AHLA News Archive - COVID-19

Access past AHLA articles related to the coronavirus pandemic:

Federal Government Ends Support For 13 Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Sites Including Seven In Texas (Health Law Daily, June 25, 2020)
Children’s Hospitals, Other Providers Claim They Were Excluded From COVID-19 Aid (Health Law Daily, June 24, 2020)
Trump Administration Says Insurers Not Required To Cover Work-Mandated COVID-19 Tests (Health Law Daily, June 24, 2020)
Pandemic May Delay Changes To Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law Regulations (Health Law Daily, June 23, 2020)
Pandemic Impacting Reliability Of Workplace Health Data As Experts Attempt To Understand Coronavirus’ Effect On Workplace Health (Health Law Daily, June 23, 2020)
Study Suggests Nursing Home Staffing, Quality Are Linked To COVID-19 Cases (Health Law Daily, June 22, 2020)
Hospitals Ask Congress For More Time To Repay CARES Act Medicare Loans (Health Law Daily, June 22, 2020)
COVID-19 Updates and Developments (Week of June 15) (Health Law Weekly, June 19, 2020)
Nursing Home Residents Account For Over A Quarter Of Coronavirus Deaths In US, Data Indicate (Health Law Daily, June 19, 2020)
HHS Says Health Care Providers Will Not Have To Submit Report On How They Spent COVID-19 Relief Grants By July 10 (Health Law Daily, June 19, 2020)
Senators Hope To Extend Telehealth Into Rural Areas Of US (Health Law Daily, June 17, 2020)
NIH Launches Centralized Nationwide Platform For Data On Patients With Coronavirus (Health Law Daily, June 17, 2020)
House Coronavirus Subcommittee Launches Probe Into Nursing Home Companies, CMS Pandemic Response (Health Law Daily, June 17, 2020)
FDA Withdraws Emergency Use Authorization For Hydroxychloroquine And Chloroquine As Treatments For Patients With COVID-19 (Health Law Daily, June 16, 2020)
CMS To Relax Enforcement Of Medical Loss Ratio Report Due To Pandemic (Health Law Daily, June 16, 2020)
Two Senators Introduce Bill That Would Create A $50 Million Fund For Remote Patient Monitoring Programs In Rural Areas (Health Law Daily, June 15, 2020)
Bill Seeks To Make Medicare Reimbursement For Some Telemedicine Services Permanent (Health Law Daily, June 15, 2020)
COVID-19 Updates and Developments (Week of June 8) (Health Law Weekly, June 12, 2020)
Some PPE Received From Government Is Unusable, Nursing Homes Say (Health Law Daily, June 12, 2020)
HHS Awards $8 Million To Expand Training And Assistance For Community Health Centers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (Health Law Daily, June 12, 2020)
US, State Health Officials Reportedly Refusing To Provide Native American Tribes With Coronavirus Data (Health Law Daily, June 12, 2020)
New York City EMS Workers Suing City For Allegedly Retaliating Against Them For Speaking Publicly On Experiences During Pandemic (Health Law Daily, June 12, 2020)
FDA Looks To Quickly Review Treatments, Tests For COVID-19, Commissioner Says (Health Law Daily, June 11, 2020)
New York Relaxes Requirements On Coronavirus Testing For Nursing Home Staff From Twice-Per-Week To Weekly (Health Law Daily, June 11, 2020)
HHS Announces It Will Distribute $25 Billion In COVID-19 Aid To Certain Hospitals (Health Law Daily, June 10, 2020)
Administration Recommends Health Care Facilities Provide Non-Emergency Care In Regions On Phase Two Of Reopening (Health Law Daily, June 10, 2020)
Verma Pushing For Expanded Telehealth Access Once COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Tackled (Health Law Daily, June 10, 2020)
CMS To Implement A “Glide Path” When Removing Temporary Waivers Implement During The Pandemic (Health Law Daily, June 9, 2020)
FDA May Delay Processing Of Applications That Don’t Address COVID-19 By A Month Or Two (Health Law Daily, June 9, 2020)
Texas Refuses To Release Data On COVID-19, Nursing Homes As CMS Releases Its Own Data (Health Law Daily, June 8, 2020)
COVID-19 Updates and Developments (Week of June 1) (Health Law Weekly, June 5, 2020)
US Laboratories To Be Required To Collect Demographic Information On Those Receiving Coronavirus Tests Beginning August 1 (Health Law Daily, June 5, 2020)
