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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) jointly with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a temporary rule, effective May 11, 2023, extending flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled substances thr… Read More

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its intent to end the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”) on May 11, 2023. With the end of the PHE comes the end of federal regulatory waivers and flexibilities that have in some instan… Read More

On January 3, 2023, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Licensure and Certification (OLC) launched Phase I of a new online application portal.[1] The new VDH OLC Portal is available on OLC’s website at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/lic… Read More

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (“CMS”) published revised guidance on the Requirements of Participation (“ROP”) and standards for Long-Term Care (“LTC”) facilities on June 29, 2022. The updated guidance clarifies and correc… Read More

On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Final Rule updating the physician self-referral law (“Stark Law”) located at 42 CFR 411. Originally proposed in 2018, the Final Rule establishes new except… Read More

As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued, health care providers have adjusted to a new reality of providing health care services to patients through telehealth and other means designed to mitigate the spread of the virus. With these new practices come… Read More

Introduction During the 2020 session, the Virginia General Assembly enacted several new laws addressing the evolving employer-worker relationship in a gig economy. Although the appropriate classification of workers as independent contractors versus e… Read More

Introduction On September 1, 2020, CMS published a new proposed rule that would create a streamlined Medicare coverage pathway for new and innovative medical devices that are deemed “breakthrough” by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).… Read More