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CARES Act Summary of Provisions that Support America’s Health …

WEBSection 3831 – Extension for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs. The law revises the enhanced funding as set forth under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to extend the program past the May 22, 2020 deadline and provide an additional …

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Healthcare Fraud: A World Beyond the Anti-Kickback Statute

WEBAmericans spend more than $3 trillion per-year on healthcare-related expenses. Of that, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that between $60-250 billion is lost to fraud every year. [1] Not all of those losses, however, relate to taxpayer-funded health insurance programs—such as state and federal Medicaid/Medicare—but involve losses …

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Dorsey’s Third Annual Digital Health Conference

WEBSession III – Delivering Value in Behavioral Health Through the Use of Data and Technology (10:50 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.) Behavioral health disorders can have a tremendous impact on people’s lives, and, in fact, are a leading cause of disability. Behavioral health has been called the greatest unaddressed problem in healthcare today.

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White Papers: Understanding the Final Rules to Revise the

WEBThese changes, which are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care,” are the most significant changes to the Stark Law and AKS in a decade. There are hundreds of pages of preamble guidance and revised regulation text setting forth these sweeping changes from the Centers for

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Health Care Discrimination Litigation Gets a New Set of Teeth

WEBHealth industry companies should also consider having neutral business decisions reviewed to look for and minimize any actions with the potential to be viewed as having a disparate impact on a protected class, such as adopting new coverage exclusions in an insurance plan that may adversely affect transgender individuals; closing a clinic in …

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Healthcare Litigation Industries & Practices Dorsey

WEBThat’s why healthcare entities across the country turn to Dorsey for their most important litigation. With extensive industry experience and tested litigation skills, we bring an informed perspective to healthcare disputes. Dorsey represents clients in all areas of the healthcare industry, including: hospitals, clinics, specialty care centers

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OIG Issues Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards

WEBOn April 20, 2015, the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”), in collaboration with the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Care Compliance Association, issued a new guidance document to assist governing boards of …

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EHR ROI: Meaningful Use and Leveraging Your Electronic Health …

WEBThe Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 established significant financial incentives for eligible hospitals and providers to use a certified electronic health record (EHR) in a “meaningful” way. Many Minnesota hospitals and health care providers were already ahead of the game as they …

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contact Tracing: Strategies and Issues for Balancing Public …

WEBthat information with the Ministry of Health if a user tests positive .18 Public health authorities are able to use that data to trace the disease’s route of infection and to notify individ-uals who have come into close contact with a covId-19 positive person for a period of 30 minutes or longer .19

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The Convergence: Feds Level First Hybrid Healthcare- and

WEBThe health care charges result from an alleged scheme to submit to the Government over $69 million in false and fraudulent claims for the company’s allergy and COVID-19 test kits; the Securities Act charges result from an alleged related scheme to prop up Arrayit’s stock price based on false and misleading statements about its testing

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WHITE PAPER: UNDERSTANDING THE FINAL RULES TO …

WEBOn November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Ofice of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a sweeping set of final rules to amend the safe harbors under the Federal anti-kickback statute (“AKS”)1 and to amend the civil monetary penalty law (“CMP”) by codifying a revision to the definition of

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Antitrust 101 for Health Care Joint Ventures

WEBAntitrust 101 for Health Care Joint Ventures By John G. Liethen More health care organizations are facing antitrust scrutiny by state and federal regulators. Take some precau-tionary steps before embarking on a joint venture. The number of antitrust cases and investigations in the health care industry has increased during the past two years.

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The Supreme Court – June 24, 2022 News & Resources Dorsey

WEBEmpire Health Foundation challenged DHHS’s approach, arguing the statutory language required DHHS to exclude these patients from their calculation. The Ninth Circuit agreed with Empire. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court held that in calculating the Medicare fraction, individuals “entitled to [Medicare Part …

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Stark Regulatory Changes Effective January 1, 2022 Require

WEBIn changes to the special rules for payments based on a share of overall profits in the Final Rules, CMS added the words “all the” before “designated health services.” This means that the profits from all the DHS of the practice—or a component of the practice that consists of at least five physicians—must be aggregated before

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FFCRA Employment Benefit Exclusions for Health Care Providers

WEBThe Act provides that certain employees—“health care providers and emergency responders”—may be excluded from entitlement to both emergency family leave and emergency paid sick leave. Specifically, the Act provides, “An employer of an employee who is a health care provider or an emergency responder may elect to exclude such …

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OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination or Weekly Testing Mandate: Legal …

WEBDORSEY WEBINAR: OSHA’S COVID-19 “VACCINE OR TESTING” REQUIREMENT: UNDERSTANDING THE NEW RULE AND HOW TO NAVIGATE IT. Dorsey attorneys will be presenting a webinar on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 10:00 am CT where they will discuss best practices to navigate and comply with the COVID-19 …

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IRS Guidance on Reporting Health Care Costs on Form W-2

WEBJune 1, 2011. The IRS has issued Notice 2011-28 which provides guidance on reporting the cost of employer-provided health coverage on Form W-2, which will be required for Forms W-2 issued in January 2013 for the 2012 tax year. Employers should begin working with their payroll providers to assure compliance to avoid significant penalties for

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FCC Narrows the TCPA's Emergency Purpose Exception Amid

WEBHealth care providers may likewise benefit from this Ruling to send informational calls "designed to inform and update the public regarding measures to address the current pandemic." The benefit of this Ruling to hospitals is less obvious given the limited hospital specific example proffered by the FCC. However, some hospitals with time to

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HD0070020 CMS Stark Law Regulations

WEBJanuary 5, 2021. On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a sweeping set of final rules to revise regulations under the federal physician self-referral law (“Stark Law” or “Stark”),1 which were published in the Federal Register (available

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Iowa Passes New Law Related to COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates …

WEBOn October 29, 2021, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law legislation affecting the interplay between Iowa employers, employees, and COVID-19 vaccine requirements. Iowa’s new law, HF 902, sets up questions regarding what conflicts and issues will arise for employers and employees who are subject to current and …

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FTC and HHS Issue Important Guidance Applicable to Personal …

WEBOn April 16, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that requires vendors of personal health records, PHR related entities and third party service providers to take certain actions following the discovery of a breach of security of unsecured “PHR identifiable health information” in a personal health record.

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