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Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] End of COVID Waiver on Telehealth Providers Prescribing Controlled Meds - July 26th, 11:00 am ET

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This webinar will equip healthcare providers working via telemedicine with the invaluable information they'll need to know for a smooth transition toward compliance with the proposed rule changes. Join attorney Paul...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DEA and SAMHSA Extend Tele-Prescribing Flexibilities

This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a temporary rule extending the telemedicine waivers of the Ryan...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DEA Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing of Controlled Medications

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On May 10, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) released a new regulation – “Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications” – temporarily extending the “full set” of...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

The Status of 10 Key CMS Waivers Affecting Health Care Practitioners Following the Expiration of the COVID Public Health Emergency...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) used its emergency waiver authority to relax many aspects of health care delivery during the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE) to allow health care...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Back to Business: Adapting to the Expiration of 4 HIPAA Enforcement Discretion Waivers

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health emergency (PHE), the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued four Notifications of Enforcement Discretion (referred to as...more

Ankura

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency – Compliance Considerations as We Prepare for the End of the PHE

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On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced plans to end the Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. The PHE was enacted on January 27, 2020, to provide flexibility to healthcare providers and payors...more

Goodwin

Telehealth Issues to Watch in 2023

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth utilization exploded. Globally, the telehealth market is valued at $83.5 billion and is expected to grow by 24% between 2023 and 2030. As services delivered via telehealth became more...more

K&L Gates LLP

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Extends Telehealth Waivers

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On 29 December 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (the Act), allocating US$1.7 trillion in government spending. The Act contains hundreds of pages of legislation on a myriad of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - January 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more

Venable LLP

Developments in Interstate Telehealth Licensing

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As states roll back emergency provisions that allowed out-of-state providers to offer telehealth services during the COVID 19 pandemic, more permanent changes in interstate telehealth are under way. In April 2022, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Finding Our Way Out of the Pandemic Haze: What Telehealth Tools Are Medicare Providers Allowed to Keep, and Which Must They Leave...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare coverage expanded to include a vast arsenal of tools that help patients access medical services while keeping patients and practitioners safe. Many of these tools involve telehealth...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Senate Approves Resolution to End COVID-19 National Emergency Declaration

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On November 15, the Senate approved a resolution to end the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by the president on March 13, 2020. The resolution was approved by a bipartisan vote of 62–36, with 13 Democrats...more

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Traps For The Unwary Telehealth Provider

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“The provision of health care services via telemedicine has been growing in popularity over the last several years. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers were able to rely on a variety of temporary...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Opportunity Economy: Telehealth in the Pandemic - and Beyond

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Takeaways: ..Telehealth greatly expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, in large part due to regulatory waivers. Those regulatory waivers aren’t permanent, but lawmakers are evaluating ways to permanently expand some...more

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Expiration of Arkansas' Public Health Emergency

Since the COVID-19 public health emergency was initiated in Arkansas in March 2020, Governor Asa Hutchinson has repeatedly renewed the emergency order, maintaining the public health emergency for fourteen (14) months. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The “State” of Telehealth: Texas - Update

Texas Makes Significant Strides to Expand Telehealth - On April 14, 2021, the Texas House passed House Bill 4 (the “Bill” or “HB4”), a telehealth bill seeking to make permanent the temporary waivers issued during the public...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Telehealth in the Hot Seat: Proactive Compliance in the Face of Heightened Enforcement - April 27th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm...

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Telehealth has become an integral part of care delivery, particularly in light of the waivers instituted during COVID-19. However, these flexibilities remain in flux and at the same time, government scrutiny and enforcement...more

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OIG Has Seven (Yes Seven!) Different National Telemedicine Audits

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Companies who feel the Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers and exceptions have rendered telemedicine “immune” from compliance oversight might be surprised to learn what federal regulators have in the works. The Office of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

HHS Signals Commitment to “Predictability and Stability,” Extends Public Health Emergency Declaration “Likely” for Entirety of...

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In a recent letter to state governors, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Norris Cochran signaled the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’s) commitment to “predictability and stability” in the ongoing...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Telehealth Update: Expansion of the Public Health Emergency, Telehealth Services for Home Health Beneficiaries, and a Special...

As COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise in areas of the country, telehealth continues to play an important role in the delivery of healthcare, especially to those most vulnerable to the virus. The Public Health...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Telehealth Update: CMS Proposed CY 2021 Payment Policies, Extension of the Public Health Emergency, Increasing Access after...

On August 4, CMS posted a proposed rule on CY 2021 Payment Policies, which included important updates about the expansion of Medicare covered telehealth services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows on the heels of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules

As healthcare moves increasingly from fee-for-service model to one focused on outcomes and value-based payments, the traditional fraud and abuse laws, such as the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, pose obstacles to...more

Benesch

Updated Telehealth Summary (III): Telehealth During COVID-19 National Emergency

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Acting under its broad authority granted under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), in an April 21, 2020 release the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an even...more

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CMS Issues Additional Regulatory Waivers to Facilitate Reopening

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued another set of regulatory changes and waivers intended to deliver expanded care to the nation’s seniors, and provide flexibility to the healthcare system during...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Governor Expands Health Care Workforce, Access to Telehealth Services and Issues Other Important Health Care Updates...

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently issued four new executive orders to address the COVID-19 state of emergency (Executive Orders 7CC – 7FF) that contain provisions relevant to health care providers and facilities in the...more

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