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No Longer on Edge of the Telehealth Cliff (For Now): Congress Extends Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities for Additional 6 Months

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As outlined in our prior client alert, the healthcare industry can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as Congress has once again acted to extend for an additional six months the Medicare telehealth flexibilities implemented...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2025 #1

News Briefs - Trump Signs Executive Order to Improve Health Price Transparency - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to improve price transparency on healthcare costs by directing federal agencies to...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

How Might Oregon and Washington healthcare providers be effected by proposed Medicaid cuts?

On February 25, House Republicans narrowly passed a budget resolution that requires the House Energy and Commerce Committee to find $880 billion in spending cuts over the next 10 years. Budget realities—including the fact...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - February 2025 #2

News Briefs - More States Taking Steps to Control P.E. in Healthcare Settings - An increasing number of states are looking to control private healthcare operations transactions, even as the Trump administration appears likely...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Emergency preparedness for FQHCs and RHCs, post-pandemic

On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a news release on behalf of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, announcing the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The duration of the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - December 2024 #3

News Briefs - Lawmakers Strike Deal to Extend Expiring Healthcare Programs - Lawmakers reached a deal to extend expiring healthcare programs, lobbyists close to the issue said. The package is more robust than lobbyists...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Republicans Maintain Control of the House of Representatives; CMS Releases Report on Rural Health...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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CMS Releases CY 2025 OPPS and ASC Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule with comment...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - October 2024 #1

News Briefs - Study Says Telemedicine Improved Quality of Doctors' Patient Care - Telemedicine helped improve the quality of doctors' patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic and has the potential for improving physician...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - September 2024 #1

News Briefs - HHS Drops Appeal of Court's Ruling in Hospital Web Tracking Case - The Department of Health and Human Services is dropping its appeal of a June U.S. District Court ruling that vacated the government's...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #2

News Briefs - Lawmakers Boosting Investigation of P.E. Role in Healthcare - Influential U.S. Senators are the latest to launch investigations into private equity's increasing role in owning and operating everything from...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2024 #2

News Briefs - Telehealth Access Challenged as Internet Subsidy Program Ends - More than 23 million low-income households -- urban, suburban, rural, and tribal -- are enrolled in the federal discount program Congress created...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2024 #3

News Briefs - New HHS Task Force Aims to Oversee AI in Healthcare - Details are emerging on a new HHS task force faced with a monumental task: creating a regulatory structure to oversee utilization of artificial intelligence...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - February 2024 #3

News Briefs - Experts Warn Hospitals Face Increased Risk for Cyberattacks - Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier...more

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HHS Proposes Disincentives for Providers Who Violate the Information Blocking Rule

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule that establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who violate the Information Blocking Rule (IBR) under the 21st Century Cures Act ("Cures...more

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COVID-19 PHE Ends May 11: What It Means for the Provision of Telehealth Under Medicare

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The Biden Administration announced on Jan. 30, 2023, its intent to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. Fortunately, the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) extends certain key telehealth...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Telehealth Update: Assessing PHE Flexibilities, Pending Legislation Entering Fall 2022

As we covered in a prior Telehealth Update, many of the flexibilities upon which telehealth providers have come to rely in recent years are tied to the federal Public Health Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic (the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Enacted To Address Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Amongst Health...

On March 18, 2022, President Biden signed the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (Act) into law. The Act is named for Dr. Lorna Breen, who served as the Medical Director of New York-Presbyterian Allen...more

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Healthcare Providers To Receive $25.5 Billion In Relief Funds

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On September 10, the Biden-Harris Administration, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that $25.5 billion in relief funds will be distributed to healthcare providers through the...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

The COVID-19 Provider Funding Tap Begins to Run Dry: The American Rescue Plan Offers Minimal Financial Relief to Non-Rural...

The latest COVID-19 stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (the “Act”), enacted on March 11, 2021, provides $1.9 trillion in funding for various COVID-19 relief measures. However, while the Act includes many funding...more

Baker Donelson

Key Health Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Legislation

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On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion package to provide relief related to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The final legislation, which passed with support from...more

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U.S. Senate Passes American Rescue Plan – 10 Key Updates for Healthcare Providers

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On March 6, 2021, the U.S. Senate narrowly passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, by a 50-49 vote, along entirely partisan lines. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) missed the vote after joining with all Republicans on...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Provider Relief Fund (PRF): General and Targeted Distributions

[co-authors: Mara McDermott and Katie Waldo, McDermott+Consultants] This report from McDermott Will & Emery and McDermott+Consulting provides a detailed analysis of the latest Provider Relief Fund (PRF) distributions,...more

Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - August 2020 #3

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

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