Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”) continue to put independent pharmacies under scrutiny and terminate them from PBM Networks amid the coronavirus outbreak (“COVID-19”). PBM Network termination is especially concerning at this time given... Read More
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") expanded Medicare coverage for telehealth services in response to COVID-19. Previously, Medicare coverage of telehealth services was extremely limited; CMS only provided... Read More
Telehealth, the provision of patient care through a non-face-to-face encounter between clinician and provider, holds great promise as a tool in limiting the spread of COVID-19. Previously, various federal and state laws and regulations limited the... Read More
https://youtu.be/hSnWv8Wz3js In response to the recent COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on providers Jonathan Levitt and Jesse Dresser have created a series of videos talking about some of the issues healthcare and pharmacy clients are facing and... Read More
An official declaration of a nationwide public health emergency due to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has resulted in certain discretionary enforcement of specific provisions of the Federal Health Insurance Portability and... Read More
WHAT IMPACT WILL THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) HAVE ON YOUR BUSINESS? With the international spread of Coronavirus and the influx of local cases, individuals and companies must consider how their company may be impacted, as well as how they should... Read More
Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the current consumer difficulties accessing alcohol-based hand sanitizers, and in response to the many queries concerning compounding these products, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has... Read More
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a moratorium on March 10, 2020 directing Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs), Medicare Part D Sponsors (Sponsors), Medicare-Medicaid Plans (Plans), and consequently, pharmacy... Read More
On March 6, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers for healthcare providers and supplemented a February Public Health News Alert regarding Medicare payment for laboratory... Read More
As coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") continues to spread in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") recommends the use of telehealth services to help mitigate the outbreak. Telemedicine technologies and other... Read More
