Legislation and Public Policy

On the heels of New York’s Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) releasing updated compliance requirements, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced today that it will also be updating and modifying its voluntary compliance guidance documents.

The OIG’s stated purpose for the modifications is to improve…

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued Dear Adult Care Facility Administrator Letter (DACF) #23-02 on March 29 announcing that adult homes, enriched housing programs, and assisted living residences will have a new electronic Incident Reporting mechanism—the Drupal Survey. The Drupal Survey will replace the previous incident reporting method via the Health Commerce…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on April 11 that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued under HIPAA and the HITECH Act during the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will expire when the PHE ends on May 11.

The four Notifications of Enforcement Discretion that will…

As previously discussed here, New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget contained a bill that, if passed, would be transformative for certain healthcare transactions. Gov. Hochul’s proposal was dropped from both one-house budgets proposed by the New York State Senate and Assembly.

While its passage appears unlikely, the final budget is now delayed past…

In the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler’s Bob Hussar will discuss the third and fourth required elements of an Effective Compliance Program:

  • Training
  • Effective lines of communication

Bob is a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Compliance, Investigations & White Collar and Health Services practice groups. The program will…

An article in the March 20 issue of the Report on Medicare Compliance, “New NYS Compliance-Program Requirements May Be Useful Everywhere as a ‘Fresh Look,’” discussed the final compliance and self-disclosure regulations released by the New York Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) on December 28. Rivkin Radler’s Bob Hussar was quoted in…

A law in New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget aimed at regulating “large physician practices being managed by entities that are investor-backed” has been dropped from the State Senate and Assembly proposed budgets (S4007B/A3007B).

Subject to final budget negotiations, the proposed law appears unlikely to be enacted in the immediate future. However, the proposal…

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) adopted regulations effective February 22, 2023, which clarify certain resident admission and retention standards applicable to adult care facilities (ACFs), including adult homes, residences for adults, and enriched housing programs. The DOH stated that its rationale for the changes is to ensure that ACFs comply with the…

In the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler’s Bob Hussar will discuss the first two required elements of an Effective Compliance Program:

1. Policies and Procedures; and

2. Compliance Officer/Compliance Committee

Bob is a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Compliance, Investigations & White Collar and Health Services practice groups.