Category Health Care

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® List

By BrownWinick | 08.17.2023

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 33 lawyers have been included in the 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. BrownWinick would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2024 The Best Lawyers... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® List

By BrownWinick | 08.18.2022

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 33 lawyers have been included in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. BrownWinick would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2023 The Best Lawyers... Read More

Nickerson Selected to the UnityPoint Health-Des Moines Young Advisory Council

By BrownWinick | 02.26.2021

BrownWinick would like to congratulate attorney Jordan Nickerson for being selected to the UnityPoint Health-Des Moines Young Advisory Council (YAC). Jordan recently began his three-year term on the council, where he brings not only a passion for helping others but a strong background in health law. The Young Advisory Council at UnityPoint Health... Read More

Guidelines Issued for the Phased Easing of Restrictions for Iowa's Long-Term Care Facilities

By BrownWinick | 06.10.2020

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) began implementing guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the phased reopening of Iowa’s long-term care facilities on March 13, 2020. On June 4, 2020, IDPH and IDA issued the Iowa Guidance on Phased Easing of... Read More

Dental Services to Resume in Iowa on May 8th

By BrownWinick | 05.07.2020

On May 6th, Governor Reynolds issued a new proclamation allowing Iowa dentists to resume providing services as of 5:00 a.m. on May 8th, if certain requirements are met. Those requirements are: Dental services are provided in compliance with the Iowa Dental Board Guidelines for the Safe Transition Back to Practice approved and adopted by the Iowa... Read More

HHS Begins Distribution of Second Round of CARES Act Funding for Health Care Providers

By BrownWinick | 04.27.2020

The United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has begun distributing an additional $20 billion of funding for health care providers appropriated in the CARES Act.  HHS distributed the first $30 billion of funding between April 10 and April 17, 2020. That distribution was based on providers’ 2019 Medicare fee-for-service... Read More

Providers Now Eligible to Receive Medicare Reimbursement for COVID-19 Care Provided to the Uninsured

By BrownWinick | 04.27.2020

Beginning on April 27, 2020, health care providers can begin applying to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") to receive Medicare reimbursement for COVID-related care provided to uninsured persons. HHS allocated a portion of the $100 billion Provider Relief Fund to reimburse healthcare providers for COVID-related treatment of... Read More

The CARES Act and Health Care: Federal Funding Authorized to Support Health Care Workforce Programs

By Drew Larson | 04.13.2020

Sections 3401-3404 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economics Security Act, more commonly known as the CARES Act, provide for federal funding to be used for health professions workforce programs, geriatrics workforce enhancement programs, and nursing workforce development. These programs are generally focused on increasing access and... Read More

CARES Act Provider Relief

By BrownWinick | 04.11.2020

The CARES Act provides $100 Billion in relief to hospitals and other healthcare providers. Beginning Friday, April 10th, the first $30 Billion of these funds were provided directly to Medicare participating healthcare providers. These funds were automatically deposited based on a calculation of 2019 Medicare fee for service claims. These funds are... Read More

Do Health Care Providers Have Legal Immunity When Treating COVID-19 Patients?

By BrownWinick | 04.09.2020

On April 1, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued an executive order granting legal immunity for health care providers treating patients with COVID-19. This order granted immunity from civil liability for health care facilities, professionals, and volunteers for any injury or death that occurs while they are providing health care services in... Read More