Fraudsters use fake “Form 9710” to target businesses in an attempt to steal information, including the entity’s identity and/or the owners/officers’ identities. Newly formed entities, such as corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, in particular, are being targeted. New entities often receive fake Internal Revenue Service (IRS) mailings and solicitations, which are scams.
On May 23, 2024, the AHCA filed a lawsuit challenging the CMS’s Federal Minimum Staffing Mandate, calling it “irrational” and “unattainable” due to staffing shortages and lack of statutory authority.
On May 15, 2024, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) announced a pivotal change in its regulations, as it intends to permit health care providers to use telemedicine to conduct patient evaluations before prescribing controlled substances. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, DOH required health care providers to perform an initial in-person physical evaluation of patients before prescribing controlled substances.
Pursuant to the New Jersey Applied Behavior Analyst Licensing Act (the “Act”), the Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners (the “Board”) published the official rules concerning the practice of Applied Behavior Analyst (“ABA”) therapy, effective May 6, 2024 (the “Rules”).
The HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy was recently announced as a final rule that becomes effective on June 25, 2024 (the “Final Rule”).