Lindsay K. Scott is a member of Bricker Graydon Wyatt's Health Care Service Team. Lindsay concentrates her practice in transactional and regulatory health care law. She advises health care providers on compliance with state and ...
By: Lindsay K. Scott
The Biden Administration announced on January 30, 2023 that it will not renew the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) after its current term runs out on May 11, 2023. Under the COVID-19 PHE, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were able to waive or provide ...
By: Lindsay K. Scott
On March 15, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 was enacted into law. This spending bill extends certain telehealth waivers permitting patients to be located in their homes and other settings in order to receive telehealth services, allowing rural health clinics to be designated “distant sites” eligible ...
By: Lindsay K. Scott
On February 24, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will be distributing another $560 million of the Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 General Distribution payments this week. Over 1,000 Kentucky health care providers have received an aggregate of $181 million in aid through Phase 4 of the CARES ...
By: Lindsay K. Scott
On February 23, 2022, the Chief Counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) presented to the Federal Bar Association’s 2022 virtual qui tam conference that the OIG is actively investigating and pursuing civil monetary penalties for cases of provider fraud relating to the CARES ...
By: Lindsay K. Scott
On November 23, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that $35 million of American Rescue Plan funding is available to enhance and expand the telehealth infrastructure and capacity of Title X family planning providers. Title X grantees, dedicated to providing individuals with comprehensive ...
On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, Department of Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management jointly issued "Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I", an interim final rule (IFC) that will restrict excessive out of pocket costs to consumers from surprise billing and ...