USA - January 8 2020
Exactly one year after the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 redefined the statutory definition of "attending physician" to allow physician assistants…
Ryan Kerr
USA - April 20 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a letter to State Survey Agency Directors (S&C 15-33-OPT) announcing new guidelines in…
Hedy Silver Rubinger
USA - June 16 2014
On July 23, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its so-called Orphan Drug Rule. This rule allowed critical access…
Neil W. Hoffman, Ph.D.
USA - April 2 2014
In response to the recent struggles of rural hospitals in Georgia, with four rural hospitals closing their doors in the past two years alone, the…
Keith A. Mauriello
USA - January 14 2014
In response to concerns about the challenges posed by both natural and man-made disasters in the United States in the recent past, the Centers for…
Keith A. Mauriello