On Tuesday February 25, 2020, Nancy Messonnier, director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease warned in a call with reporters that “[u]ltimately we expect we will see community spread in the United
On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (February 24 Federal Register publication) to extend the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model for an additional three years in order to
As of Thursday February 20, 2020, there have been more than 75,000 known coronavirus infections and over 2,000 deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control, there have been fifteen confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States,
On January 27, Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox delivered keynote remarks on the False Claims Act (FCA) at the 2020 Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement. Mr. Cox’s remarks described the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) ongoing
Earlier this week the WHO announced that COVID-19 would be the name for the disease caused by the coronavirus. On Wednesday, China announced 14,840 new cases of the coronavirus after changing the way cases are confirmed to include where a
On February 10, 2020, the Trump Administration released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2021. While the total budget would amount to $4.8 trillion, the administration proposes to cut $9.4 billion in funding from the U.S. Department of Health
As of Monday morning, the Chinese National Health Commission announced a total of 40,171 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus with 908 related deaths, surpassing the totals of the SARS epidemic of 2002. There have now been more than 300
In a State Medicaid Director Letter issued on January 30, 2020, CMS released its long anticipated guidance to states on implementing block grants as a mechanism of Medicaid financing. State Medicaid Director Letter 20-001 announced the “Healthy Adult Opportunity” initiative
On January 31, 2020, CMS issued the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021 proposed rule (“Payment Notice”). The proposed rule introduces updates to the “regulatory and financial standards applied to issuers and Exchanges” and also proposes parameters for