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Executive Orders and Policy Updates

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Since President Trump's inauguration, the Trump administration has issued a number of executive orders and policy actions with potential impacts for the life sciences industry. Notable actions include rescinding Biden-era...more

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President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget: What’s NOT in It?

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Earlier this week, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget. As a reminder, every year, the White House releases a budget that serves as its official funding request to Congress for the following...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: October 18, 2022

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 21, 2022

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Holland & Knight Health Dose Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This...more

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Connecticut Health Care Vaccine Mandates – Federal and State Update

January 27, 2022 marks the deadline for Connecticut health facilities to have policies and procedures in place to satisfy federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulations mandating vaccines of their...more

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Hospital and Health System Affiliation Transactions: Critical Legal and Business Issues

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We continue to see affiliation activity among hospitals and health systems, albeit at a slower pace than previously experienced, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting slow down in elective care, staffing...more

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A Dizzying Map of Federal Vaccination Mandates, Injunctions and Stays

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Keeping track of a dizzying number of injunctions and stays by multiple federal district courts and courts of appeal involving three separate federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates with a couple exceptions is no small task....more

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Red Light – Green Light: CMS Vaccination Mandate is On Again in 26 States?

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The CMS vaccine rule -- which applies to the staff of many Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, home-health agencies, and hospices (“covered entities”), and which has...more

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Breaking News on the CMS Vaccination Rule: Less Than 24 Hours After Being Shelved in 10 States, the Rule Is Sidelined Nationwide

In a November 30, 2021, order, a federal judge sitting in Louisiana entered a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interim final rule entitled...more

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CMS Announces Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Facilities

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On Thursday, November 4, 2021, contemporaneous with the announcement of the new Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) requiring COVID-19 vaccination or testing for...more

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CMS Vaccine Mandate Update: Biden Administration Modifies Healthcare Rules for Medicare and Medicaid Facilities

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When the federal government issued its new COVID-19 vaccine mandates on November 5th for employers with 100 or more employees, the rules implemented by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") received most...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

CMS’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: What Health Care Providers Need to Know

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published their much-anticipated rules mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more

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The Biden Administration Expands Staff Vaccination Requirement to All Medicare & Medicaid Participating Providers/Suppliers.

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The Biden Administration, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and via Interim Final Rulemaking (“IFR”), has expanded vaccination requirements in many health care settings. Effective November 5,...more

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Biden Administration Releases New Vaccine Mandate Rules Impacting Employers

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On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced two new rules which implement vaccine mandates in the workplace. OSHA Rule Impacting Employers with 100 or more Employees The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...more

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Texas Governor Issues "No-Mandate Mandate" On COVID-19 Vaccines

Oh, what a difference a few months makes. Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued Executive Order GA 40, which prohibits any entity in Texas, including private businesses, from requiring that employees or customers...more

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If You Do Business With the Federal Government, it May Be Time for Your Unvaccinated Employees to Roll Up Their Sleeves

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If your company does business with the federal government or subcontractors of the federal government, you may have to require that your employees become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. On...more

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The Biden Administration Puts the Burden on Employers

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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced several updates to his plan for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Although media reports have led some to believe that President Biden’s actions have imposed an immediately...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Administration Actions Regarding COVID Protocols For Federal Contractors and Large Employers

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued orders that have the intent of requiring employers to mandate that their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing and other restrictions. ...more

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Expiration of Arkansas' Public Health Emergency

Since the COVID-19 public health emergency was initiated in Arkansas in March 2020, Governor Asa Hutchinson has repeatedly renewed the emergency order, maintaining the public health emergency for fourteen (14) months. ...more

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What Should Pharma Companies Expect From the Biden Administration?

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With the change of administrations typically comes a flurry of activity across all government agencies, and the same can be expected with the official start of the Biden Administration now well underway. What should...more

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Permanent Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services

On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the annual Physician Fee Schedule final rule (“Final Rule”) which, among other things, aimed to further President Trump’s October 3, 2019...more

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CMS Expands Medicare Telehealth Services List and Support for State Medicaid Telehealth

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On October 14, 2020, CMS added eleven (11) new services to its Medicare telehealth list that are payable during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). This latest expansion of telehealth services is the first to use the...more

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CMS Announces New Medicare Telehealth Services and Updates Medicaid Telehealth Toolkit

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On October 14, 2020, CMS added eleven new codes to the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Coverage for these new services is effective immediately and will...more

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How Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Affect Social Security?

The coronavirus pandemic is having a profound effect on the current U.S. economy, and it may have a detrimental effect on Social Security’s long-term financial situation. High unemployment rates mean Social Security...more

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Executive Order Looks to Extend Access to Telemedicine Beyond the Pandemic and Increase Access to Care in Rural Communities

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order that could potentially extend the easing of restrictions on telemedicine that were put in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) beyond the...more

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