Articles by Susannah Vance Gopalan

Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan is leading a webinar in collaboration with ChangeLab Solutions on “Providing Technical Assistance to Government Bodies under a Federal Grant”. The webinar, on Wednesday, May 14th at 1pm ET is aimed at helping those engaged in state and local government policy learn how to comply with…

Attorneys from across FTLF’s health care and federal grants practice groups will be leading sessions on significant operational and policy issues facing health centers at the 2014 Policy and Issues (P&I) Forum in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). The P&I sessions address key…

On Thursday December 26, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Grants (the “Supercircular;” also known as the “Omnicircular”).* The Supercircular sets standard requirements for financial management of Federal awards across the entire Federal government. The Supercircular supersedes and streamlines…

Susannah Vance Gopalan’s article appeared in the November 4, 2013 issue of Bloomberg’s Health Care Policy Report. The article discusses state Medicaid agencies’ proposals to carry out the Medicaid eligibility expansion under the Affordable Care Act by providing premium assistance for Medicaid recipients to buy coverage under a private plan offered…

Adam Falcone and Susannah Vance authored an article that was published in the February 23, 2012 Issue of Bloomberg Law Reports, Health Law Reporter. The article discusses HHS’s plan to delegate to state governments the key “essential health benefits” coverage decision, which will control what services are offered under state-based…