Intravenous (IV) hydration therapy is becoming more and more popular in the United States, and South Carolina is no exception. For those unfamiliar with the business model, IV hydration therapy services involve the offering...more
Hosts Matthew and Tina welcome their colleagues, Maynard Nexsen health care attorneys Jennifer Hollingsworth and Ralph Barbier, for a deep dive into the changing regulatory framework shaping the public and private sectors of...more
As we shared in Part One on this topic [link], in late July of this year the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Special Fraud Alert regarding “Telemedicine Companies” that...more
On July 20, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Special Fraud Alert addressing problematic arrangements observed to date following dozens of fraud investigations...more
As of the end of the legislative session last month, the strong effort to repeal the Certificate of Need Program—CON is the regulatory program by which providers of important healthcare services must first submit an...more
On Episode 98 of Taking the Pulse, Nexsen Pruet attorneys Ralph Barbier and Jennifer Hollingsworth dive in to the history and the tentative future of Certificate of Need programs across the nation and in South Carolina....more
As of December 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has permanently expanded the number of telehealth services available to Medicare beneficiaries and enrollees as part of the FY2021 Medicare Physician Fee...more
On March 13, 2020, in accordance with Sections 1-3-420 and 25-1-440 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, Governor Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency due to the public health emergency caused by the 2019...more