Bipartisan Members Of Congress Urge Trump Administration To Send Emergency COVID-19 Funding To Medicaid Providers (Health Law Daily, June 4, 2020)
HHS Alters Rules For $50B In COVID-19 Aid For Providers (Health Law Daily, June 3, 2020)
Almost 26,000 Nursing Home Residents Have Died From COVID-19, Feds Say (Health Law Daily, June 2, 2020)
Several Insurers Extend COVID-19 Testing Coverage Period (Health Law Daily, June 1, 2020)
Number Of Health Care Organizations That Breach Debt Covenants May Increase In 2020 Due To Pandemic (Health Law Daily, June 1, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of May 25) (Health Law Weekly, May 29, 2020)
Coronavirus Pandemic Continues To Impact Supplies Of Many Prescription Drugs (Health Law Daily, May 29, 2020)
Executives Say Lack Of Funding, Access To Testing Supplies Stopping Nursing Homes From Testing Staff, Residents For COVID-19 (Health Law Daily, May 29, 2020)
At Least Eight Lawsuits Filed Against Kansas Nursing Home Where 36 People Have Died From Coronavirus (Health Law Daily, May 29, 2020)
OSHA Opens Hundreds Of Inspections Of Health Care Facilities Due To Worker Deaths Or Hospitalizations (Health Law Daily, May 28, 2020)
Group Of Representatives Ask Congress To Extend Relaxed Telehealth Regulations To Collect More Data And Examine Whether The Changes Should Be Made Permanent (Health Law Daily, May 27, 2020)
Hospitals With Deep Financial Reserves Reportedly Receiving More Federal COVID-19 Aid Than Smaller, Poorer Hospitals (Health Law Daily, May 26, 2020)
HHS To Send Nursing Homes $4.9B In Coronavirus Aid (Health Law Daily, May 26, 2020)
At Least 50% Of States Unable To Meet White House Objective Of Testing All Nursing Home Residents, Workers, Analysis Finds (Health Law Daily, May 26, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of May 18) (Health Law Weekly, May 22, 2020)
Officials Invoking Provision Of Defense Production Act To Shield Companies From Antitrust Regulations In Effort To Bolster Medical Supplies (Health Law Daily, May 22, 2020)
FDA Removes 27 Companies From List Of Vendors Who Have Notified Agency They Are Selling Coronavirus Antibody Tests And Plan To Apply For Emergency Use Authorization (Health Law Daily, May 22, 2020)
GAO Report Finds Nursing Homes Were Doing Poor Job Of Preventing Infections Before Pandemic (Health Law Daily, May 22, 2020)
Group Of Unions Allege McLaren Health Care Hospitals Violated Labor Laws By Withholding Information On Finances, Personal Protective Equipment (Health Law Daily, May 22, 2020)
Critical-Access, Acute-Care Hospitals Received More Than 80% Of $100 Billion CMS Sent To Providers During Pandemic (Health Law Daily, May 21, 2020)
FTC Warns Some Nursing Homes Are Taking Residents’ Stimulus Checks (Health Law Daily, May 20, 2020)
FDA To Launch New Research Project Focused On Real-World Evidence To Learn More About COVID-19 (Health Law Daily, May 20, 2020)
Administration To Build Stockpile Of Key Drug Ingredients (Health Law Daily, May 19, 2020)
CDC Plans Nationwide Coronavirus Antibody Study To Track Virus’ Spread (Health Law Daily, May 19, 2020)
Federal Authorities Urging Governors To Use “Extreme Caution” When Reopening Nursing Homes (Health Law Daily, May 19, 2020)
Governors Whose States Have Large Budget Shortfalls Reportedly Considering Medicaid Cuts (Health Law Daily, May 18, 2020)
“Large Swath” Of Health System Infrastructure That Serves Medicaid Population Left Out Of COVID-19 Relief Funding (Health Law Daily, May 18, 2020)
States Face Hurdles To Get People To Trust Contact Tracing Technology (Health Law Daily, May 18, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of May 11) (Health Law Weekly, May 15, 2020)
Democrats Present Legislation Aimed At Protecting Health Data During COVID-19 Pandemic (Health Law Daily, May 15, 2020)
AMA, Other Medical Groups Ask Trump Administration To Provide More Help To ACOs (Health Law Daily, May 15, 2020)
President Trump Announces Plan To Reconfigure National Stockpile (Health Law Daily, May 15, 2020)
