In a stunning move, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has linked reporting and tracking of the incidence and impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease to satisfaction of the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals, in spite of the federal about-face that has caused confusion concerning that same reporting since the inception of the pandemic.
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Partners Ayesha Waheed and Asem Bakenova and associate Daniyar Zhumakhanov have contributed to the PFI Global Infrastructure Report 2020 with an article discussing Kazakhstan’s public-private partnership (PPP) law and its application to the healthcare sector.
Our global healthcare industry team continues to highlight how regions around the world have quickly adapted to providing telehealth services following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Our labor, employment, and benefits team recently posted a LawFlash on the ruling in federal district court in New York that invalidated significant parts of a US Department of Labor rule. The ruling found that more employees are eligible for up to 12 weeks’ coronavirus (COVID-19)-related emergency paid sick leave and emergency paid FMLA leave.
As reported in As Prescribed, US President Donald Trump signed four executive orders implementing policies on drug pricing on July 24.