Many of our healthcare and business law firm’s clients have an interest in offering more flexibility to patients. Common flexibilities we see include offering alternative pay structures and virtual visits. Since COVID-19, the use of telemedicine visits has increased and remains higher than pre-pandemic levels. Complying with telemedicine rules requires…
Given the increased use of telehealth during the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) passed a final rule modifying the rules around when Medicare will reimburse for mental health visits. A previous blog post analyzed Federal laws and rules governing telehealth visits, including the…
Previous blog posts provided an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (“CMS”) Vaccine Mandate and addressed whether boosters are required. To continue supporting our healthcare and business law firm’s clients, herein we have tackled more specific questions about CMS’s Vaccine Mandate. This blog post outlines CMS’s current…
Our previous blog post provided an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) Vaccine Mandate and addressed two basic questions of the mandate: What providers are covered and what’s the timeline to comply? Many of our healthcare and business law firm’s clients have additional questions about the…
Many of our healthcare and business law firm’s clients have questions about whether CMS’ vaccine mandate (a.k.a. the “federal healthcare worker vaccine mandate”) applies to their workforce. The vaccine mandate landscape is evolving. For instance, the OSHA vaccine mandate applicable to 100+ employee-businesses was overruled by the Supreme Court. The…
Last week, our blog post discussed the general rules permitting telemedicine in Georgia. Often, our healthcare and business law firm’s provider clients who conduct telemedicine also need to understand the requirements around prescribing controlled substances based on telemedicine visits. This post intends to outline some of the relevant prescribing rules…
As a healthcare and business law firm, we work with many employers and employees to navigate complex employment matters, oftentimes with an eye towards federal employment regulations. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted employment in the United States. Now that the Country is reopening and people are returning to work, a…
As a healthcare and business law firm, we work with may healthcare providers and employers who wish to integrate telehealth into their business models and, understandably, have questions. What is telehealth versus telemedicine? What laws and rules govern the practice of telemedicine? Has COVID-19 impacted telemedicine? Etc. This post intends…
As a healthcare and business law firm, we assist many clinical laboratories in compliance and regulatory matters, and because of COVID-19, Georgia has seen a rise in the number of clinical laboratories. A compliance question faced by many of our clients, particularly those who conduct COVID-19 testing, is how to…
Last week, we posted Part 1 of this blog series. Therein, you will find a discussion of employment discrimination laws that are potentially triggered when an employee requests to telework for health, safety, or disability reasons. In Part 2, we examine how the state of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic…