July 25, 2023
On July 20, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a joint letter to 130 entities, including hospital systems and telehealth providers, which highlighted the [...]
July 18, 2023
Last week, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations released its Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The proposed legislation provides [...]
July 18, 2023
FTLF will be hosting a webinar on both CMS Notices of Proposed Rule Making on August 3 at 1 p.m. ET that will cover the developments discussed below. For more information and [...]
June 8, 2023
Today the Supreme Court upheld long-standing precedent that protects the right to file suit in federal court against State and local agencies whose practices violate rights supplied by the U.S. Constitution and [...]
June 2, 2023
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 [...]
May 24, 2023
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), [...]
May 22, 2023
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 [...]
May 18, 2023
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 [...]
May 8, 2023
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), [...]
April 14, 2023
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 [...]