February 7, 2023
On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the withdrawal of three “outdated” health care antitrust policy statements that had been issued jointly by the DOJ and Federal Trade [...]
February 1, 2023
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on Monday in favor of drug manufacturers AstraZeneca, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk in their challenge against attempts by the Health Resources [...]
January 17, 2023
On December 27, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a guidance document relating to the obligations of Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) to issue a good faith estimate [...]
January 9, 2023
On January 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start (OHS) promulgated a Final Rule updating the Interim Final Rule [...]
January 4, 2023
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 2023), H.R. 2617, a comprehensive law funding government operations. For Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), the law contains [...]
October 6, 2022
As of October 6, 2022, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)’s Cures Act Final Rule (known as the Info Blocking Rule) applies to all electronic health information (EHI). Prior to October [...]
October 3, 2022
On September 27, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start (OHS) issued Information Memorandum (IM) ACF-IM-HS-22-07 on Reporting Child Health [...]
September 30, 2022
Given the “current high levels of [COVID] vaccine- and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools”, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its COVID-19 [...]
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 [...]
May 12, 2022
The Office of Management and Budget has released the 2022 Compliance Supplement for Single Audit Act (Subpart F) audits. The OMB federal register notice announcing release is available here. The Compliance Supplement is [...]