Can Food Really Be Medicine? Transforming Health Care One Bite at a Time – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 243: HIPAA Compliance and Potential Changes with Shannon Lipham of Maynard Nexsen
HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Breaking Down the Shifting Vaccine Policy Landscape – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
2025 Outlook: The Department of Health and Human Services Under the Second Trump Administration – Diagnosing Health Care
New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Special Edition | Episode 36 - Rolling Change: The DEA Turns Over a New Leaf on Marijuana Scheduling
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
OMG. . .The OIG is at it Again
The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Episode 303 --- Deep Dive into the HHS-OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 17
20 Democratic AGs sued HHS and DHS for allegedly sharing personal health data with ICE. The complaint alleges that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—a division of HHS—transferred millions of individuals’ Medicaid...more
Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more
On October 3, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a strategic plan for improving oversight of public grants and contracts “to strengthen compliance with HHS award...more
Companies should consider how new AI risk standards may align to their operations and whether to comment on the draft standards to shape their development. On April 29, 2024, the White House announced that several federal...more
On May 1, 2023, the White House announced it would end the COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal employees, federal contractors and international air travelers effective May 11, the same day the federally declared...more
On May 1, 2023, the Biden administration announced it will end the COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, the same day...more
Congress - Bipartisan negotiations on the next round of COVID-relief legislation continue, with leaders pointing to some progress over the last 24-48 hours. Administration officials have stressed the importance of reaching...more
Below, please find a summary of the federal government’s activities in response to COVID-19 since Wednesday’s update. Our next update will be published Monday, July 27th....more
Today’s federal government activities in response to COVID-19 include: Congress - Later this evening, the House is expected to pass its $3 trillion Heroes Act, setting its opening offer for the next phase of COVID-19...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided explanatory guidance with respect to several blanket waivers of certain provisions of the Stark Law the CMS previously issued, which were summarized in our April...more
As a follow up to our legal alert posted on April 7, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") announced that it is accepting applications for its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program as of April 13, 2020. As a...more
Update 04.10.2020: The FCC has launched an online portal explaining the application process for grants from the $200 million in funding to support telehealth services described in this client update. The FCC will begin...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more
On April 3, 2020 the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) released DQA Memo 20-001, which establishes the process for hospitals and critical access hospitals (collectively, “hospitals”) to temporarily expand acute...more
Recognizing the need to make health services available during the current state of emergency, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the “Order”) on April 3, 2020. The Order temporarily expands the...more
As we previously reported, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136) (“CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020. We recently provided guidance on how the CARES Act...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a series of blanket waivers of provisions of the physician self-referral (Stark Law) on March 30, 2020 in response to the declaration of the COVID-19 Outbreak in...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged over the past month, state insurance departments have issued directives in reaction to the crisis, requiring such actions as a temporary moratorium on cancellations and coverage for...more
On Monday, March, 30, 2020, CMS released a blanket waiver (the “Waiver”) of the physician self-referral law under section 1135 of the Social Security Act to enable health care provider responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. ...more
As we previously reported, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently issued two proposed rules intended to reduce the regulatory burden associated with the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess. Congress adjourned on Friday for a two week recess for the observance of the Jewish holidays....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Year End Budget Battle. On Friday, President Trump signed the two-week Continuing Resolution (H.J. Res. 143) into law, funding the government through December 21st....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Fall Agenda. With the Kavanaugh confirmation completed, Senate Republicans want to quickly begin confirming additional circuit court nominees....more
On October 24, 2017, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to examine HHS public health preparedness for and response to the 2017 hurricane season. The hearing addressed...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon launch a healthcare focused cybersecurity initiative modeled on the Homeland Security Department’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center...more