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CMS Proposes Minimum Staffing Requirements and Enhanced Facility Assessments for Nursing Homes

C&M Health Law

On September 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a much anticipated and contested proposed rule that seeks to establish minimum staffing level requirements for nursing homes. hours of nursing staff per resident per day, or 3.0

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Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements: Recent Trends in Citation Risks and Solutions

Hall Render

In 2023, nursing homes have seen increased citations by surveyors for noncompliance tied to their pre-dispute, binding agreements for binding arbitration with their residents. The nursing home must ensure that the resident or his or her representative acknowledges that he or she understands the agreement for binding arbitration.

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Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes

Fierce Healthcare

Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes dmuoio Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:40

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NY Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Assessments Set to Begin

Healthcare Law Blog

On June 30, 2023, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued a notice to nursing home operators and administrators announcing that it will begin conducting assessments on July 10, 2023 of nursing homes’ compliance with the State’s minimum staffing requirements.

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Inside the OIG’s Latest Focus on Emergency Preparedness for Nursing Homes

Healthicity

The OIG added just one item to its Work Plan in March of 2023 -- but it was a significant item relating to nursing homes.

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Nursing Home Psychologist Convicted of Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Med-Net Compliance

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the psychologist caused the submission of fraudulent Medicare claims from July 2016 through June 2019 for psychotherapy services purportedly provided to nursing home residents in Chicago and surrounding areas.

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OIG Reveals Nursing Homes Challenged with Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness Regulations

Hall Render

Department of Health and Human Services found that most skilled nursing facilities (“nursing homes”) in Massachusetts that it surveyed are not correctly complying with life safety requirements or emergency preparedness requirements. The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S.