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Fox Rothschild LLP

DOL Seeks to Repeal Over 60 Workplace Regulations

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has ambitious plans to repeal or rewrite over 60 regulations affecting workplaces across the country. Although the department did not specify which regulations will be targeted, two...more

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New Jersey Expands Hospital at Home Program

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Providing medical care in a patient’s home has become increasingly popular with both providers and patients since the COVID-19 pandemic. Stevens & Lee previously blogged about the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home Individual...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 7: OIG Report Reveals Gaps in Hospice PRF Compliance: What Providers Need to...

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In this episode, AGG Post-Acute & Long-Term Care co-chair Jason Bring is joined by AGG Healthcare partner Alex Foster to discuss a recent OIG report highlighting Provider Relief Fund compliance issues within the hospice...more

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Reimagining Home-Based Cancer Care: Key Legal and Regulatory Considerations

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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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fifth Circuit Finds Employee's Protest of COVID-19 Measures Protected Concerted Activity

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The National Labor Relations Act’s employee protections extend beyond unionized workplaces or those undergoing organizing activities. Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme

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Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme - This week, the owner of a home health company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million scheme...more

Benesch

2024 Outlook: Behavioral Health Trends

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Healthcare systems are facing significant challenges in recruiting and retaining talent within the burgeoning field of behavioral health services, primarily due to competition from telehealth providers and inconsistent...more

Stevens & Lee

Hospital at Home Programs Are Sticking Around

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Health systems and hospitals have implemented “hospital at home” programs for several years, but the trend increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) waiver....more

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Special Report - CMS Unwinds Waivers as the COvid-19 PHE Comes to an End

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At the onset of the COVID-19 PHE, CMS was permitted to issue several temporary emergency statutory and regulatory waivers to help providers appropriately respond to the pandemic. On May 1, 2023, the Secretary released a memo...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Healthcare compliance in a post-pandemic world

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On January 31, 2020, pursuant to Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) determined that a public health emergency (PHE) exists due to the soaring...more

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HHAs and Hospices: What to Expect When the COVID-19 PHE Ends

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COVID-19 significantly affected home-based care providers, such as home health agencies (HHAs) and hospices, whose staff had to overcome both physical and mental burdens of going into patients’ homes to deliver care,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: ACA Preventive Coverage Mandate Blocked, Another No-Poach Loss for DOJ, and Employers Prepare for the End of...

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This week, we examine the decision of a Texas district court to strike down an Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate on preventive medical services and look at the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) third trial loss in...more

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Tracking the Waivers: Implications of the Wind Down of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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The White House recently announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declarations will end on May 11, 2023. These declarations have been in place since the beginning of the COVID-19...more

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The Joint Commission Eliminates 14% of Its Standards Across All Accreditation Programs

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Effective January 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) eliminated 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across all of its accreditation programs and revised 14 other standards. To further streamline its standards, TJC is...more

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OSHA Pursues Potential Standard for Prevention of Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Assistance and Unions Urge...

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The increase in the frequency of violent confrontations faced by healthcare workers in the workplace is prompting OSHA to pursue a standard for Prevention of Workplace Violence in the Healthcare and Social Assistance...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Preparing for Home Healthcare in a Post-COVID World: What Will Stay and What Will Go

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As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) approaches the three-year mark, what initially seemed like the “new” normal seems closer to just plain normal for many healthcare providers. As a result, while the Department of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

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Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

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New York Department of Health Revises Health Screening Requirements for Home Care Workers

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On August 2, 2022, the New York State Department of Health (the “Department”) issued revised guidance regarding daily health screenings and related policies for home care staff. Specifically, the new guidance reduces the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Q1 2022

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Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more

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U.S. economy really feeling financial crunch of caregivers staying home

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A glaring gap in the U.S. health care system - the giving of care at home - is burgeoning into a costly chasm.  Pretty much everybody involved needs to pay close attention and finally act to deal with the nation’s failure to...more

Saul Ewing LLP

2022 Health Care Predictions

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​COVID-19 – and its variants Delta and Omicron – continue to wreak havoc around the world. Thousands of individuals have died and continue to die, and millions more have been diagnosed as having COVID-19. Many sectors of the...more

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CMS Proposes New Rules for Medicare Advantage and Part D

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Last week, CMS announced proposed rules seeking to increase consumer protections and reduce health care disparities in Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D, with a strong emphasis on individuals who are dually eligible for...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - January 2022

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If you’re already committed to a path to an Olympic gold medal or a marathon run, good for you! For the rest of us, there's this practical evidence-based advice for our New Year resolutions -- to feel better and fitter...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Health Care Investors Conference: 2021 Recap

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Bass, Berry & Sims and Deloitte presented the 2021 Health Care Investors Conference virtually on November 16... Here are some of the most significant takeaways for healthcare investors from the stimulating discussions and...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report - Volume 7, Issue 46

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Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: 51 Attorneys General Urge FCC to Implement...more

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