August 18, 2016
It is the height of the 2016 election season. Not only will we soon have a new White House resident, but there may also be noticeable shifts in control of both the [...]
August 6, 2016
Attorneys from FTLF’s health care practice group will be presenting at educational sessions during the NACHC 2016 Community Health Institute (CHI) & EXPO from August 28-30, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. The expo [...]
August 1, 2016
The Department of Justice recently demonstrated their hardline take on federal grant cost policy through a settlement with Columbia University. On July 14, 2016, the Department of Justice announced that Columbia University will [...]
July 7, 2016
The Council of Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) has published its third edition of its webcast series. It is in the form of several brief panel discussions on a number of topics, and can [...]
June 20, 2016
On May 18, 2016 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its highly anticipated Final Rule, which revises final regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) implementing the exemption from the [...]
May 20, 2016
Earlier today, HRSA announced that the CY2017 FTCA Deeming Application deadline has been extended to 11:59 pm on Friday, May 27th. The exention was granted after users reported application issues, including issues [...]
May 19, 2016
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) can contract with designated collaborating organizations (DCOs) to provide services they do not directly offer, including primary care screening and monitoring, targeted case management, psychiatric rehabilitation [...]
May 2, 2016
On April 26, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released new guidance (State Health Official Letter #16-006) regarding the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) payment requirements for federally-qualified [...]
April 11, 2016
On Monday HRSA released PAL 2016-03 following this month’s earlier announced application dates and deadlines for the CY 2017 FTCA deeming application process. The Electronic Handbook (EHB) will be open to receive [...]
March 16, 2016
FTLF Partner, Susannah Vance Gopalan, was quoted in Mental Health Weekly on March 14. Susannah discussed her March 7 session during the National Council for Behavioral Health Conference in Las Vegas learned about [...]