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Important Changes to FFCRA Leave Requirements – Including a Change to the Definition of Health Care Provider

September 21, 2020 Healthcare

On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations addressing the availability of employee leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). These regulations were issued in response to a federal court finding that the DOL exceeded its authority in its original regulations. The FFCRA,…

Post-COVID-19: Emerging Healthcare Trends

September 3, 2020 Healthcare

Telework How long have we heard that telemedicine is the wave of the future? For at least a decade, the biggest impediments to the general acceptance of telemedicine have been widespread consumer acceptance, widespread usage of technological platforms, privacy concerns, and payment rate disincentives.  Fear can be an amazing motivator….

Temporary Blanket Waivers for Certain Stark Law Penalties

April 21, 2020 Healthcare

Among the many federal agency actions taken in response to the health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak is an interesting and much-unpublicized one related to the Stark Law, a healthcare fraud and abuse law that prohibits physicians from referring patients for certain designated health services paid for by…

The Expansion in Telehealth through the CARES Act

March 31, 2020 Legislation

The recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act strongly supports the use of telehealth, removes barriers to its use, and undeniably acknowledges that access to telehealth is fundamental in defeating the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth is a powerful technology that enables patients geographically separated from healthcare providers to…