Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff.

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Health Law Advisor

APRIL 12, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its plan for termination of the existing notifications of enforcement discretion related to the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023.

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Verisys

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

– The best resource for monthly healthcare regulatory compliance updates. Compliance Updates: November 2023 Here is our monthly regulatory update. A big thanks to our compliance team, who monitors state, federal, and international updates. The post November 2023 Regulatory Compliance Updates appeared first on Verisys.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A "consistent, transparent compliance and enforcement mechanisms" must also be established. THE LARGER CONTEXT The APAC remote care market, which is further segmented into telemedicine, health IT and analytics, and mobile health, has seen 15% annual growth since 2016; it can still grow to 20% each year until 2031, the report noted.

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Health Law RX

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The first rule, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (the “OSHA Rule”), will require private employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that each of their workers is either fully vaccinated, or tests negative for COVID-19 at least once per week. The OSHA Rule. and wear a face covering.” Verification.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

CMS Updates to beneficiary PHE waivers that matter to healthcare compliance Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC, contributes regularly to the YouCompli blog. In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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Health Law Gurus

DECEMBER 31, 2020

During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the “CMS”) relaxed some rules to expand access to telehealth, including through audio-only communication platforms. With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the public health emergency is expected to be brought to an end.

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