March 17, 2026
Recently, a second federal Court of Appeals held that 42 U.S.C. § 233, a provision of the Public Health Service Act relating to Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) protection, does not provide [...]
March 3, 2026
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has published Program Assistance Letter (PAL) 2026-01, Calendar Year 2027 Requirements for Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Coverage for Health Centers and Their Covered Individuals. [...]
January 13, 2025
On January 7, 2025, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published Program Assistance Letter (PAL) 2025-01, Calendar Year 2026 Requirements for Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Coverage for Health Centers and [...]
July 24, 2024
Feldesman Of Counsel Marty Bree will present at the Florida Association of Community Health Centers (FACHC) Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from July 28 – 31, 2024. This annual gathering brings [...]
March 19, 2024
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released Program Assistance Letter (PAL) 2024-03, Calendar Year 2025 Requirements for Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Coverage for Health Centers and Their Covered Individuals. [...]
March 13, 2024
On Monday, March 12, 2024, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced on their website that calendar year 2025 Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) redeeming applications are due June 24, 2024. [...]
June 16, 2023
On February 2, 2023, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published Program Assistance Letter (PAL) 2023-01, Calendar Year 2024 Requirements for Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Coverage for Health Centers and [...]
May 8, 2023
Health center Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) annual redeeming applications are due by June 23, 2023. The requirements for redeeming for CY 2024 are described in Program Assistance Letter 2023-01 (PAL 2023-01), [...]
March 2, 2023
Next week, FTLF attorneys Martin Bree, Molly Evans, Matt Freedus, Susannah Vance Gopalan, Jason Reddish and Ted Waters will speak at the National Association of Community Health Centers’ (NACHC) Policy & Issues [...]
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 [...]

