The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economics Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provided additional funding for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (“Department”) Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (the “Fund”) to assist health care providers. The Department’s guidance indicates that the following “providers” that would qualify for funds are large organizations and …
The CARES Act: Changes Specifically Impacting Health Care Providers and Suppliers
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act (the “Act”). The purpose of the Act is to address the numerous areas impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including public health, business, economic, and others. This article sets forth major impacts of …
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What Health Care Providers and Suppliers Need to Know about the New Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act
The CARES Act establishes a new loan program for small businesses during the period starting on March 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020, and in certain situations forgiveness of such loan, which many health care providers and suppliers should review. Known as “7(a) Paycheck Protection Program loans” (“PPP Loans”), businesses in the health …
CARES Act Expands Funding and Medicare Coverage For Telehealth Services
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, provides a number of important expansions of telehealth coverage during the public health emergency affecting those in rural areas and home health care patients and establishes significant funding for enhancement of telehealth services by updating …
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SUD Program Privacy Rules Modified by CARES ACT
In this country, people who need Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment often choose not to pursue professional treatment, not because of the cost, but because there is a societal negative stigma attached to the disease. In 1975, the federal government acted to eliminate the stigma and simultaneously encourage people suffering from SUD to voluntarily ask …
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Temporary Relaxation of Supervision and Credential Requirements for Healthcare Providers
On March 29, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-30 temporarily suspending a number of supervision and credential requirements applicable to healthcare providers. These changes are intended to remain in effect during the public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and apply only to healthcare providers currently in possession of a license in …
FAQs Regarding the Coronavirus and Health Care Providers – UPDATED 3/24/20
UPDATED: March 24, 2020 As our country faces the coronavirus head-on, Dickinson Wright’s health care law attorneys are actively assisting health care providers in understanding their legal obligations on matters relating to the situation. Our team has put together some FAQs from health care providers regarding these legal obligations and our recommendations, including general, nationwide …
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Compliance Outside of Health Care
Many providers are familiar with compliance in a health care context. They know to make agreements compliant with the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, for instance. But the keys to a good compliance system (policies and procedures, designation of a compliance officer/committee, training and education, communication, ethics and culture, top-down compliance, enforcement, auditing and …
Accurately and Thoroughly Conduct a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis – Or Risk a $100,000 Fine (or More)
On the surface, it seems like an obvious choice – follow the law and avoid the risk of a hefty fine – but health care providers may learn the hard way that implementing HIPAA Security Rule requirements is, in fact, more complicated than it might first seem. According to a recent U.S. Department of Health …
Healthcare Attorney Spotlight: Ralph Levy
Ralph Levy is Of Counsel in the Health Care practice at Dickinson Wright, assisting and advising entrepreneurs and owners of closely-held businesses in operationalizing their business plans, including the estate planning, business succession and tax planning issues thereof. He has over 40 years of experience in counseling clients in the Health Care arena both in …
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