July 13, 2022
This time last year, many health care providers were scrambling to comply with OSHA’s (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (Healthcare ETS). Designed to respond to the grave [...]
July 5, 2022
On June 25, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Pub. L. No. 117-159. In addition to adding new gun control requirements, including measures relating to background checks [...]
June 16, 2022
On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling (“Decision”) handing a substantial win to hospitals participating in the 340B program. In 2018, the Centers for Medicare and [...]
June 9, 2022
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)’s Cures Act Final Rule (known as the “Info Blocking Rule” and available at 45 CFR § 171) was designed to provide patients with access to [...]
May 25, 2022
In two recently released training modules, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) encourages programs in Indian Country, including Head Start, Low Income Home Energy Assistance [...]
March 29, 2022
In an important decision for businesses who utilize independent contractors, a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has reinstated a January 2021 Department of Labor (“Department”) rule that makes [...]
March 4, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the workplace as businesses were forced to abruptly transition from the conventional “in office” model to one in which employees worked remotely from home offices. Although [...]
January 31, 2022
Despite recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for large employers and health care facilities, questions still abound over the future of Executive Order 14042 (the “Executive Order”). The [...]
January 20, 2022
On January 13, 2022, a divided United States Supreme Court issued two landmark opinions on vaccination mandates, which may foreshadow the fate of the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children [...]
January 19, 2022
On November 5, 2021, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring covered facilities, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), to develop policies and procedures [...]