17 May, 2021 HEERF audit guide and webinar recording now available By Scott Goldschmidt Jayna Rust On March 31, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General published its "Guide for Compliance Attestation...
16 Apr, 2021 What you need to know about CMS’s recovery of COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments By Nicole Jobe Background on Accelerated and Advance Payments In March of 2020, CMS expanded the COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments (CAAP)...
08 Apr, 2021 Permanent changes finally coming to telehealth By Mackenzie Wallace As a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, telehealth has evolved and will continue to evolve. As part of this evolution, CMS...
03 Feb, 2021 HHS provides updated guidance on Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements By Nicole Jobe On January 15, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced it has amended the reporting timeline for those who...
28 Dec, 2020 Nine Bankruptcy Code amendments included in latest appropriations bill By David Warfield David Farrell On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriation Act ("CAA") was signed into law. The nearly 5,600-page bill is reportedly the...
28 Oct, 2020 Additional updates to the Provider Relief Fund By Nicole Jobe On October 22, 2020, HHS updated its reporting guidance to revise the methodology for calculating lost revenue and expanded the...
26 Oct, 2020 Provider Relief Fund updates: Phase 3 distribution and reporting requirements By Nicole Jobe As of October 28, we have updated Health Law Checkup with new guidance regarding Provider Relief Funds, available here. Phase 3...
21 Sep, 2020 State Emergency Declarations: When do they expire and what impact do they have for health care facilities and providers? By Thompson Coburn Attorney In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, states across the country have issued emergency declarations or disaster proclamations. These...
25 Aug, 2020 FDA and OSHA publish pandemic checklist to assist food industry By Thompson Coburn Attorney On August 19, 2020, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a...
24 Aug, 2020 HHS provides update for Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements By Nicole Jobe The Provider Relief Fund was established as part of the CARES Act to reimburse eligible health care providers for expenses or lost...
27 Jul, 2020 Trusted advisors: Altered reality - Rethinking retail lease clauses in the COVID era By Jeff Brown Aya Elalami This content originally appeared in the July 13 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal. The United States continues to feel the...
29 Jun, 2020 Blog Browse: As COVID-19 prompts more retail tenant bankruptcies, how should landlords and lenders respond? By Katharine Clark Cheryl Kelly Businesses that were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States are now facing the consequences of having to...
26 Jun, 2020 Chicago Bankruptcy Court holds rent may be reduced during Chapter 11 proceedings due to COVID-19 shutdown orders By Thompson Coburn Attorney A Chicago bankruptcy court recently ruled in In re Hitz Restaurant Group that a debtor’s obligation to pay rent during its bankruptcy...
23 Jun, 2020 COVID-19 crisis news environment found full of contradictions and concerns By Mark Sableman The coronavirus crisis has heightened both the need for reliable information and existing concerns about the growth of misinformation and...
17 Jun, 2020 Payday before mayday: The increasing use of pre-bankruptcy executive retention bonuses By David Farrell The initial wave of post-COVID Chapter 11 business bankruptcies has revealed an increasing tendency for senior executives of financially...
11 Jun, 2020 Be on the lookout for frequent changes being made to the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQs By Nicole Jobe The CARES Act provides for a $175 billion Provider Relief Fund, $50 billion of which is distributed through the general distribution. The...