CMS Restricts Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program

Firm Articles, Medicare/Medicaid, COVID-19, Healthcare

On April 26, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) suspended Medicare’s Advance Payment Program. CMS’s Accelerated and Advance Payment Program (AAPP) provides accelerated or advanced payments to Medicare providers and suppliers during national or public health emergencies.  These expedited payments help provide funding when circumstances disrupt claim submission and claim processing.  Providers…

Milligan Lawless Receives Top Rankings From Chambers USA 2020

News and Announcements, Awards and Recognition

We are pleased to announce today that Chambers USA ranked Milligan Lawless, P.C. and 3 of our attorneys among the best in Arizona for 2020.  Among Arizona law firms, Milligan Lawless achieved a Band 1 ranking, Chambers USA’s highest recognition, in the Healthcare practice area. The firm received the following “Leading Individual” rankings for Phoenix…

Contracts and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Force Majeure and Other Considerations

Firm Articles, COVID-19, Healthcare, Business and Corporate

Written By: Steve Lawrence & Miranda Preston In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state and local governments and health authorities have issued declarations of emergency, proclamations and orders intended to slow the spread of the virus. Many of these actions have resulted in businesses cancelling or postponing events and closing or limiting business operations…

CMS Offers Financial Relief to Healthcare Providers to Help with COVID-19 Cash Flow Challenges

COVID-19, Healthcare, Firm Articles

In response to COVID-19, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a public health emergency on January 31, 2020 (the “Public Health Emergency”).  On March 28, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was expanding its Accelerated and Advance Payment Program (the “Program”) to a…