Jan 25, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
Thoughtware Alert Published: Jan 20, 2021 Authors Tad Goodenbour Late in the evening on January 19, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) posted the simplified Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness form that was mandated by the 2021 Consolidated...
Jan 25, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
Thoughtware Article Published: Jan 20, 2021 Authors Matt Haase The new year brings a new administration, and President Biden has an ambitious agenda. Per the Penn Wharton analysis of President Biden’s platform, the president has proposed increasing spending in various...
Jan 25, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
HEALTH SECURITY: Affordability of Prescription Drugs—High and rising prescription drug prices are a key priority for AARP. Older Americans use an average of 4.5 medications a month, often on a chronic basis and have a median income of $26,000 a year. As a result,...
Jan 25, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
The Kentucky General Assembly is currently in the middle of the January recess period that happens during every short session. The legislature is scheduled to reconvene on February 2nd for the remaining 22 days of this session. Below is a short update on several key...
Jan 25, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
JANUARY 7, 2021 | SAM MCCUTCHAN Today the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published its Final Rule regarding Independent Contractor Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). See the press release here. The Independent Contractor test for the FLSA remained...
Jan 25, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
JANUARY 11, 2021 | SAM MCCUTCHAN As of January 6, 2021, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued Administrative Orders 2021-01 and 2021-02 to replace Administrative Orders 2020-71 and 2020-72 in their entirety. The Orders extend restrictions on in person proceedings that...
Jan 25, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
Posted on January 22, 2021 in COVID-19 DAILY UPDATES, HEALTH LAW NEWS Published by: HALL RENDER December 2020 was one of the deadliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 77,000 people died from the disease, and over 6.4 million tested positive with daily...
Jan 25, 2021 | Investor Company News
Leading health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has named Nwando Olayiwola, M.D., MPH, FAAFP, to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer. In this newly created role, Dr. Olayiwola will report directly to Humana Chief Medical...
Jan 21, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and recasts the Medicare hospice survey requirements and establishes new Medicare enforcement options and procedures. The Act’s hospice provisions generally track those...
Jan 21, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
Dentons’ US Public Policy practice is pleased to release its annual Policy Scan, an in-depth look at policy at the Federal level and in each of the 50 states. In this document we provide a first look at the key policy questions for the next year in the states, the...
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