On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” which set out a “whole-government policy” of enforcing antitrust laws to prevent excessive consolidation and thus improve competition. Encompassing a wide range of directives and policy statements, the order specifically targets four important […]
Health Law Alert
Forget the “Carrot,” Straight to the “Stick”: CMS Proposes Increased Penalties for Noncompliance with the Price Transparency Rule
on Thursday, 29 July 2021 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
As of January 1, 2021, hospitals were required to disclose prices and otherwise comply with the price transparency requirements or face penalties. As a refresher, the price transparency rule requires hospitals post the “standard charges” of 300 common health services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) specified 70 […]
Acceptance of Voluntary Restrictions on Clinical Privileges
on Friday, 2 July 2021 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
The federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act (“HCQIA”) directs creation of what has come to be known as the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) and mandates reporting by healthcare entities in two scenarios. The first scenario is when a healthcare entity takes adverse professional review action against a physician’s or […]
Dovetailing the State No Surprises Acts with the Federal No Surprises Act
on Friday, 2 July 2021 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
The federal No Surprises Act (the “Act”) will go into effect on January 1, 2022. Regulations are expected in July, October and December, 2021. The Act is complicated on its own, but it is designed to recognize and dovetail with pre-existing state No Surprises Acts in a couple of situations. […]
CDC Updates COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Agreement to Address Use and Disclosure of Vaccination Data
on Wednesday, 2 June 2021 in
Health Law Alert: Kristin N. Lindgren, Editor
On May 18, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) posted an amendment to the Vaccination Program Provider Agreement to provide additional restrictions on what providers participating in the federal vaccination program can do with personal data gathered on vaccine recipients. The amendment, which is automatically imposed on all vaccine […]
