HHS recently (1) postponed the deadline for healthcare providers to submit reports on Provider Relief Fund payments that exceed $10,000 in the aggregate and (2) identified additional methods that healthcare providers may...more
HHS reverses course and again permits healthcare providers to apply Provider Relief Fund payments against patient care lost “revenues” rather than limiting such application only to patient care lost “net operating...more
In the CARES Act that became law with President Trump’s signature on March 27, $100 billion was set aside for “health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable” to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commonly referred...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that it would soon be implementing new reporting requirements for hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare providers who received General and...more
In August of 2005, and for months afterwards, the attention of the country was sympathetically focused on the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.Though slow to respond, once the great machinery of government was awakened...more
Section 5001 (Division A, Title V) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) passed by Congress earlier this year established the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund (“Relief Fund”). Under this...more
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In the CARES Act that became law with President Trump’s signature on March 27, $100 billion (of the more than $2 trillion authorized in the bill) is set aside for “health care related expenses or lost revenues that are...more
On Thursday, April 23, 2020, the House of Representatives voted 388-5 to pass the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, sending the bill to President Trump for his signature. The Senate previously...more
At a White House press briefing on April 7, CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, announced that $30 billion of $100 billion in CARES Act funding designated for healthcare providers would be distributed this week. The announcement...more