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 ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on January 20, 2022 it has awarded $103 million to 45 grantees “to improve the retention in healthcare workers and help respond to the nation’s critical staffing needs by reducing burnout and promoting health and wellness among their healthcare ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on January 25, 2022 that it is distributing more than $2 billion in Provider Relief Funds (PRF) to more than 7,600 healthcare providers across the country this week. This is part of the Phase 4 General Distribution of PRF payments, bringing the total payments ...
By: Emily H. Lineweaver
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will be performing a nationwide audit of hospitals that received funding from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) to determine if hospitals complied with the balance billing requirement under the PRF’s terms and conditions. The PRF payments were intended ...
By: Carole D. Christian
On January 27, 2022 the Cabinet for Health and Family Services released the 2022 Update to the Kentucky State Health Plan (the “Plan”), with emergency and proposed amended regulations to implement the changes to the Plan and corresponding changes to the regulation providing for the simplified review process known ...
By: Michelle D. Wyrick
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has withdrawn its vaccine or test emergency temporary standard (“ETS”), which covered employers with 100 or more employees, effective January 26, 2022. OSHA took this path after the United States Supreme Court stayed the ETS on January 13, 2022.