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 [...]
April 19, 2022
As you may be aware, a component of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”) termed “Build America, Buy America” or “BABA” (Pub. L. 117-58, Div. G, Tit. IX (Nov. 15, 2021)) [...]
April 7, 2022
The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced via its website that for “each PRF Reporting Period,” a provider may file a request to [...]
March 15, 2022
As per the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website, the PRF Reporting Portal for Period 2 will close after 11:59 PM ET on March 31, [...]
March 15, 2022
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (CAA 2022), Pub. L. No. 117-103, a comprehensive funding bill that extends certain flexibilities that were permitted during the coronavirus [...]
January 27, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it is withdrawing its emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers were either fully [...]
January 19, 2022
On November 5, 2021, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring covered facilities, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), to develop policies and procedures [...]
January 14, 2022
In a per curiam opinion, a divided United States Supreme Court stayed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS), thereby rejecting the immediate imposition of a [...]