On April 2, 2020, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Community Health announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Georgia's Section 1135 waiver request. The waivers will...more
As Georgians continue to grapple with the effects of the consistently rising number of COVID-19 cases, Governor Brian Kemp issued two Executive Orders in an attempt to slow the impact of the highly contagious disease on the...more
On March 20, 2020, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued an Executive Order "Reducing Regulations to Assist the State's Response to the Spread of COVID-19" (the Order). The purpose of the Order is to reduce "certain restrictions...more
3/24/2020
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On January 23, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia declared sections of the 2013 Omnibus Rule unlawful. The Court found that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) impermissibly...more
2/5/2020
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the unprecedented step this week of issuing an alert to health care providers and device manufacturers about potentially serious security flaws that may allow hackers to remotely...more