility and Enrollment Strategies to Protect Children’s Access to Medicaid During COVID-19? Find Out at a New Webinar From Manatt Health, the American Academy of...more
In this episode, Richard Church, Andrew Ruskin, and Victoria Hamscho discuss recent developments in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, including recent actions by drug manufacturers to limit contract pharmacy access to 340B...more
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To assist hospitals in credentialing physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NDPB”)—the federal clearinghouse for adverse action reports against physicians—has announced it is waiving...more