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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

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 - September 2024 #2

News Briefs - Licensure Compact Aims to Allow PAs to Practice in Other States - By 2028, the nation as a whole will be short some 100,000 critical health care workers, according to a new report....more

Holland & Knight LLP

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

Bodman

The Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Part II – Impact on the Provision of Medical Services via Telehealth

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As announced by the White House on January 30, 2023, the public health emergency (PHE) is set to end on May 11, 2023. The end of the PHE also brings an end to several flexibilities that were implemented that impact 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

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Issues 2022 MPFS and QPP Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 13, 2021, released the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule, which also includes a number of provisions for the...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Is it Time to Permanently Incorporate Telehealth Into Our Health Care Delivery System?

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There is no question that during the pandemic and duration of the public health emergency, telehealth rose to the occasion demonstrating its tremendous benefits to the health care industry and will likely remain an integral...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

Epstein Becker & Green

Podcast: American Rescue Plan Delivers New Stimulus Funding - Diagnosing Health Care

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The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, the American Rescue Plan, includes money for rural hospitals, billions of dollars for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, and extra subsidies to help people buy health coverage...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

Congress Establishes New Medicare Provider Category and Reimbursement for Rural Emergency Hospitals

Year-end COVID-19 relief legislation approved by Congress established Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) as a new Medicare provider type effective January 1, 2023. REHs, defined as providers that furnish certain outpatient...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Applications for the FCC’s Connected Care Pilot Program Due December 7

The Connected Care Pilot Program will make available up to $100 million over three years to eligible health care providers. Eligible fund recipients include nonprofit and public health care organizations....more

Butler Snow LLP

Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Waivers Prove to be Useful Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic … But, Will They Last?

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The novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has brought about unprecedented applications of certain federal healthcare laws and regulations, including the federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”) and the federal...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

Polsinelli

Telehealth: New Executive Order and CY2021 Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

Polsinelli

President Trump Issues Telehealth Executive Order and Proposed Regulatory Changes

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On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to improve care provided to individuals in rural communities by increasing access to care through telehealth....more

Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - August 2020 #2

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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

McGuireWoods LLP

Provider Relief Funds: New Dental Distribution and More for Safety-Net and Rural Hospitals

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On July 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will allow dentists and other dental providers to apply for relief from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Provider...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

HHS Extends Attestation Deadline, Releases Additional General Distribution FAQs and Issues Payment Allocation Methodology Guidance...

HHS has recently issued a great number of clarifications to multiple aspects of its Provider Relief Fund programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act....more

Baker Donelson

Overview of HHS Provider Relief Fund Payments and Updated Guidance

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On May 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced additional payments under the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund to reimburse providers for health care related expenses and revenue losses attributable...more

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