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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 229: Public Health in South Carolina with Dr. Edward...

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This week, our hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Dr. Edward Simmer, the Interim Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health. After leading DHEC through the latter half of the COVID pandemic and its transition...more

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The Great Unwinding And Its Effect On Skilled Nursing Facilities

Following the termination of the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) as a result of COVID-19, and the continuous enrollment provisions put in place to ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries were able to receive Medicaid benefits...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Finalizes Medicaid DSH Rule and House Launches Bipartisan AI Task Force

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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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HHS Office of Inspector General Publishes August Work Plan Updates

In its August 15, 2023, Enforcement listserv notice, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published its Work Plan Updates for August. This article will highlight three of the...more

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CMS Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

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In conjunction with the Biden administration’s declaration that the COVID-19 national public health emergency ended effective May 11, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would “soon end”...more

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Client Alert: CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a Final Rule regarding the former COVID-19 vaccine requirements. The Final Rule withdraws the COVID-19 health care staff...more

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CMS Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate, Enhances Focus on Quality Measures

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Following the May 1 White House announcement that the federal government would wind down certain remaining COVID-19 vaccination requirements, on May 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final...more

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Long-Term Care Facilities: What to Expect When the COVID-19 PHE Ends

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Key provisions that provided flexibility to long-term care providers and helped alleviate administrative burdens will expire May 11, 2023. Long-term care facilities (LTCs), skilled nursing facilities (SNF), and nursing...more

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Stay Flexible: Healthcare Providers Face Changes with the End of the Federal Public Health Emergency

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Over the past three years, the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic facilitated the dismantling of various legal and regulatory barriers to obtaining healthcare in a time of...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 28, 2023

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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

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

President Biden Announces the End of the COVID-19 Emergencies: The Health Care Industry Has Less Than Four Months to Prepare

After multiple extensions over the past three years, on Monday, January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (“PHE”) will officially end on May 11, 2023....more

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Health Care Week in Review: HHS Declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) for Puerto Rico Due to the Flooding

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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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NOTICE TO PROVIDERS: CMS Phasing Out Certain COVID-19 Regulatory Waivers in Long-Term Care Facilities, Hospices, and ESRD...

Certain COVID-19 emergency declaration blanket waivers are being phased out by the federal government, and health care providers should take steps to determine whether current arrangements are compliant. As background, in...more

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Telehealth Update: New Bill Could Provide Much Needed Certainty to Providers and Patients

On Monday, February 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, and Todd Young, R-Indiana, introduced the Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, which if passed, would extend several of the telehealth waivers...more

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CMS issues updated guidance for certified facilities on COVID-19 vaccine requirement as public health emergency continues

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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC) have published guidance on survey procedures and enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for hospitals and health care facilities after...more

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New Guidance and New Deadlines for CMS Vaccine Mandate

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For regulated health care entities in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,...more

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Colorado’s Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Providers Remains in Effect Despite Stays to CMS Vaccine Mandate

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Healthcare providers in Colorado must be cognizant of multiple rules relating to vaccine mandates for their employees. While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) interim final rule (“CMS vaccine mandate”)...more

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CMS Issues Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers

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On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Omnibus Staff Vaccination Rule, mandating that all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities regulated under Medicare health and safety...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

CMS Issues Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Facility Workers

On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued heavily anticipated emergency regulations requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the...more

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CMS Issues COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule

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On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced its interim final rule regarding vaccination requirements for eligible staff of certain health care providers. The rule, which becomes...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Planning for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management in Hospitals

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still active worldwide, health care industry leaders and regulators have already begun to think about how to implement post-pandemic changes to health care delivery based on lessons learned...more

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Finding Religious Accommodations in Rhode Island’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Healthcare Workers

Healthcare and healthcare-related employers have not just been at the heart of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, they have also recently been on the battleground in the fight over mandatory vaccination. Multiple states...more

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Federal District Court Rejects Hospital Employees’ Attempt to Stop Vaccination Mandate During Legal Battle

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In September, 40 current and former employees of St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Kentucky sued the privately-owned hospital over its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, alleging violations of their constitutional rights,...more

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President Biden Announces Plan to Expand Vaccination Requirements for Healthcare Settings

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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a six-pronged, comprehensive plan to combat COVID-19 and its variants. One prong of that plan includes expanding vaccination requirements for Medicare and Medicaid-certified...more

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New York Expands Vaccination Mandate for Healthcare Workers

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On August 26, 2021, the New York State Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) approved emergency regulations that institute a broad vaccine mandate for New York healthcare facilities. ...more

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