Blakes Continuity Podcast: Entering the COVID-19 Marketplace: Proceed with Care
The U.S. Justice Department’s COVID-related health care fraud crackdown continues to intensify. On a single day in September 2021, the Justice Department announced criminal charges against 138 defendants in 31 federal...more
North Carolina legislators filed another bill to amend the state’s Certificate of Need Act on April 1, 2021. As filed, Senate Bill 462 would modify several longstanding cost thresholds that trigger CON review:.. ...more
President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order (EO) on America's Supply Chains, mandating a 100-day review of the global supply chains used by key industries in an effort to avoid the shortages in medical equipment,...more
Healthcare providers who received or receive payments from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) may only use the payment for permissible purposes, must document and report the proper use, and return any excess funds to...more
As concern about availability of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) continues to grow amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government continues to take action aimed at increasing the availability of PPE with important...more
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued temporary final regulations (FEMA Regulations or Regulations), effective from April 7, 2020 until August 10, 2020, to prohibit exports without FEMA’s explicit approval of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Many years in the making, today the Access Board issued design criteria and other standards for medical diagnostic equipment. Today, the U.S. Access Board issued new accessibility standards for medical...more
On November 10, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (“the OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is charged with ensuring the integrity of more than 100 programs administered by DHHS, including...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2016. The annual work plan can provide valuable insights into the OIG’s planned areas of...more
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently considered HHS’s authority to enact a 2008 rule that prohibited physicians who lease equipment to a hospital from doing so on a “per-click basis” while...more
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its 2012 Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations (the “Compendium”), a report that summarizes significant monetary and nonmonetary recommendations as a result of...more