5/15/2025 8:42:55 PM Trump Executive Orders seek to encourage reshoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing and research By Vicki Tankle Sarah Thompson Schick Matthew Loughran On May 5, the Trump Administration issued a pair of executive orders that could signal big changes for the drug industry and health...
6/7/2023 3:46:13 PM CMS Withdraws Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Taber Rueter Almost two years after issuing its Interim Final Rule requiring COVID-19 vaccination for certain health care works, the Centers for...
5/24/2023 2:45:31 PM HHS Amends and Extends COVID-19 PREP Act Declaration By Megan K. Ali Earlier this month, in response to the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”)...
4/25/2023 3:25:08 PM HHS Proposes Bridge Access Program for COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments By Peter Terreri On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced its plan to maintain access to COVID-19 vaccines...
1/31/2023 5:14:47 AM Administration may end public health emergencies in May 2023 By Matthew Loughran The Biden Administration plans to put an end to the COVID-19 health emergencies on May 11, 2023, according to a Statement of...
4/12/2022 6:00:25 PM Biden administration announces efforts to combat “Long COVID” By Megan K. Ali On April 8, 2022, President Biden issued a memorandum ordering his executive departments to take steps to combat the long term effects of...
4/8/2022 3:43:10 PM HRSA asks for comment on provider relief fund and ARP rural reporting requirements By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Sebnem Dugmeoglu In a notice published on April 7, 2022, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the division of HHS that manages the...
4/4/2022 10:10:07 PM Provider relief fund reporting: HRSA to recoup funds from providers who didn’t meet deadlines By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Sebnem Dugmeoglu The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) office, is taking...
3/28/2022 9:03:24 PM OSHA reopens comments on COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard By Nicole Aiken-Shaban James Holt Brittney Cafero Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has reopened the comment period on its June 2021 interim final rule...
2/25/2022 3:15:16 AM FBA’s 2022 Qui Tam Conference Puts Annual Spotlight on FCA Enforcement Trends and Developments By Selina Coleman Sara Brinkmann Andrew Lu On February 23, 2022, the Federal Bar Association (FBA) kicked off its fifth annual Qui Tam Conference to highlight key areas for False...
1/21/2022 3:00:05 PM CMS health care staff vaccination rule enforceable as challenges continue UPDATED By Matthew Loughran UPDATE 1/20/22: At the request of the state of Texas, the federal court has dismissed that state’s challenge to the Omnibus Covid-19...
11/5/2021 4:35:53 PM CMS issues interim final rule on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for health care workers By Matthew Loughran The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an interim final rule that changed the conditions of participation in...
8/4/2021 1:23:18 PM Health Care Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act By Samantha Beck On August 1, 2021, the Senate released the legislative text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the “Infrastructure Investment and...
7/15/2021 9:45:40 PM Consensus among HHS agencies on addressing social determinants of health through better data capture, interoperability By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Over the last decade, members of the medical and public health communities around the world have widely studied and acknowledged the...
7/1/2021 10:10:52 PM Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal open for reporting Period 1 By Caitlin Chambers On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Health Resources and Services Administration...
6/16/2021 9:29:02 PM Important updates to provider relief fund reporting requirements By Craig Anderson On June 11, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that it had released revised reporting requirements for...