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COVID Testing
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Immigration Lawyers Blog
USCIS Urges COVID-19 Testing and Treatment With ICE Updating Enforcement Policy to Reduce Fear of Arrest and Spread of Coronavirus
With testing for the COVID-19 pandemic expected to increase across the United States and a determination to test the entire U.S. population to determine COVID-19 immunity before a true reopening…
Animal Law Update
COVID-19 testing in pets in light of two pet cats testing positive in New York
Two pet cats in New York have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), as just announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and…
Health Care and Life Sciences
FDA Authorizes the First Home Collection of Specimens to Be Tested for COVID-19
By Megan Robertson, Priya Kaulich
As an update to our prior blog post, on April 20, 2020 FDA announced the authorization of the first COVID-19 test for home collection of specimens. This announcement, made via…
Covington Digital Health
HHS Relaxes HIPAA Enforcement for Certain Covered Entities and Business Associates Regarding Their Participation in COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites
By Anna D. Kraus, Tara Carrier
On April 9, 2020, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a Notification of Enforcement Discretion (the “Notification”) regarding certain covered entities and business associates who choose to…
Pharmacy & Healthcare Legal Blog
Pharmacies can now offer COVID-testing. Why this is a time of change for pharmacists
Pharmacists – being the most accessible healthcare providers – can prove to be invaluable during the current pandemic. With the passage of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREPA),…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
U.S. is steering blindly due to dearth of desperately needed Covid-19 tests
Public health experts and many politicians agree that the pursuit of any next steps in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic will rely on testing, testing, testing. The nation will need significantly…
Health Care Reform Dashboard
FAQs on Families First and CARES Acts Implementation for Health Plans
The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) have released frequently asked questions (FAQs) for health plans implementing coverage changes under the Families First…
Inside Jobs
Tri-Agency Guidance Clarifies Some FFCRA and CARES Act Health & Welfare Provisions
By Inside Jobs
On April 11, 2020, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued joint guidance on certain provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) and the…
Healthcare Law Insights
CMS Doubles Payment for Diagnostic Lab COVID-19 Testing
By Wakaba Tessier, Erica M. Ash
On April 14, 2020, CMS released a ruling that will increase the reimbursement for tests conducted to detect SARS–CoV–2 (the diagnosis of the virus that causes COVID–19) for tests utilizing…
Health Law
Appeals Court Hears Argument on Short-term, Limited Duration Insurance Plan Rule; STLDI Plans are not Required to Provide $0 Cost-share of COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing
Potentially overlooked between the enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the FFCRA) on March 18 and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) on…