Some Hospital Workers Report They Have Not Been Notified Of Exposures To Co-Workers, Patients With COVID-19 (Health Law Daily, May 14, 2020)
Approximately 27 Million People May Lose Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Amidst Pandemic, Study Indicates (Health Law Daily, May 14, 2020)
States Concerned About Possibly Delayed COVID-19 Medicaid Relief (Health Law Daily, May 14, 2020)
McConnell Preparing Broad Coronavirus Liability Bill (Health Law Daily, May 13, 2020)
House Democrats Announce New Coronavirus Relief Measure (Health Law Daily, May 13, 2020)
Millions In Pandemic Relief Funds Have Gone To Providers Who Have Paid Criminal Penalties (Health Law Daily, May 12, 2020)
Tennessee Governor’s Decision To Release Positive COVID-19 Test Results To First Responders Raises Privacy Concerns (Health Law Daily, May 12, 2020)
Medicare Change Allows Pharmacies To Run COVID-19 Tests More Easily (Health Law Daily, May 12, 2020)
As Unemployment Surges, 43 Million People In US May Lose Health Insurance, Research Projects (Health Law Daily, May 11, 2020)
Federal Health Regulators Developing Guidelines To Reopen Nursing Homes (Health Law Daily, May 11, 2020)
Nursing Homes In New York Must Test Staffers For Coronavirus Twice A Week (Health Law Daily, May 11, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of May 4) (Health Law Weekly, May 8, 2020)
California Hospital Association Asks State For $1 Billion To Offset Losses From Pandemic (Health Law Daily, May 8, 2020)
FDA Releases New Guidelines For Developing, Marketing At-Home Coronavirus Diagnostic Tests (Health Law Daily, May 8, 2020)
Patients In Short-Term Health Plans May See Big COVID-19 Bills (Health Law Daily, May 7, 2020)
US, UK Update Joint Advisory To Hospitals, Medical Institutions To Warn Of Hackers Seeking To Obtain Intelligence On Health Care Policy, COVID-19 Research (Health Law Daily, May 7, 2020)
Utah Governor Signs Bill Protecting Businesses From Liability Over Coronavirus Cases (Health Law Daily, May 6, 2020)
HHS: Protect Patient Privacy When Inviting Media Coverage (Health Law Daily, May 6, 2020)
News Organizations Sue Arizona Health Department Over Information On COVID-19 In Nursing Homes (Health Law Daily, May 6, 2020)
Some States Reportedly See Artificially Low COVID-19 Case Counts Due To Inconsistent Reporting Standards (Health Law Daily, May 5, 2020)
FDA Orders Companies Selling Coronavirus Antibody Tests To Submit Data Proving Accuracy Within 10 Days (Health Law Daily, May 5, 2020)
Long-Term Care Industry Seeks Protection From Lawsuits During Pandemic (Health Law Daily, May 4, 2020)
US District Court Dismisses Nurses’ Lawsuit Against Hospital For Allegedly Failing To Curb Spread Of Coronavirus (Health Law Daily, May 4, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Development (Week of April 27) (Health Law Weekly, May 1, 2020)
Trump Administration Reportedly Not Extending COVID-19 Assistance To Medicaid Providers (Health Law Daily, May 1, 2020)
CMS Temporarily Waives Requirements For COVID-19 Testing (Health Law Daily, May 1, 2020)
Republican Senators Introduce Coronavirus-Related Data Privacy Bill (Health Law Daily, May 1, 2020)
Trump Administration Launches “Operation Warp Speed” To Accelerate Development Of Coronavirus Vaccine (Health Law Daily, April 30, 2020)
Number Of Nursing Homes Publicly Reporting Coronavirus Cases More Than Doubles (Health Law Daily, April 30, 2020)
Long-Term Care Patients Sue Pennsylvania Health Department Over COVID-19 Cases (Health Law Daily, April 29, 2020)
HHS Allows Air Ambulance Companies To Access COVID-19 Relief Funds (Health Law Daily, April 29, 2020)
COVID-19 Pandemic Has Damaged Hospitals Financially, Report Indicates (Health Law Daily, April 29, 2020)
Home Health Agencies Call For Change To Some Medicare Benefits To Allow More Patients To Get IV Drugs At Home During Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 28, 2020)
Testing Partnership To Be Announced Between White House, National Retailers (Health Law Daily, April 28, 2020)
