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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Monday, June 15
Medicare: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee Leaders Write to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma to Reassert Request for Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to Help Uninsured and Underinsured
This updated article provides links to, and briefly summarizes, legislation and federal agency guidance designed to ease the burden of the coronavirus pandemic on higher education institutions.
Powers Principal Bobby Silverstein gave a virtual keynote address at the Family Café, an annual event that brings together thousands of individuals with disabilities and their families for three days of information and networking.
Powers Principal Bobby Silverstein was a featured guest on a Women in Government podcast episode titled “Increasing Access & Opportunity: 30 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
Powers Education Group attorneys Joel Rudnick, Dan Brozovic, and Katherine Demedis will present webinars as part of Career Education Colleges and Universities’ (CECU) 2020 Virtual Convention.
Powers is pleased to welcome the firm’s 2020 summer associates, Filzah Iqbal and Olivia O’Hea. Filzah works with the firm’s healthcare group, and Olivia works with the firm’s education group.
Powers attorneys Paul Moorehead and Kathleen Hatfield authored an opinion piece in Law360 on the benefits of telehealth for tribal communities.
Powers education attorneys Dan Brozovic and Katherine Demedis, along with Laura Sitarski of Sitarski Law, will present a webinar titled, “Are You Ready to Implement the New Title IX Rules?” as part of Career Education Colleges and Universities’ (CECU) 2020 Virtual Convention.
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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Tuesday, May 26
Drug Pricing: President Trump and Administration Announce Plans to Reduce the Cost of Insulin and Improve Healthcare for Seniors
Powers Counsel Steve Kuperberg authored a piece, entitled “340B and Dispute Resolution–Challenges and Opportunities,” in the 340B Report, the only subscription-based news service that provides breaking news and analysis about the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.
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On June 5, 2020, President Trump signed into law H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, to assist borrowers seeking loans administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP was enacted on March 27, 2020, as part of the first bill passed to address the COVID-19 pandemic: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (to read Powers’ memos on the CARES Act, click here). Intended to address economic hardship caused by the outbreak, the PPP was established to provide loans that would offer a direct incentive for small businesses to keep workers on the payroll. The loans were to be forgiven by the SBA if the employees of primarily small businesses of less than 500 workers were kept on a company or 501(c)(3) non-profit payroll for eight weeks, so long as the money was used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, and/or utilities (with at least 75% of the loan used solely for payroll costs).
Current as of June 1, 2020
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Over the last several weeks, Powers has been reporting on the telehealth expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic. (More information is available on the Powers website.) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), enacted on March 27, 2020 and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule (IFR), issued on March 31, both contain significant telehealth provisions. CMS has also been issuing a steady stream of guidance regarding implementation of these provisions, although many questions still remain unanswered. On April 30, 2020 CMS issued a new series of updates including new waivers and a new IFR. This series of Q & As address many of the temporary telehealth provisions that apply during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) including the April 30, 2020 announcements. Powers will be updating this document as the Administration continues to issue additional guidance. The information contained in this document shall not be considered legal advice but should be instructive for providers seeking to be in compliance with laws, regulations, and guidance that are being issued and changed frequently.
Powers Principal Bobby Silverstein was interviewed in a recent article titled the “The ADA at 30: Looking Back and Ahead,” in the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Magazine.
