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 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 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 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. [...]
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 [...]
March 15, 2022
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (CAA 2022), Pub. L. No. 117-103, a comprehensive funding bill that extends certain flexibilities that were permitted during the coronavirus [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]