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CMS Expands FQHCs’ Flexibility to Furnish Telehealth Services During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Posted May 26, 2020 By Susannah Vance Gopalan

On May 8, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a regulation exercising additional flexibility relating to… Read More

OCR Issues COVID-19 Guidance on Disclosure of PHI to the Media

Posted May 7, 2020 By Dianne K. Pledgie

Earlier this week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a COVID-19 Guidance on Disclosure of PHI to the Media (“Guidance”) reminding covered… Read More

HHS Releases New Information on Claims Reimbursement for Testing and Treatment to Health Care Providers and Facilities Serving the Uninsured under the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund

Posted April 28, 2020 By Susannah Vance Gopalan

In statements issued in recent days, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has described the timeline and parameters for a program… Read More

CMS Releases Implementing Guidance on FQHCs Furnishing Distant Site Medicare Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Emergency

Posted April 17, 2020 By Susannah Vance Gopalan

On April 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance implementing Section 3704 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,… Read More

FTLF Attorneys Recognized in the 2020 Super Lawyers Listing

Posted April 17, 2020

Washington, DC – Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell (LLP) is proud to announce that 17 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized on the 2020… Read More

CMS’s New COVID-19 Medicare FAQs Provide Detail on FQHCs’ Flexibility to Provide Virtual Services During the COVID-19 Emergency

Posted April 14, 2020 By Susannah Vance Gopalan

On April 9, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicare… Read More

OIG Exempts Certain Arrangements from Sanctions During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Posted April 14, 2020 By Adam J. Falcone

In recognition of “the unique circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak,” the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department… Read More

Feldesman Tucker Publishes a Federal Grantees’ Guide on the Government’s Response to the Coronavirus Public Health Emergency

Posted April 10, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC — Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (FTLF) has developed a new white paper to assist clients and industry… Read More

FCC Moving Fast to Initiate COVID-19 Telehealth Program: $200 Million in Additional Telehealth Infrastructure Funding for Certain Entities Including Health Centers

Posted April 10, 2020 By Carrie Bill Riley & Scott S. Sheffler & Susannah Vance Gopalan

Though it is not at the forefront of national coverage, there is an important program for telehealth infrastructure support within the Coronavirus… Read More

CLIENT ALERT: Patient Confidentiality During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Posted April 8, 2020 By Dianne K. Pledgie

Each week brings additional information and guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) related to the applicability and… Read More