Welcome to our sixth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter.
In this edition, we look at the impact of supply chain and tariff issues on the industry, the veto of Florida's...more
6/9/2025
/ Amazon ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Florida ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Debt ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Pharmacies ,
Price Transparency ,
Ransomware ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Trump Administration
Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter.
In this edition, we look at prior authorization transparency and physician decision-making; the impact of Medicaid cuts...more
4/8/2025
/ Corporate Transparency Act ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Federal Funding ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
Hospitals ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Prior Authorization ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
State Legislatures ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Transparency
Welcome to our third issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter.
In this edition, we look at the possible expiration of telehealth flexibilities for Medicare patients, the potential...more
3/11/2025
/ Competition ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Employee Mobility ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Insurance Industry ,
Medicare ,
NLRB ,
Pay Transparency ,
Pricing ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
Welcome to our second volume and first issue of 2025 of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoyed our Volume 1 issues in 2024 and look forward to continuing to provide information about...more
1/20/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Certificate of Need ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospice ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Privacy Laws ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth
Spilman's COVID-19 Task Force and Health Care Practice Group have developed this e-newsletter to address important issues affecting health care providers and others operating in the health care industry during the COVID-19...more
In times of emergency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") has authority to issue temporary waivers or modifications of certain Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and HIPAA requirements. The Centers for...more
4/7/2020
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health Emergency ,
State of Emergency ,
Waivers
On March 30, 2020, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") announced a blanket waiver ("Waiver") of sanctions for violations of Section 1877 of the Social Security Act, also known as the...more
4/7/2020
/ Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Self-Referral ,
Stark Law ,
State of Emergency ,
Waivers
Recently, we have noticed an alarming increase within the Spilman footprint of revocations by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") of physicians' Medicare billing privileges. In particular, CMS has been...more
9/19/2017
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
DMEPOS ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Health Care ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Billing Privileges ,
Medicare Provider Agreements ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Record Retention ,
Revocation ,
Right of Access ,
TRO