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More Reason to Jab: CMS Issues Emergency Regulation Requiring Most Health Care Employees at Medicare or Medicaid Certified Providers and Suppliers to Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations
November 5th, 2021
Introduction On November 5, 2021, CMS published a new Interim Final Rule revising the requirements of participation for Medicare and Medicaid certified providers and suppliers to include a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for provider and supplier st…
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Reasonable and Necessary, Breakthroughs in Reverse; CMS Changes Course on Breakthrough Medicare Device Coverage and Definition of “Reasonable and Necessary”
October 14th, 2021
Introduction On September 1, 2020, CMS published a new proposed rule designed to create a streamlined Medicare coverage pathway for new and innovative medical devices deemed “breakthrough” by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Had the…
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Getting Into the Gory Details: Detailed COVID-19 Information About Nursing Homes Publicly Available on CMS.gov
September 29th, 2021
On September 21, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new feature on Medicare.gov to make it easier for people to check for COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff and residents. This tool is a result o…
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Virginia Board of Medicine Prioritizes Patient Access to Services in New Telemedicine Guidance Document
July 26th, 2021
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses had to find new, evolving ways to continue to provide goods and services safely to their clients and patients. Health care providers were no exception; however, emergency federal and state telemedicin…
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EEOC Gives Employers a Jab: The Employer’s Right to Require Vaccinations and to Give Them
June 8th, 2021
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has maintained published guidance on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts existing US labors laws, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Title VII of the Civi…
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The LTC Jab: CMS Publishes New Interim Final Rule on COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements in Long-Term and Intermediate Care Facilities
June 2nd, 2021
On May 21, 2021, a new CMS Interim Final Rule went into effect that imposes COVID-19 vaccination requirements on Long-Term and Intermediate Care Facilities (LTCFs and ICFs-IID). This Client Advisory will address these new requirements and will highli…
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The Beginning of the End? CMS Begins Ending Emergency COVID-19 Blanket Waivers
April 12th, 2021
In response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, CMS implemented blanket waivers to several regulations to allow nursing facilities the flexibility necessary to respond to the pandemic. As the pandemic begins to wane, CMS expects to roll the Soci…
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Seven Year Regulatory Cycle: Revisions to the State Medical Facilities Plan for Cardiac Catheterization and Occupancy Standards for Nursing Home Beds Effective March 31, 2021
April 2nd, 2021
Revisions to the State Medical Facilities Plan (“SMFP”)—to be replaced over the next 2 years by the State Health Services Plan (“SHSP”)—took effect March 31, 2021. These revisions (1) implement new review criteria for cardiac catheterizat…
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The Designated Support Person: A Different Kind of DSP
March 29th, 2021
Introduction Governor Northam recently signed into law a statute that will require certain licensed medical facilities in Virginia to always allow “designated support persons” to visit and assist patients with disabilities. This statute will be e…
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CMS Finalizes New Value Based Arrangement and Cybersecurity Exceptions and New Guidance for Complying with Stark Law
February 2nd, 2021
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…
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