Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

On May 20, 2024, the American Medical Association and more than 100 other organizations issued a joint letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra concerning the February 21, 2024 reported cyber incident involving Change Healthcare. The letter requested clarity from the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) “around reporting responsibilities and [to]

Hospitals and healthcare providers should continue to understand their professional and legal duties under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in anticipation of the comprehensive plan the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would launch together with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a press release on

For nearly 40 years, federal courts have routinely upheld agency action under the principle of judicial deference established in the seminal case of Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., which requires courts to uphold an agency’s interpretation of the statute it administers if the statutory language is ambiguous, and the agency’s interpretation