By: Lindsay K. Scott
On February 24, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will be distributing another $560 million of the Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 General Distribution payments this week. Over 1,000 Kentucky health care providers have received an aggregate of $181 million in aid through Phase 4 of the CARES ...
By: Lindsay K. Scott
On February 23, 2022, the Chief Counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) presented to the Federal Bar Association’s 2022 virtual qui tam conference that the OIG is actively investigating and pursuing civil monetary penalties for cases of provider fraud relating to the CARES ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
On February 18, 2022, President Biden announced he is extending the national emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported previously, it was set to expire on March 1, 2022, but with President Biden’s announcement, it will now extend beyond March 1, 2022.
In his letter to Congress providing notice of the ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
On February 14, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it has awarded nearly $55 million to 29 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded health centers. This award of funds is in response to the significant growth in virtual visits reported by health centers and fueled by the ...
By: Lexy G. Holland
Employees who would have previously been required to arbitrate claims of sexual assault or harassment will be able to bring those claims to court under a new bill passed by both houses of Congress. It is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden soon.
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
A report by Modern Healthcare asserts that the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), a program promulgated by the Health Resources and Services Administration that provides reimbursement to qualified healthcare providers for healthcare related expenses or lost revenues due to COVID-19, is expected to run out of money by the spring ...
By: Stephen C. Hall
When the innovators of a new medical device made their invention in 1998, they may have hoped to sell the technology to a larger company, but they probably didn’t anticipate that doing so would lead to a Supreme Court case twenty-three years later. Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., 141 S. Ct. 2298, (June 29, 2021). The ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on February 3, 2022 that those enrolled in either Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage will be able to get free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests. Over-the-counter tests that have been approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be ...