Articles by Martin J. Bree

Attorneys from FTLF’s health care practice group will be presenting at educational sessions during the NACHC 2016 Community Health Institute (CHI) & EXPO from August 28-30, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. The expo will address various topics, such as the legal considerations of social media, HRSA operational site visits, FTCA regulations,…

Earlier today, HRSA announced that the CY2017 FTCA Deeming Application deadline has been extended to 11:59 pm on Friday, May 27th. The exention was granted after users reported application issues, including issues with the following: Character Count:  All the comment boxes in the application have a set Character Limit which…

On Monday HRSA released PAL 2016-03 following this month’s earlier announced application dates and deadlines for the CY 2017 FTCA deeming application process.  The Electronic Handbook (EHB) will be open to receive new and redeeming applications on April 22, 2016. Redeeming applications for coverage in CY 2017 must be submitted…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Determination That an Individual Shall Not Be Deemed an Employee of the Public Health Service regarding “de-deeming”.  The NPRM was released March 6, 2015.  This proposed rule explains and interprets section 233(i) of the Federally Supported Health Centers…

HRSA has started conducting random FTCA site visits of both initial applicants and deemed grantees to determine compliance with FTCA program requirements. As described in PAL 2014-03, factors that may prompt a site visit include, but are not limited to, the submission of an initial deeming application; submission of documentation…