Dorsey Health Law Blog

CMS Advisory Opinion Approves Parent and Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Qualifying as “Single Legal Entity” under the Stark “Group Practice” Definition

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released Advisory Opinion No. CMS-AO-2021-01 in June 2021, which gave the requestor the green light to provide designated health services (“DHS”) through wholly-owned subsidiaries while the parent and subsidiaries could qualify as a “single legal entity” under the “group practice” definition of the federal physician self-referral law...

Biden Administration Orders Long Term Care Facilities to Require COVID-19 Vaccinations To Receive Federal Funds; OSHA Issues Updated COVID-19 Recommendations For All Workplaces

As we have previously written, the landscape for employers in the time of COVID-19, particularly health care employers and long term care facilities, is ever-changing and quickly moving.  In the last year, health care employers have had to navigate state laws, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Living in a Virtual World: The Post-Pandemic Future of Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic required health care providers of all sizes to make drastic changes to the mode of patient care delivery. Telehealth quickly emerged as a safe alternative to in-person patient visits, and many providers quickly transitioned to virtual services. The pandemic-initiated expansion of telehealth was rapid and significant, but the pandemic likely accelerated existing...

SCOTUS ACA Ruling Allows Employers to Consider Improvements

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 Dorsey’s Steve Lucke, Melinda...

SCOTUS Denies Review of Dismissal at DOJ’s Request; Circuit Split Remains

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 Dorsey’s Christopher DeLong for...

Update Regarding Publication of OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard

On June 10, 2021, Dorsey’s Labor & Employment attorneys outlined an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) issued by OSHA.  At the time, the ETS was not an official regulation because it had not yet been published in the Federal Register.  On June 21, 2021, the ETS was published and, for covered healthcare employers, the compliance clock...

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rule for Healthcare Employers

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 Dorsey’s Rebecca Bernhard, Aaron...

Considerations for Health Care Employers under Iowa’s Vaccine Passport Law and Recent CDC, CMS and EEOC Guidelines

One of the last pieces of legislation the Iowa legislature sent to Governor Kim Reynolds’ desk for guaranteed signature was a bill banning vaccine passports in Iowa.  House File 889 contains several prohibitions regarding inquiries into a person’s COVID-19 vaccine status.  For entities that contract with the state government or otherwise receive state funding, the...