December 17, 2015
FTLF Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan is partnering with the National Health Program on the following two webinars in 2016: Medicaid and the “Free Care” Rule (January 21, 2016) One year ago, the U.S. [...]
December 16, 2015
As the year winds to a close for many grantees, the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services have produced yet another example of the importance of properly allocating costs [...]
November 19, 2015
On October 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the calendar year 2016 physician fee schedule (“PFS”) final rule. That rule, which determines how providers are reimbursed under Medicare, [...]
November 18, 2015
On November 2, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Final Rule with Comment Period (the “Final Rule”) establishing new processes that States must follow to demonstrate compliance with [...]
October 30, 2015
With the passage of the 2007 amendments to the Head Start Act (the “Act”), Congress announced that existing and future Head Start grants would transition from “indefinite” project periods – i.e. project periods [...]
October 19, 2015
Attorneys from across FTLF’s health care and federal grants practice groups will be presenting educational sessions at the 2015 Finance Operations Management and IT (FOM-IT) conference in Las Vegas sponsored by the [...]
October 13, 2015
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, the OIG released a Policy Reminder reminding the public about how information blocking may affect safe harbor protection under the Federal anti-kickback statute. OIG extends safe harbor protection [...]
October 5, 2015
CLIENT ALERT: OHS Releases Aligned Monitoring System’s On-Site Review Protocols for Fiscal Year 2016
Last week, the Office of Head Start (OHS) released the Aligned Monitoring System’s on-site review protocols for fiscal year 2016. The protocols have been updated to reflect the new 45 CFR Part 75 [...]
October 5, 2015
Part II: Cost Allocation and Indirect Cost Rates The Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) and the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (“COFAR”) released additional clarifications to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Costs Principles, [...]
September 29, 2015
Part I: COFAR and the Extension of the Procurement Standards Grace Period On September 9, 2015 the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) and the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (“COFAR”) released new [...]