Governor Cooper has now approved the 2021 North Carolina State Medical Facilities Plan (the "SMFP"). The SMFP is the definitive annual resource detailing the policies and projections of need for specific health care...more
On September 19, 2020, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice (the “Notice”) detailing the specific reporting requirements applicable to all health care providers who received CARES Act...more
Starting August 10, 2020, certain health care providers can act on a welcome announcement from the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affording additional (or new) opportunities to secure Provider Relief...more
Governor Roy Cooper has extended the 2020 deadlines for North Carolina Certificate of Need (CON) Application filings - in the months remaining in calendar year 2020, applicants have not only the opportunity to seek CON...more
Newly released guidance has brought to light a troubling reality for the health care industry: certain health care providers will likely have to pay back some of the coronavirus relief funding they have...more
Following a $200 million appropriation by Congress in the CARES Act, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to adopt FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s “COVID-19 Telehealth Program” to immediately allow eligible health...more