Recent News and Industry Developments

May 8, 2020 Effective today, May 8, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a new Rule (the “Rule”) concerning updated COVID-19 reporting requirements for nursing homes.… Read more »

May 7, 2020 On April 30, 2020, Hancock Daniel issued a Client Advisory titled Clarification or Confusion: CMS Updates Previously Issued Guidance Regarding Compliance With EMTALA During The COVID-19 Public… Read more »

May 7, 2020 Congratulations to our attorneys who have been named as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for the year 2020. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers… Read more »

May 4, 2020 FFCRA ENFORCEMENT BEGINS The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) April 20, 2020, news release confirmed its temporary period of non-enforcement of paid leave protections under the Families… Read more »

April 30, 2020 On March 30, 2020, CMS released guidance document QSO-20-15-REVISED (Memorandum) that added additional information to its guidance document (QSO-20-15) previously issued on March 9, 2020, regarding hospital… Read more »

April 29, 2020 On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order 60 (EO-60)[1] to provide immunity from certain liability to health care providers responding to the COVID-19… Read more »

April 28, 2020 On April 24, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Quality, Safety & Oversight Memorandum (the “Memorandum”) titled “Nursing Home Five Star Quality… Read more »

April 24, 2020 On April 24, 2020, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act of 2020 into law. This $480 billion stimulus package is primarily… Read more »

April 23, 2020 The Virginia General Assembly convened on January 8, 2020, with Democrats controlling both the House of Delegates and the Senate for the first time in 20 years.… Read more »

April 22, 2020 On April 19, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced upcoming rulemaking which will require nursing homes to notify residents and resident representatives of… Read more »

April 21, 2020 THE MERIT-BASED INCENTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM (MIPS) Implemented in 2017, CMS’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) has shifted Medicare Part B providers to a performance-based payment system. Prior to… Read more »