Coronavirus Cases At Nursing Homes Will Reportedly Result In Private Litigation Under Federal Anti-Fraud Statute (Health Law Daily, April 28, 2020)
Trump Signs $484B Coronavirus Bill To Aid Hospitals, Employers (Health Law Daily, April 27, 2020)
SBA Program Will Allow Most Rural Hospitals To Apply For Forgivable Loans (Health Law Daily, April 27, 2020)
FDA Considers Changing Policy On COVID-19 Antibody Tests As Inaccurate Tests Flood The Market (Health Law Daily, April 27, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of April 20) (Health Law Weekly, April 24, 2020)
House Approves $484 Billion Coronavirus Relief Package For Small Businesses, Hospitals, Testing (Health Law Daily, April 24, 2020)
CMS Unveils Toolkit To Remove Barriers To Telehealth For Medicaid, CHIP Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 24, 2020)
Lawsuits Claim Georgia Senior Care Home Failed To Protect Residents Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (Health Law Daily, April 24, 2020)
HHS Announces $40 Billion Federal Grant Funds To Be Given To Rural Hospitals, COVID-19 Hotspots (Health Law Daily, April 23, 2020)
Washington State Receives First Medicaid Section 1115 Emergency Waiver Approved By CMS (Health Law Daily, April 23, 2020)
Doctors Using Zoom Still Must Comply With HIPAA (Health Law Daily, April 22, 2020)
ONC, CMS Give Health Companies More Time To Implement Interoperability Rules In Light Of COVID-19 Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 22, 2020)
FDA Approves First At-Home, Self-Swab Coronavirus Test Kit (Health Law Daily, April 22, 2020)
CMS To Require Nursing Homes To Provide Data On COVID-19 Cases, Deaths (Health Law Daily, April 21, 2020)
Some States Require Nursing Homes To Accept Patients Discharged From Hospital Still Recovering From COVID-19 (Health Law Daily, April 21, 2020)
Nurses Union Files Suit Against NY State Health Department, Hospitals For Failure To Provide PPE (Health Law Daily, April 21, 2020)
California, Virginia Take Different Tacks On Restrictions On Nurse Practitioners During COVID-19 Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 20, 2020)
NIH Launches Public-Private Partnership To Accelerate Development Of Treatment Options And Vaccine For Coronavirus (Health Law Daily, April 20, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of April 13) (Health Law Weekly, April 17, 2020)
President Trump Says Governors Will Be “Calling The Shots” On When To Reopen (Health Law Daily, April 17, 2020)
FDA Allows Compounders To Manufacture Drugs For Patients With Novel Coronavirus On Ventilators (Health Law Daily, April 17, 2020)
CMS Considering Making Changes To Telehealth Rules Permanent Once COVID-19 Pandemic Ends (Health Law Daily, April 16, 2020)
Providers Reportedly Face Uptick In Cyberattacks Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 16, 2020)
Clarifying Whether Some Data-Sharing Is Allowed Under HIPAA Was Reportedly A Major Theme At COVID-19 Hearing (Health Law Daily, April 16, 2020)
Life Care Center In Washington State Faces First Lawsuit Alleging Wrongful Death, Fraud Over Coronavirus Outbreak (Health Law Daily, April 16, 2020)
New York Nurses Union Will Sue State Health Department, Hospitals Over Equipment Shortages (Health Law Daily, April 16, 2020)
Government Officials Create Public Health Strategy To Combat Coronavirus, Reopen US (Health Law Daily, April 15, 2020)
Some Members Of Congress Introduce Legislation That Would Require Federal Government To Share Coronavirus Data That Can Be Broken Down By Race (Health Law Daily, April 15, 2020)
Apple Sharing Apple Maps Location Data To Assist COVID-19 Research (Health Law Daily, April 15, 2020)
OCR Exempts COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites From HIPAA Penalties (Health Law Daily, April 14, 2020)
Governors Press For Special Obamacare Enrollment Period Amid Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 14, 2020)
At Least 2,300 Long-Term Care Facilities In 37 States Have COVID-19 Cases, Data Indicate (Health Law Daily, April 14, 2020)
Trump Administration’s Relaxed Referral Rules May Not Provide Blanket Protection For Some Providers (Health Law Daily, April 13, 2020)
