Turbocharged during the COVID-19 pandemic, evolving technology, enhanced reimbursement modalities and increased regulatory flexibility are creating new opportunities to offer acute-level oncology care to patients in their own...more
Following public hearings and at least 78 public comments, at the end of October, hospitals and other facilities licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) will have new flexibility to require both flu...more
It has been almost two years since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first issued blanket waivers of certain hospital conditions of participation allowing healthcare systems and hospitals to provide hospital...more
On August 8, 2020 President Donald Trump issued four different executive actions in response to the breakdown in negotiations with congressional leaders over the next wave of economic stimulus programs designed to aid workers...more
COVID-19 has hit long-term care facilities very hard. Every day brings reports of lethal outbreaks in such facilities and one-quarter or more of the reported COVID-19 related deaths in the United States have been connected...more
As discussed in detail in a prior post, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II (the Secretary) issued blanket waivers of sanctions under the federal Physician Self-Referral Law (Section 1877 of the Act),...more