January 10, 2023
In December, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), in coordination with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA), issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would modify the [...]
December 22, 2022
On December 1, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on the use of online tracking technologies by HIPAA covered entities and business associates. Health care providers, including hospital and health [...]
September 19, 2022
A recent Determination of Coverage provides that, under specific circumstances, the dispensing and prescribing of Naloxone to non-health center patients is protected by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) program. On August [...]
July 22, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert[1] (Alert) on July 20, 2022, to highlight areas of concern that OIG has identified in [...]
July 13, 2022
This time last year, many health care providers were scrambling to comply with OSHA’s (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (Healthcare ETS). Designed to respond to the grave [...]
July 5, 2022
On June 25, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Pub. L. No. 117-159. In addition to adding new gun control requirements, including measures relating to background checks [...]
June 16, 2022
On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling (“Decision”) handing a substantial win to hospitals participating in the 340B program. In 2018, the Centers for Medicare and [...]
June 9, 2022
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)’s Cures Act Final Rule (known as the “Info Blocking Rule” and available at 45 CFR § 171) was designed to provide patients with access to [...]
May 25, 2022
In two recently released training modules, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) encourages programs in Indian Country, including Head Start, Low Income Home Energy Assistance [...]
January 20, 2022
On January 13, 2022, a divided United States Supreme Court issued two landmark opinions on vaccination mandates, which may foreshadow the fate of the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children [...]