Last quarter, our attorneys had the privilege of attending three prominent health care conferences, each of which offered a wealth of knowledge and insights into the current and future landscape of the health care industry. ...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just unveiled a proposed rule designed to penalize health care providers engaging in information blocking. Information blocking is a practice where health care...more
11/10/2023
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On September 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting proposed rule. This...more
9/13/2023
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On September 1, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) will begin enforcing information blocking penalties against certain health care information technology (IT) actors as published...more
8/30/2023
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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) resulted in many changes to the health care system. One of the most dramatic involved the introduction of regulatory flexibilities that enabled the rapid expansion of telehealth....more
Given the short timeframe required for CMS compliance, Facilities must act quickly to ensure they have, or can develop and implement, these new COVID-19 policies and procedures. Further, specific documentation standards and...more
Why It Matters -
The guidance relaxes and quells confusion around visitation guidelines created by the increasing prevalence and availability of vaccines for COVID-19....more