In 2020, we published an eAlert titled “Telehealth in a Changing World - Trending Risks and How to Minimize Potential Exposure.” As we predicted would happen, the government has become acutely focused on telehealth fraud....more
On July 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert to caution healthcare practitioners who may wish to enter into arrangements with telehealth...more
Looking for compliance training and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance training, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order No. GA-27 on June 25 relating to the need for increased hospital capacity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As COVID-19 numbers in Texas surge, the order aims to...more
In Washington: The Treasury Department, working with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), mistakenly delivered more than a million stimulus payments worth about $1.4 billion to deceased people, according to a report...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released Phase II recommendations to guide healthcare facilities as they reopen to provide non-emergent procedures unrelated to the 2019 novel coronavirus...more
On June 2, 2020, Ohio Governor DeWine announced that health care providers may resume all surgeries and procedures that had previously been delayed. ...more
On March 23, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 109, which “limit[ed] non-essential adult elective surgery and invasive procedures, whether medical or dental, [in order to] assist in the management of vital...more
A group of Michigan-based health care providers and one of their patients are the latest to assert constitutional claims related to COVID-19 shutdown orders. Unlike other businesses challenging shutdown orders, these...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on April 19 updating its previous recommendation to delay all elective surgeries and procedures during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has created severe financial and operational difficulties for hospitals. Rapidly responding to a novel pathogen within a declared Public Health Emergency (PHE), while experiencing decreased revenues as a...more
On May 5, 2020, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker unveiled “Restore Illinois,” a 5-phase public health plan to reopen Illinois. The plan endeavors to best support Illinoisans’ health and health care systems and save the most...more
On April 30, 2020, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton signed and extended Ohio’s stay-at-home order until May 29, 2020, called the “Stay Safe Ohio Order.” The order keeps the stay at home order in effect but...more
On April 30, 2020, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) issued the Director’s Stay Safe Ohio Order to reopen businesses in the state, with some exceptions. The order also allows resumption of some non-essential surgeries and...more
On April 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued recommendations to health care facilities for the first phase of reopening facilities to provide non-emergent non-COVID-19 health care. ...more
As announced by Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Monday, April 27, Pennsylvania hospitals can now begin to perform elective surgeries and procedures as long as they are able to do so without jeopardizing the safety of...more
4/27/2020 Update: On April 27, 2020, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a “health care opening” for May 1, 2020, which will allow providers to move forward with procedures that do not require an overnight stay. In addition,...more
On April 27, 2020, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine outlined his administration’s plan for a phased reopening of Ohio’s economy. The plan provided protocols that apply to all businesses and industry-specific operating requirements....more
On April 23, 2020, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced during his daily press conference that he would issue an executive order next week extending Illinois’ stay at home order through May 30, 2020....more
On April 19, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new updated recommendations for providers to restart the provision care to patients without symptoms of COVID-19 entitled Re-opening Facilities to...more
On April 19, 2020, CMS issued Phase I guidelines for re-opening facilities and providing non-emergent and non-COVID-19 health care. CMS notes that it previously issued guidance to restrict elective and non-essential services...more
On April 10, 2020, noting “the rapidly increasing case count of COVID-19 in Mississippi and the limited supply of healthcare equipment and PPE,” Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issued Executive Order 1470 requiring all...more
Earlier this month, Maine Governor Janet Mills announced that she had taken the following initial steps to respond to the growing threat from COVID-19...more
CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations: Limit All Non-Essential Planned Surgeries and Procedures, Including Dental, Until Further Notice. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Friday afternoon, Governor Ron DeSantis issued a series of executive orders enacting activity and operational limitations in the State of Florida. The executive orders address government meetings, Broward...more