Private Insurers Required To Provide Free COVID-19 Antibody Tests (Health Law Daily, April 13, 2020)
Eli Lilly Begins Clinical Testing Of Baricitinib For COVID-19 (Health Law Daily, April 13, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of April 4) (Health Law Weekly, April 10, 2020)
Senators Block Quick Passage Of Latest Coronavirus Aid Bill (Health Law Daily, April 10, 2020)
White House Says Hospitals Must Agree Not To Send “Surprise” Medical Bills To Patients Treated For COVID-19 (Health Law Daily, April 10, 2020)
HHS Eases Regulations On Some Privacy Violations At Coronavirus Testing Sites (Health Law Daily, April 10, 2020)
FDA Warns Developers Of Serological Tests For COVID-19 That They May Face Enforcement For Falsely Claiming To Have FDA Approval (Health Law Daily, April 9, 2020)
HHS Employees Tell House Committee Strategic National Stockpile Is Depleted (Health Law Daily, April 9, 2020)
First Responders Receiving COVID-19 Patient Information (Health Law Daily, April 9, 2020)
States, Federal Government Coordinating Efforts To Fight Coronavirus Fraud (Health Law Daily, April 8, 2020)
Kushner’s Task Force Considering Creating Coronavirus Surveillance System, Sources Say (Health Law Daily, April 8, 2020)
Florida Continues Refusal To Release Names Of Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Centers With Positive COVID-19 Cases (Health Law Daily, April 8, 2020)
Pinal County, Arizona, Public Officials File Lawsuit Against State, County Health Departments For Information Related To Positive COVID-19 Cases (Health Law Daily, April 7, 2020)
HHS IG Report Confirms Hospitals Face Testing, Equipment Shortages (Health Law Daily, April 7, 2020)
Trump Administration Says Federal Government Will Reimburse Hospitals Treating Uninsured Patients With Coronavirus (Health Law Daily, April 6, 2020)
US Hospitals To Decide Which Patients Receive Ventilators Due To Shortages Amid Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 6, 2020)
COVID-19: Updates and Developments (Week of March 29) (Health Law Weekly, April 3, 2020)
HHS Relaxes HIPAA Privacy Rule During Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Health Law Daily, April 3, 2020)
Providers Who Make Life-Or-Death Decisions During Coronavirus Pandemic May Face Lawsuits (Health Law Daily, April 3, 2020)
FDA Approves First Coronavirus Antibody Test (Health Law Daily, April 3, 2020)
FDA Says There Is A Shortage Of Two Malaria Drugs As Demand Rises For Both As Experimental Treatment For Coronavirus (Health Law Daily, April 2, 2020)
Federal Health Officials Begin “Inspecting Florida’s Long-Term Care Facilities” (Health Law Daily, April 2, 2020)
CMS Approves 40th State Request For Medicaid Flexibility (Health Law Daily, April 1, 2020)
A Number Of Governors Have Yet To Issue Stay-At-Home Orders (Health Law Daily, April 1, 2020)
Federal Government To Relax Hospital Safety Standards To Expand Services To Fight Pandemic (Health Law Daily, March 31, 2020)
CMS Providing Regulatory Relief On Staffing, Paperwork During Coronavirus Pandemic (Health Law Daily, March 31, 2020)
CMS Easing Requirements For Transferring Non-COVID-19 Patients (Health Law Daily, March 31, 2020)
HHS’ Office Of Civil Rights Reaffirms Protections For Federally Protected Classes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (Health Law Daily, March 31, 2020)
State Medical Boards Adjusting Requirements To Allow For More Immigrant Physicians (Health Law Daily, March 31, 2020)
FDA Issues Guidance To Increase Supply Of Personal Protective Equipment Used By Surgeons During COVID-19 Crisis (Health Law Daily, March 31, 2020)
HHS Seeks Testing And Bed Capacity Data From Hospitals (Health Law Daily, March 30, 2020)
FDA Rewrites Rules To Allow Full Application For Mask Sterilization Technology (Health Law Daily, March 30, 2020)
FDA Grants Emergency Approval To Coronavirus Test (Health Law Daily, March 30, 2020)
FDA Issues EUA For Hydroxychloroquine, Chloroquine For Coronavirus Treatment (Health Law Daily, March 30, 2020)