New York’s junior senator, Kristin Gillibrand, joined with New Jersey senator Cory Booker and Kentucky senator Rand Paul to introduce a bill that would decriminalize marijuana, removing the threat of federal prosecution for the growth and manufacture of medical marijuana in states that allow for it, including New York. 

The bill addresses many issues medical

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted to enable patients to make informed choices regarding their healthcare by providing stability and flexibility in insurance coverage.  To facilitate the implementation of stable coverage, the ACA requires that qualified health plans (QHPs) provide a grace period of three consecutive months if an enrollee, receiving

On Wednesday Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out his proposed 2015-16 executive budget in his State of the State address. The executive budget proposes multiple changes to New York’s current healthcare laws, most notably regarding diagnostic and treatment centers (“DTC”), urgent care facilities, office-based surgery centers (“OBS”), and revisions to the Certificate of Need (“CON”) process.                                  

The New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) has released proposed regulations on the growth, manufacture, sale, and use of medical marijuana in the state. The regulations are the first step in implementing the “Compassionate Care Act,” (the “Act”) signed into law in September, that contemplates the distribution of medical marijuana in the state in

The New York State Department of Health (the “DOH”) released regulations which implement 2012 legislation expanding Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”) in New York State. The regulations create a new part of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations (“NYCRR”), Part 1003 under Title 10, which would lay the frame work under which ACOs will

On October 15th, the Department of Health (the “DOH”) published proposed revisions to the Certificate of Need (“CON”) requirements in the state. The proposed regulations would, among other things, no longer require non-clinical facilities obtain a CON prior to beginning construction projects. The comment period for the proposed regulations is now open.                       

The proposed regulations

Earlier this year, Governor Cuomo signed into law a bill that will allow New York to join 22 other states and the District of Columbia by allowing residents of the state to purchase and use marijuana for medicinal purposes. However, as with the many other states that allow for the use of medical marijuana, the

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released its Work Plan (Plan) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.  The annually published Plan summarizes new and ongoing compliance activities, audits, and enforcement priorities that OIG plans to pursue this upcoming year. 

The OIG identified two new initiatives related to hospital

In an effort to advance health information technology (IT) adoption and interoperability across the state, the New York State Department of Health (the “DOH”) has issued draft rules for the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (“SHIN-NY”).  The purpose of the rules is aimed at formalizing and updating the current governance structure and process

Claudia Hinrichsen, Counsel in the firm’s Health Services Practice Group, has written an article entitled, “The Expanded Breadth of HIPAA,” which was published in Volume 8 of Best Practices.

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