June 30, 2016 The United States saw over 14,000 people die from opioid overdose in 2014. In an effort to stop this epidemic, numerous federal and state agencies have published… Read more »
June 30, 2016 Regulations promulgated by the Virginia Board of Medicine already govern practice requirements for certain anesthesia used in an office setting. Effective July 27, 2016, amendments to these… Read more »
June 16, 2016 In a unanimous decision released today in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar, the Supreme Court held that the implied certification theory can be… Read more »
June 16, 2016 On June 8, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released its Mid-Year Update to the Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2016… Read more »
June 13, 2016 On May 13, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010.… Read more »
May 26, 2016 A bill introduced in the House last week—H.R. 5273, the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HHIPCA)—would expand grandfathering to some provider-based departments affected by… Read more »
May 19, 2016 Earlier this week, the Obama Administration issued its long-awaited changes to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime regulations. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that an additional… Read more »
May 9, 2016 On May 2, 2016, the Railroad Retirement Board published an interim final rule that would double penalties under the False Claims Act in 2016. The news from… Read more »
May 4, 2016 On May 3, 2016, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final rule, updating the fire protection guidelines for several types of health care… Read more »
May 3, 2016 On April 27, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the highly anticipated proposed rule that would implement major provisions of the Medicare Access… Read more »
