COVID-19 Federal Vaccination Mandates: Guidance for Employers

Healthcare, Firm Articles, Labor and Employment, COVID-19

What mandates presently apply? Three federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates have proven to be a frequently-moving target for employers nationwide as to both implementation and compliance.  As of the date of this article, all three vaccine mandates are blocked in full or in part. On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates as…

CMS Restricts Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program

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

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…