Health Law Alert

On Friday, June 12, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) quietly released its “new” final rule enforcing the nondiscrimination provisions under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), which will replace the Obama-era Section 1557 rule originally effective on July 18, 2016. The new Section […]

On May 1, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published its final rule implementing certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”). The final rule has two areas of focus—implementing certain certification requirements […]

Providers across the country have, out of necessity, had to rely on Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex Azar’s Section 1135 waivers of certain Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and Stark rules in order to adapt their operations to the sudden and dislocating demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. In […]

On March 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the first HIPAA enforcement act of 2020. The medical practice of Stephen A. Porter, M.D. agreed to pay $100,000 and adopt a corrective action plan in response to an OCR investigation into […]

Despite the uncertainty that the COVID-19 crisis has brought to our workplaces, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) appears to be operating at near to full strength, issuing several new forms, directives, and programs in the last few months.  Let’s get caught up. OFCCP Issues New Disability Self-Identification […]