On January 11, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its new final rule governing federal healthcare conscience protection statutes. The 2024 final rule, which went into effect March 11, 2024, repeals the majority of the prior final rule from 2019 that was found to be unlawful by three federal courts and reverts to the 2011 framework created by the Obama administration to address rights of conscience.
HHS Publishes New Rights of Conscience Final Rule
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Gregory FosheimGregory E. Fosheim provides counsel on a wide array of corporate, transactional and regulatory compliance matters across the healthcare and life sciences industry. Drawing on his extensive laboratory and public health background and insight, he regularly advises on clinical and diagnostic laboratory matters, anatomic pathology and fertility laboratory compliance. Greg also represents hospitals, health systems and physician practice management companies in all aspects of transactional and operational matters, particularly those with regulatory, licensing, accreditation and policy considerations, and he has negotiated several acquisitions and sales of proton therapy centers. Read Gregory Fosheim’s full bio.
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