Health Law Alert

Medicare Part A provides cost reimbursement to critical access hospitals (CAHs) for the reasonable costs of compensating emergency room physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists who are on call, as long as they are not otherwise furnishing medical services and are not on call at any other […]

On May 18, 2018, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced that it would extend the enforcement moratorium for an additional two years for TRICARE providers. Do we rejoice? Maybe. Do we halt our efforts to prepare an Affirmative Action Plan (“AAP”)? Heck no!! If you recall from […]

Nebraska Health Care Surrogacy Act On April 4, 2018, Governor Pete Ricketts signed LB 104, the Health Care Surrogacy Act (“HCSA”), into law. The purpose of the HCSA is to establish a process for the designation of a surrogate to make a health care decision for an emancipated minor or […]

On April 4, 2018, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts placed another tool in the box of the State’s efforts to fight abuse of prescription opioids by signing LB 931. The new law places several requirements on health care practitioners to help stem the rising tide of abuse of prescription opioids. The […]

LB 439, which makes a number of changes to Nebraska’s Assisted-Living Facility Act (the “Act”), was recently passed by the Nebraska Legislature and signed by Governor Ricketts. The bill goes into effect on July 19, 2018, so it would be prudent for an assisted-living facility to review the bill now […]