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...
Jan 21, 2021 | Healthcare Policy
The General Assembly made history this week, when for the first time since the advent of short, 30-day sessions in 2001, it was in session during the second week in January. The pace of legislative work was slower this week than the first five days of the session, but...
Jan 20, 2021 | Investor Company News
Bellarmine University has partnered with the American College of Health Care Administrators, the nation’s only professional membership association representing long-term care and post-acute administrators. ACHCA members will receive discounts of 15 to 20 percent for...
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