Health Law Alert

A little over a month after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published its initial guidance on the reporting obligations for recipients of Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) payments, HHS released updated guidance on October 22, 2020 (the “October Reporting Guidance”). In the updated guidance, HHS softened its […]

In the 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) proposed rule issued on August 12, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed implementing on a permanent basis certain changes to the requirements for the supervision levels for hospital outpatient therapeutic services. As background, in its 2020 OPPS rule, […]

After the Nebraska Unicameral made it clear in 2017 that nurse practitioners could function as independent medical providers under their state licensure as health care professionals, it was logical that Nebraska physician assistants would seek some similar amendments to their licensure statutes. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts signed LB 755 on […]

In its guidance for recipients of payments from the Provider Relief Fund published on September 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) provided more detail on recipients’ obligations for reporting on health care related expenses and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19. The most significant change in […]

In October of 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued proposed rule changes to the Stark and federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), respectively, that put forth many helpful updates intended to encourage and advance […]