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OSHA Terminates COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare Workers

Is COVID-19 still a thing, and does OSHA care about it? Yes and yes. We all know that COVID-19 is still around. On the OSHA front, the agency seems to be focused less exclusively on COVID-19 and plans to take a broader...more

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DEA Telemedicine Update

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in concert with other federal agencies, has taken various steps in the past few months to strengthen a practitioner’s ability to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine, a...more

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DEA Announces New Telemedicine Rules Expanding Access to Controlled Substances

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On January 16, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced three new telemedicine rules that extend prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances, following the expiration of temporary flexibilities granted...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 29, 2025

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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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Prescription for Change: Massachusetts Pharmacies Undergo Regulatory Revamp

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Pharmacies doing business in Massachusetts must act now – The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy (the “Board”) has announced a series of new and long-awaited pharmacy licensure regulations that took effect in...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Communication of Unapproved Uses of Approved or Cleared Medical Products

On January 6, 2025, the FDA released final guidance for industry entitled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products: Questions...more

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A New Year, A New Overpayment Rule: CMS Revises the 60-Day Rule

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On December 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published revised regulations implementing the so-called 60-day rule, under which healthcare providers and other parties generally must report and return any...more

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Biden Administration Issues Final Reg on Mental Health Parity Requirements

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Biden Administration Issues Final Reg on Mental Health Parity Requirements McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts....more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | July 2024 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for July 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including a final rule on provider...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 3, 2024

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House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Legislative Hearing on Improving Medicaid Access. Daniel Tsai, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), testified. Members...more

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Trending in Telehealth: January 4 – 15, 2024

Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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The Fall 2023 Unified Agenda - Implications for 2024

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On December 6, the Biden administration released its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. A unified agenda is issued in the spring and fall each year; it outlines federal agencies' areas of focus...more

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Federal Government Addresses AI Transparency and Safety in Healthcare

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On Oct. 30, President Biden signed an executive order calling for a coordinated government approach to establish new safeguards for AI safety and security in healthcare. In response to the executive order, on Dec. 14 the...more

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CMS Announces New Federal Disclosure Requirements for Nursing Homes

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On February 28, 2022, the Biden-Harris administration announced initiatives designed to improve care and accountability at skilled nursing facilities (SNF). Since that announcement, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more

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CMS Extends Virtual Direct Supervision Through 2024

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On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended virtual direct supervision—i.e., the ability to provide direct supervision through real-time, audio-visual technology (rather than in-person presence)...more

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New Medicare Advantage Regulations Add Provider and Beneficiary Protections Against Plan Utilization Management Policies

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On April 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule (CMS-4201-F) regarding the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D programs. The Final Rule includes changes related to various aspects of...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. ONC’s Tripathi: HIPAA Doesn’t Impede Sharing, Requirements Under Info Blocking...

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) When Micky Tripathi’s mom was recently transferred to a rehab facility to recover from a broken hip, the hospital, “right in front of me…printed off her record,...more

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CMS Revises Stark Law Indirect Compensation Arrangement Definition, Again

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The CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule includes further revisions to the definition of the term “indirect compensation arrangement” under the federal physician self-referral prohibition (Stark Law). Less than...more

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CMS Corrects Inadvertent Omissions in Recent Stark Law Regulatory Amendments, Clarifies Reach of the Prohibition Related to...

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rules for the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS Final Rule) and 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System...more

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Health Care and Price Transparency: The Latest Summary

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Federal executive agencies recently published two rules, one final and one proposed, aimed at publicizing the various costs associated with health care. A final rule, promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services...more

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CMS Finalizes 2020 Home Health Agency Payment and Policy Changes

On October 31, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its 2020 payment and policy changes rule for Home Health Agencies (HHA Rule).  The final rule is scheduled to be posted in the Federal...more

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Health Care Update - August 2015

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CMS Releases Final Payment Rules (IPPS, IRF, LTCHs, Hospice, and Psych): At the end of last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a set of final 2016 payment rules affecting acute care hospitals...more

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