Category: coronavirus

coronavirus / COVID-19 / General / Litigation

Coronavirus Lawsuits Against Healthcare Providers are on the Rise

Among its many impacts, the coronavirus pandemic has already spawned hundreds of employment and health-related lawsuits, with even more litigation likely as businesses continue to bring back workers and increase operations.  Many of these lawsuits have been aimed at employers in the healthcare sector and relate to workplace safety, retaliation, and wrongful termination or wrongful...

CMS Guidance / coronavirus / COVID-19

CMS Issues Interim Final Rule to Enforce COVID-19 Reporting Requirements

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published an Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register on September 2, 2020 to supplement and strengthen the agency’s enforcement of COVID-19 reporting requirements.  The final rule also modifies various aspects of Medicare reimbursement methodologies for health plans, physicians, and other providers.  This post summarizes each of...

coronavirus / COVID-19 / False Claims Act / Healthcare Fraud and Abuse / Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement

False Claims Act Exposure for Beneficiaries of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Relief Fund: Mitigating Risks of Ambiguous Terms & Conditions

The Dorsey Health Law blog team keeps readers up-to-date on relevant topics in the health care industry. In order to do so, the members of the blog team communicate regularly with other practice groups within the firm for applicable updates from client publications. For this post, we would like to thank Andrew Brantingham, Ross C....

CMS Guidance / coronavirus / COVID-19 / EMTALA

CMS Provides Additional COVID-19 EMTALA Guidance for Hospitals

On March 9, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a memorandum describing hospitals’ continuing obligations with respect to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”) during the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”). Check out our previous blog post on this topic here. Last week, in response to a growing number...

CMS Guidance / coronavirus / COVID-19 / False Claims Act / Stark

CMS Issues Explanatory Guidance on Stark Law Blanket Waivers

As we explained in our prior blog post, on March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued certain blanket waivers of sanctions under the federal physician self-referral law (or “Stark Law”) for “COVID-19 Purposes” (the “Stark Blanket Waivers”), which are available here. On April 21, 2020, CMS issued explanatory guidance, available...

coronavirus / COVID-19 / Employee Benefits / ERISA / Health Insurance / Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement

The “War” Between Out-of-Network Providers and Insurers Spreads Into COVID-19 Territory

ERISA litigators know that a war has been raging between “out-of-network” medical providers, on one hand, and the entities that insure and administer group health plans, on the other (collectively, “Insurers”). For years, out-of-network providers have been suing plans and Insurers claiming they were “underpaid” for their medical services, often to the tune of millions...

coronavirus / COVID-19

The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act: Summary of “Phase 3.5” COVID-19 Stimulus Package

On Friday, April 24, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act,” colloquially referred to as “Phase 3.5.” Phase 3.5 comes on the heels of three much larger bills passed into law intended to address the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The first three phases, the Coronavirus...

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Alissa Smith

Alissa represents health systems, hospitals, pharmacies, long-term care providers, home he...

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Andrew Brantingham

Andrew's experience spans a wide range of industries, and has particular depth in the he...

Rebecca Brommel

Becki assists clients in the areas of litigation and administrative law with an emphasi...

Katie Cownie

Katie has worked on business and corporate issues for more than 20 years. Many of the cli...

Ross C. D'Emanuele

Ross works in the health care provider, payor, and drug and medical device segments of...

Adam Freed

Adam provides strategic advice to health care providers through all stages of transact...

Andrew Holly

Andrew represents clients in a wide range of complex civil matters.

Michael Jenkins

Mike serves clients in highly regulated industries, including health care and gaming, as ...

Stephen P. Lucke

Steve represents businesses, employers, insurers, and fiduciaries in ERISA, consumer ...

Neal N. Peterson

Neal regularly advises clients regarding compliance with laws specific to the health indus...

Claire H. Topp

Claire works in three diverse sectors – health care, tax exempt organizations, and stand...

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Nick Bullard

Nick is a trial associate in Dorsey’s office in Minneapolis. His practice foc...

Nathan Ebnet

As an associate in Dorsey's trial group, Nate Ebnet helps clients achieve their g...

Elizabeth Greiter

Elizabeth’s practice involves healthcare transactional work and advising client...

Randall Hanson

Randall is an associate in Dorsey’s health transactions and regulations practice group.

Shira Hauschen

Shira is Managing Principal of Dorsey Health Strategies. Shira has advised cli...

Alan Iverson

Alan is a litigator in Dorsey’s trial group with a focus on clients in...

Carson Lamb

Carson’s transactional practice focuses on aiding clients in navigating...

Mackenzie McNaughton

With experience in a broad range of tax issues, Mackenzie is able to pro...

Vanessa J. Szalapski

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Charis Zimmick

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