The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 adds a new rural emergency hospital (“REH”) provider type for Medicare and adds Medicare coverage for REH Services, effective January 1, 2023.
New REH provider type for Medicare:
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that 14 attorneys have been recognized for inclusion in various 2022 Best Lawyers® Listings. Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely…
On July 12, 2021 the U.S. Farm Credit Administration (“FCA”), the federal agency that regulates farm lending, issued an informational memorandum (“Memo”) to its network of farm credit institutions. The Memo recommends considerations when deciding…
On Tuesday, August 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2021-33 (“RP 21-33”), which provides helpful guidance regarding the calculation of gross receipts for…
Indiana Executive Orders that temporarily authorized certain health care students to practice in Indiana under a temporary license are set to expire on September 30, 2021. Executive Orders (EO 21-17 and EO 21-19) allowed physician assistant…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is prepared to increase hospital cost transparency penalties for noncompliance established under prior rules beginning January 1, 2022. In a proposed rule published on July 19, 2021, CMS…
On July 1, 2021, Indiana significantly broadened the options for an individual to make health care wishes known through an “Advanced Directive for Health Care Decisions” (an “Advanced Directive”). Senate Enrolled Act No. 204 (“SEA 204”), effective…
On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (“2022 VA Appropriations Bill”) that would allow doctors with the…
Pursuant to its $1 million + contract with Sullivan Corporation (“Sullivan”), Rabco Enterprises, LLC (“Rabco”) agreed to provide labor and materials for a self-storage project in Noblesville, Indiana (the “Project”).
In 2019, Sullivan filed a breach…
On July 29, 2021, Governor Holcomb renewed the public health emergency (“PHE”) for another 30-day period, set to expire on August 30, 2021 unless otherwise withdrawn or further renewed.
The Indiana Department of Health (“IDOH”) has published a…
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) recently issued a unanimous appellate decision in Klassen, et al. v. Trustees of Indiana University, ruling that Indiana University’s (the “University”) COVID-19 vaccine mandate (the “Mandate”) did not…
Recently, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued new guidance on the 2020 Title IX regulations (the “Regulations”) in a question and answer (“Q&A”) format. The Q&A clarifies and explains how OCR intends the…
