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Telehealth and “In-Person Visits”: Tracking Federal and State Updates to Pandemic Era Telehealth Exceptions

I. Overview of Telehealth and Tele-Prescribing Landscape Since the end of the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) exceptions in 2023, states have continued to re-evaluate the broad telehealth and tele-prescribing flexibilities...more

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A Deep Dive Into the CMS Program Management FY 2026 Budget Request

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As discussed in last week’s Regs & Eggs blog post, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released additional budget documents to support the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary request....more

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Medicare Telehealth Gets Another Temporary Lifeline – Will Congress Make it Permanent?

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On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, which included a critical six-month extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities through September 30, 2025. This six-month...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2025. This month features long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 21, 2025

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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....more

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DEA and HHS Propose Telemedicine Special Registration and Finalize Buprenorphine Telemedicine Prescribing Rules

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On January 17, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules regarding telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances: a proposed rule...more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 7, November 2024

Welcome to our seventh issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. This will be our final issue of 2024. When we started this publication earlier this year, our goal was to provide our clients,...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up: September 27, 2024

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Congress Votes on CR, Health-Related Legislation. After reaching a deal over the weekend, both chambers passed a CR to avoid a government shutdown and fund the federal government through December 20, 2024. This tees up a push...more

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Looking Forward: Top Policy Areas for 2024

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Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we want to lay out some of the main regulatory issues (both new and old) that McDermott+Consulting will be tracking over the next year. While these may evolve, we think they are still...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order on Use of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Settings

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On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an executive order (EO) to guide federal agencies on the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). The administration views AI as holding numerous benefits but at the...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 6, 2023

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THIS WEEK’S DOSE - Uncharted Territory in the House: The House voted to remove Rep. McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House, then recessed until at least October 11, when the House is slated to reconvene to elect a new...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | August 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for August 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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HHS-OIG Year in Review - 2022

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to offer valuable insights to the healthcare industry as to how best to approach increasingly complex healthcare fraud...more

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OCR Releases Guidance on HIPAA Compliance When Providing Audio-Only Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently released new guidance (the “Guidance”) to help ensure that individuals may continue to benefit from audio-only telehealth...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

HHS Issues HIPAA Guidance to Support Audio-Only Telehealth Services

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued new guidance (Guidance) on the use of remote communication technologies to deliver audio-only telehealth in accordance with...more

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CMS Announces New Telehealth Services Covered by Medicare and Provides States with Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth Expansion...

On October 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. CMS also announced it would be providing...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 pt 2

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health Care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

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2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare

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As 2017 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 will cover...more

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Health Law Insights: January Newsletter

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ALERT: Health Reform Outlook for 2017: A Year of Major Uncertainty - Fulfilling their promises, Congressional Republicans moved to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the first day of the new Congress when Senate...more

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Telehealth and Health IT Policy: Considerations for Stakeholders

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In recent months, as the conversation about reforming the health care system has shifted to achieving greater delivery system efficiencies, cost containment, and patient satisfaction, the role of health care...more

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