February 1, 2023
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on Monday in favor of drug manufacturers AstraZeneca, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk in their challenge against attempts by the Health Resources [...]
January 17, 2023
On December 27, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a guidance document relating to the obligations of Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) to issue a good faith estimate [...]
January 10, 2023
In December, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), in coordination with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA), issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would modify the [...]
January 4, 2023
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 2023), H.R. 2617, a comprehensive law funding government operations. For Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), the law contains [...]
December 22, 2022
On December 1, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on the use of online tracking technologies by HIPAA covered entities and business associates. Health care providers, including hospital and health [...]
October 10, 2022
FTLF Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan will present at the American Association of Health and Human Services Attorneys (AAHHSA) 2022 Annual Education Conference in Columbus, OH, on October 11, 2022. Ms. Gopalan and [...]
October 6, 2022
As of October 6, 2022, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)’s Cures Act Final Rule (known as the Info Blocking Rule) applies to all electronic health information (EHI). Prior to October [...]
September 30, 2022
Given the “current high levels of [COVID] vaccine- and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools”, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its COVID-19 [...]
September 19, 2022
A recent Determination of Coverage provides that, under specific circumstances, the dispensing and prescribing of Naloxone to non-health center patients is protected by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) program. On August [...]
August 26, 2022
FTLF attorneys H. Scott Johnson, Jr., Jacqueline Leifer, Dianne Pledgie, Jason Reddish, and Marcie Zakheim will speak at the upcoming 2022 National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute & EXPO. [...]