Apr 10, 2020 | COVID-19 Legal Update
By now, your practice may have received a payment via automatic deposit with the designation, “HHSPAYMENT.” This is NOT part of the Advance Payment Program. Instead, this is a separate payment under the CARES Act “Provider Relief Fund.” According to a press...
Apr 9, 2020 | COVID-19 Legal Update
On April 8, 2020, Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order No. 25, entitled “An Order to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 By Limiting Non-Emergency Healthcare Procedures” (“Executive Order 25”). A copy of the order may be found here. Executive Order 25 went into effect...
Apr 9, 2020 | COVID-19 Legal Update
On April 7, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has already delivered nearly $34 billion to healthcare providers through “the expansion of the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program to ensure providers and suppliers have the...
Apr 8, 2020 | COVID-19 Legal Update
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a temporary rule regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Our previous coverage of DOL’s Q&A Guidance can be found here and here. The DOL also previously issued a sample notice...
Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Legal Update
CMS has issued temporary regulatory waivers to provide flexibility for the healthcare system to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including a relaxation of the physician self-referral prohibitions of the Stark law and its implementing...
Apr 3, 2020 | COVID-19 Legal Update
Within the past 36 hours, the federal government has promulgated four new sets of regulations and guidance based on legislation passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Copies of these materials may be found here: US Department of the Treasury – Interim Final...
