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FTCA Protection for Naloxone Prescribing and Dispensing
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 17, [...]
FTLF Attorneys to Present at the 2022 NACHC Community Health Institute (CHI)
FTLF attorneys H. Scott Johnson, Jr., Jacqueline Leifer, Dianne Pledgie, Jason Reddish, and Marcie Zakheim will speak at the upcoming 2022 National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute & EXPO. The [...]
HHS OIG Issues Special Alert: Fraud and Abuse Risks in Telemedicine Arrangements
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 telemedicine [...]
OSHA’s Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS): What’s Left and What’s Next
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 danger [...]
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Expands Medicaid CCBHC Program
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 for [...]
340B Hospitals Score Big Supreme Court Win in Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement Discrimination Challenge
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 Medicaid [...]
ONC Releases Details on Info Blocking Complaints
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 their [...]
CLIENT ALERT: OIG Encourages Compliance Programs for Grantees and Health Care Providers Serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Communities
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 programs [...]
FTLF Attorney to Present at CPCA’s 2022 Financial Conference
This week, FTLF Partner Susannah V. Gopalan will present at the California Primary Care Association’s 2022 Financial Conference for CFOs and Billing Managers in San Diego, CA, on May 18, 2022. During her [...]
FTLF Attorneys Selected as 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Washington, D.C. – Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (FTLF) is proud to announce that 12 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized on the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers list for 2022. Three of [...]
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