New law effective July 1, 2025 Virginia hospitals must prepare to have a workplace violence incident reporting system and program in place by July 1, 2025. The new statute outlines… Read more »
November 27, 2024 On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released its long-awaited Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program… Read more »
September 26, 2024 The Reimbursement Team at Hancock, Daniel & Johnson, P.C. provides legal representation to providers and health systems embroiled in disputes with government and private payors. When these… Read more »
June 5, 2024 On May 2, 2024, CMS released its proposed rule regarding Quality Programs Requirements, which is open for public comments until June 10, 2024. This rule is intended… Read more »
May 10, 2024 The Supreme Court of Nevada recently issued perhaps the strongest opinion to date on the issue of the waiver (or more specifically, lack thereof) of the confidentiality… Read more »
April 26, 2024 On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved a new rule, on a 3-2 party line vote, prospectively prohibiting non-compete restrictions in any type of… Read more »
April 25, 2024 On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its final rule on Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (“LTC”) Facilities and Medicaid… Read more »
April 25, 2024 On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) went into effect. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has now issued its final regulation to… Read more »
Updated April 15, 2024 The Virginia General Assembly has passed two identical bills in the 2024 session to: 1) expand access to the SafeHaven program to dentists and dental hygienists;… Read more »
March 1, 2024 The Virginia General Assembly has passed two identical bills in the 2024 session to: 1) expand access to the SafeHaven program to dentists and dental hygienists; 2)… Read more »
