In a unanimous opinion issued Thursday, June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court retained the current “scienter” or “knowledge standard” governing False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases, and, in doing so, offered guidance to [...]
On May 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it had entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement with Florida-based FQHC, MCR Health Inc. (MCR), [...]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 2023 Compliance Supplement for Single Audit Act audits has been released. Its release and formal issuance as Appendix XI to 2 C.F.R. Part 200 was [...]
The Health Subcommittee of the House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup hearing on May 17, 2023 to discuss a series of bills relating to transparency and competition in [...]
Health center Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) annual redeeming applications are due by June 23, 2023. The requirements for redeeming for CY 2024 are described in Program Assistance Letter 2023-01 (PAL 2023-01), "Calendar [...]
On April 12, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to strengthen the federal privacy protections for reproductive health records. The NPRM seeks to address [...]
In her update to the National Grants Management Association (NGMA) this morning at NGMA’s annual training conference in Washington, DC, Deidre Harrison, Deputy Controller, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), announced that [...]
The month of March brought several significant new developments for the certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) program. CCBHCs are outpatient safety-net behavioral health providers that, among a variety of program requirements, [...]
On March 8, 2023, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) updated its resource, Health Center Program FAQs, to include new and modified FAQs related to the Health Center Program, with a [...]
On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the withdrawal of three “outdated” health care antitrust policy statements that had been issued jointly by the DOJ and Federal Trade [...]
