April 17, 2020
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Labor and the Department of Treasury issued joint guidance this week that will be helpful to employers that sponsor group health plans and insurers that provide health insurance coverage or provide third party administration services to group health plans. To ...
April 3, 2020
On April 2, 2020, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that, under its enforcement discretion, it will not impose penalties for violations of certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule against health care providers or their business associates for their good faith uses ...
April 2, 2020
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) released temporary regulations that, among other things, clarify what documentation an employer should gather when employees seek leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Click here to read the full article.
April 24, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program under the CARES Act to help health care providers seeking to provide connected care services to patients at their homes or mobile locations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 13, 2020, the FCC published a Notice that it ...
April 2, 2020
All 403(b) retirement plans are yet another area impacted by COVID-19. These retirement plans (sponsored by nonprofits and governmental entities) were required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to completely restate their plans by March 31, 2020 to reflect changes in the law since 2010 in order to receive retroactive relief back ...
April 2, 2020
As indicated immediately above, the DOL issued a new temporary rule regarding paid leave requirements for employers under FFCRA. Of note to healthcare employers, however, is that FFCRA provides an exemption for “health care providers” and “emergency responders” from these paid leave requirements. In its Frequently ...
March 17, 2020
The rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic has cast a cloud of uncertainty over all aspects of routine decision-making. Everyday life continues to be affected as society grapples with the most effective way to adapt and move forward. Linked here is an article written for the Memphis Business Journal which offers several ...
April 21, 2020
In the weeks that have followed the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, business owners and their advisors have been parsing legislation and devouring piecemeal guidance issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA) concerning the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Click here to read ...
April 10, 2020
On April 3rd the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced that a portion of the $100 billion of funding for health care providers under the CARES Act will be used to cover providers’ costs of delivering COVID-19 care for the uninsured. Providers will be reimbursed at Medicare rates and are not permitted ...
April 10, 2020
CMS announced on April 6th that it had issued specific guidance for processing attestation statements from Medicare-enrolled Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) temporarily enrolling as hospitals during the emergency. See CMS Memo to State Survey Agency Directors, dated April 3, 2020 (Ref: QSO-20-24-ASC). As previously ...