Gregory Fosheim
Subscribe to Gregory Fosheim's PostsGregory 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.
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Election 2024: Gender-Affirming Care in the US
By Gregory Fosheim, Sarah Raaii and Alden Bianchi on Oct 29, 2024
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
With the US election one week away, what are the legal implications of a Harris-Walz administration versus a Trump-Vance administration regarding gender-affirming care? In this Q&A, Greg Fosheim, Sarah Raaii, and Alden Bianchi discuss how the election’s outcome could affect clients in the employee benefits and healthcare spaces. Read the Q&A here.
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Finalized Nursing Staff Standards Will Impact Most Long-Term Care Facilities
By Gregory Fosheim, Debra Curtis and Monica Wallace on May 28, 2024
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that will require long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to satisfy minimum nurse staffing standards with the goal of addressing patient quality of care and safety concerns. The final rule is anticipated to result in approximately 80% of LTCFs needing to...
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HHS Publishes New Rights of Conscience Final Rule
By Gregory Fosheim, Sumaya Noush, David Quinn Gacioch and Edward G. Zacharias on Mar 28, 2024
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
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...
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New Proposed Rules Aim to Enhance Healthcare Accessibility for People With Disabilities
By Gregory Fosheim, Sandra M. DiVarco and Joshua Neumann on Feb 27, 2024
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
The US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Justice recently published new proposed rules that update and create various requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. What are some of the biggest changes? Read more here.
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New Illinois Protections Against Patient Medical Debt May Also Help Reduce Hospital Bad Debt
By Sumaya Noush, Gregory Fosheim and Drew Elizabeth McCormick on Jan 9, 2024
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
The Protect Illinoisans from Unfair Medical Debt bill will require Illinois hospitals to take a much more active role in limiting consumers’ medical debt. The bill puts into place four primary requirements designed to reduce the medical debt burden of individuals receiving care. These requirements will apply to services provided on or after June 29,...
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HHS Proposes Updates to Disability Nondiscrimination Regulations for First Time in Nearly 50 Years
By Gregory Fosheim on Nov 2, 2023
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
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HHS Issues Proposed Rule Under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
By Gregory Fosheim, Jacob Mattinson, Todd Solomon and Moyosore Koya on Aug 18, 2022
Posted In Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
On August 4, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule) to reinterpret section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in a health program or activity, any...
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Biden Administration Takes Action to Improve Competition, Transparency and Quality for Hospitals and Nursing Homes
By Caroline Reignley, George Tzanetakos, Evie Atwater and Gregory Fosheim on Jul 14, 2022
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published detailed databases summarizing changes of ownership of Medicare-enrolled hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The databases currently include information from 2016 to 2022, but the data will be updated and released quarterly. CMS also released the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (SNF PPS) proposed...
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Biden Administration Foreshadows Impending Nursing Home Quality Reforms
By Evie Atwater, George Tzanetakos and Gregory Fosheim on Apr 7, 2022
Posted In Benefit Controversies, Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor
On February 28, 2022, the White House issued a fact sheet outlining several efforts aimed to increase safety, accountability, oversight and transparency in the senior services industry (Fact Sheet). Although the Fact Sheet’s initiatives have not yet been implemented, President Biden reiterated his administration’s focus on nursing home reform during his March 1, 2022, State...
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UPDATE: CMS Issues COVID-19 Vaccination Interim Final Rule for Healthcare Facilities
By Sandra M. DiVarco, Gregory Fosheim, Lauren Knizner and Kristen O'Brien on Dec 2, 2021
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor
On November 16, 2021, 12 states—Montana, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia—filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana requesting that the Interim Final Rule with comment period (IFR) that put in place the vaccination mandate applicable to certain covered healthcare...
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