By: Jessica Woodrow, Esq.Email the Author This is the second installment in the four-part series The Child-Parent Security Act: Embarking on the Surrogacy Journey On February 15, 2021, the Child-Parent Security Act (“CPSA”) will take effect, eliminating New York’s longstanding proscription against compensated gestational surrogacy. Signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on April 2, […]
Continue reading…Compensated Surrogacy Brings Sweeping Change for New York Families
By: Jessica Woodrow, Esq.Email the Author This is the first installment in the four-part series The Child-Parent Security Act: Embarking on the Surrogacy Journey On February 15, 2021, the Child-Parent Security Act (“CPSA”) will take effect, eliminating New York’s longstanding proscription against compensated gestational surrogacy. Signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on April 2, […]
Continue reading…New York State Adopts Extensive Rule Changes Affecting Investment Community
By Mauro Viskovic, Esq.Email the Author New York State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced major changes to rules affecting a broad range of investment professionals and the investment industry in general. The new rules will change the regulatory process for offering investment securities to New York residents and will implement registration requirements for business […]
Continue reading…CLIENT ALERT: CMS and OIG Move to Expand Exceptions and Safe Harbors to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute
By Mathew J. Levy, Esq. and Mauro Viskovic, Esq. Email Mathew Email Mauro On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) adopted significant changes to regulations regarding the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”). Among the changes are those that expand, […]
Continue reading…New OPMC Signage Requirements: Updates to New York Public Health Law Mandate that Medical Practices Post Visible Sign Directing Patients to OPMC Website
By Seth A. Nadel, Esq.Email the Author Effective October 7, 2020, updates to New York’s Public Health Law have imposed a new requirement on physician practices to post conspicuous signage directing patients to the website of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) and advising them that they may visit the OPMC website to report […]
Continue reading…NYS OMIG STREAMLINES COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
By Mathew J. Levy, Esq. & Zoila Sanchez, J.D., M.P.H.Email Mathew Email Zoila Effective immediately, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) implemented changes to the annual Compliance Certification Requirement (NYS Social Services Law (SSL) §363-d) which we discussed in a prior Blast. This change impacts ALL NYS PROVIDERS AND BILLING […]
Continue reading…SEC Proposes Eliminating a Significant Burden on Raising Capital in Private Markets
By Mauro Viskovic, Esq. Email the Author Startup, developmental and emerging growth businesses nationwide welcomed a recent proposal from the Securities and Exchange Commission that, if adopted, would make it considerably less difficult for them to raise capital. For many businesses seeking to raise start-up or working capital, banks are simply not an option due to […]
Continue reading…Proposed Rule for 2021 Medicare Fee Schedule Includes Changes to Telehealth Billing and Use of Evaluation and Management Codes
By: Seth A. Nadel, Esq.Email the Author On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Proposed Rule for the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“Proposed Fee Schedule”). The Proposed Fee Schedule incorporates several proposals which could affect future physician billing, including changes to rules regarding use of Evaluation and Management […]
Continue reading…2020 OIG COMPLIANCE WORK PLAN
By Mathew J. Levy, Esq., & Stacey Lipitz Marder, Esq.Email Mathew Email Stacey Investigations by Medicare and Medicaid are constantly on the rise. Each year, a Work Plan is published by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) (which is updated monthly) showing the priorities and major initiatives that it intends to investigate during the […]
Continue reading…Out and Back: COVID-19 Paid Leave Changes in New York
By: Carla Hogan, Esq. Email Carla In previous articles, we summarized the federal paid-leave laws and regulations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) and the New York State Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19, and the benefit interplay between the federal, state and New York City laws and regulations. As previously reported, under the New York State Paid Sick Leave for […]
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