April 2, 2020
On March 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an interim final rule with comment period (the “Interim Rule”) regarding policy and regulatory revisions of the Medicare and Medicaid [...]
April 2, 2020
On March 27, 2020, the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which is aimed at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic through over $2 trillion in spending on public [...]
March 27, 2020
As previously reported, on March 17, 2020, HRSA released updated Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions. On March 24, 2020, HRSA released newly updated Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions. Highlights are provided [...]
March 27, 2020
Winter is coming. No, it’s not the motto of House Stark of Westeros, it’s Jane Winter—a former hospital Care Management Director turned whistleblower—and her qui tam action, plowing new ground on the falsity [...]
March 27, 2020
On March 25, 2020, the Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), a large stimulus bill intended to help the health care sector respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...]
March 18, 2020
UPDATE: HRSA released newly updated Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions on March 24, 2020. To learn more about these updates, read our updated blog here. On March 17, 2020, HRSA released updated [...]
March 17, 2020
A new law, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (the Act) was enacted on March 6, 2020, and on March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency relating [...]
March 9, 2020
On March 3, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a National Nursing Home Initiative to “coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes and long-term care facilities that provide [...]
March 3, 2020
Counterintelligence investigations targeting Chinese scientists triggered the opening of a new civil rights investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Letters from the subcommittee addressed to the Director of the Federal [...]
February 19, 2020
On Presidents’ Day, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reminded us that Lincoln’s Law still packs quite the punch. In a decision issued on Monday, the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment [...]