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Coding Update - CPT Editorial Panel Meeting: What’s on the Agenda and Why It Matters

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The American Medical Association (AMA) CPT®1 Editorial Panel will meet in Brooklyn, New York, from May 1 to 3, 2025. The meeting agenda includes proposals to create new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes and to revise...more

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - February 2025 #3

News Briefs - Proposed Budget Cuts Could Greatly Impact Healthcare Sector - House Republicans unveiled a budget resolution that asks the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid, to find $880...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Extending and Enduring

In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Donald Trump Wins 2024 Presidential Election; Republicans May Control Both Senate and House of...

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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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The Public Health Emergency Is Finally (Almost) Over: What Does That Mean for Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute Compliance?

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The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, which is less than three months away. In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...more

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Telemental Health Laws: Overview

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Since 2016, Epstein Becker Green (EBG) has researched, compiled, and analyzed state-specific content relating to the regulatory requirements for professional mental/behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders seeking to...more

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Potential Congressional Action on Telehealth

Last year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced many providers to close their doors for in-person care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress acted quickly to provide waivers, administrative relief, and...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - September 2020 #1

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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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New CMS regulations bolster enforcement of COVID-19 reporting by hospitals, long-term care facilities and labs

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On August 25, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim final regulations known as CMS-3401-IFC that become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for September...more

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Applications Open for $200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program

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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

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FCC Adopts New Programs to Help Telehealth Services Combat COVID-19

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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

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COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Telehealth, Clinical Trials, Reporting Deadlines)

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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

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California Makes It Easier to Provide Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Emergency

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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

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Recent Trends in Telemedicine in China

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The COVID-19 outbreak inevitability has spurred unprecedented progress on a paradigm shift to telemedicine. According to a recent study by the Boston Consulting Group, China is already the world’s third largest Med Tech...more

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Health CARES - Title III of the CARES Act Impact on Telehealth

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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

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Navigating COVID-19: Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Plans

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

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Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: CMS Issues Blanket Waivers of Stark Law During COVID-19 Emergency

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, (“CMS”) announced this week that it will pay claims for designated health services related to COVID-19 that would ordinarily violate the Stark Law. On March 30, 2020, the...more

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CMS Issues Broad Package of Blanket Waivers Under Section 1135

The updated waivers build upon the more limited set of Section 1135 waivers issued on March 13, 2020, and address common concerns among Medicare providers and suppliers as they deal with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....more

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CMS' Blanket Waiver of Stark Law Sanctions During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Opportunities and Limitations | Healthcare Law Blog

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

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CMS Eases Healthcare Provider Enrollment Process in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

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As the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to strain the healthcare industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) eased healthcare provider enrollment rules. CMS has significantly streamlined...more

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HHS Limited Waiver and Guidance on HIPAA and the Privacy Rule During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued various guidance documents on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...more

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CMS Issues Program Instructions for Medicare Telehealth Waiver

CMS issued program instructions on March 17 (through a Fact Sheet and FAQ) to implement the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (CPRSAA), which was enacted on March 6 in response to the...more

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Will the Massachusetts Proposed Legislation on Hospital Outpatient Facility Fees Have a Nationwide Impact?

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In some states, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, “site neutrality” for outpatient hospital reimbursement is factoring into state-specific health reform and cost containment initiatives. This potentially goes...more

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