MedTrainer

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Keys to managing point-of-care testing complianceIn an effort to combat the spread of the virus and to help nursing homes protect the health and safety of their residents, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is distributing SARS-CoV-2 antigen diagnostic tests to more than 14,000 facilities.

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In an effort to combat the spread of the virus and to help nursing homes protect the health and safety of their residents, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is distributing SARS-CoV-2 antigen diagnostic tests to more than 14,000 facilities. HHS argued antigen testing is the best option available.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 17, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a determination titled Determination That A Public Health Emergency Exists (the California PHE Determination), that decided a public health emergency exists and has existed since January 7, 2025, in the State of California (California Public Health Emergency).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. Some ready-made CSS tools that states will find useful include: .

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Hall Render

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services extended the public health emergency through April 16, 2022. Since the pandemic began, nursing homes and assisted living facilities have lost more than 400,000 jobs. Staffing shortages at home health agencies and nursing homes are creating problems at hospitals.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 18, 2024

For example, Memorial Hermann Health System has created a “healthcare high school” to find workers even before they enter the job market, and Froedtert Health and ThedaCare began working on cultural integration long before the two health systems merged in January. Medical Properties Trust has sued the Mass.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Use the resources in this article to guide you through the complexities of Nebraska’s healthcare compliance regulations, so you don’t find yourself behind the game. These agencies help maintain the integrity and quality of healthcare services in Nebraska , protecting the public and promoting patient safety.

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Another concern involved caregivers in a nursing home that needed to crush up an HD to mix it into a resident’s food or liquid to assist with swallowing the HD. Like USP, the Board encourages utilization of Chapter <800> in the interest of advancing public health. Read the full article.

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Another concern involved caregivers in a nursing home that needed to crush up an HD to mix it into a resident’s food or liquid to assist with swallowing the HD. Like USP, the Board encourages utilization of Chapter <800> in the interest of advancing public health. Read the full article.

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AIHC

JUNE 14, 2024

Part 3 in a series of articles to support World Elder Abuse Awareness Written by Joanne Byron, BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS of the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance ( AIHC ), a non-profit healthcare education organization.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Note: This article has been revised to include information on the Group 2 states as of January 18, 2022. In addition, nursing homes are not required to ensure the vaccination of individuals who very infrequently provide ad hoc non-health care services (such as annual elevator inspection), or services that are performed exclusively off-site.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. In particular, the hottest spot appeared to be a nursing home where one resident had been diagnosed with COVID-19 on February 28.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 7, 2022

These “work and services” include, in relevant part: Removing debris; Providing temporary facilities for essential community services; Demolishing unsafe structures that endanger the public; and. Reducing immediate threats to life, property and public health and safety. Your primary Hall Render contact.

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SQA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Compared to the 2016 revised version, the draft of the 2022 version includes 101 more articles to conform to the pharmaceutical policy reforms in the recent years and the Drug Administration Law revised in 2019. The Regulations were first issued with immediate effect in 2002 and were later revised in 2016.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

At the micro-level, the lack of data interoperability means that patient data cannot be easily shared between the hospital that the patient visited and the family physician that regularly takes care of them…or between the nursing home and the urgent care clinic. If their data could be helpful, they were willing to make it available.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The Governor expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in the State of Ohio, discussed in this insightful Washington Post article. “I The Governor asserted this in the context of the role of protecting his fellow citizens for health and well-being, for equal rights, civility, and a hope of bringing people together. .

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MedTrainer

MAY 4, 2023

The end of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) will reinstate regulations that have been absent for years… and many healthcare workers have never had to follow. There are plenty of compliance implications for the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023 , and an assessment is a great place to start.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 31, 2022

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the CMS as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff. Your regular Hall Render attorney.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. The post What Non-Profit Hospitals Need to Know about FEMA Relief Available for Property Damage Resulting from Hurricanes Helene and Milton appeared first on Law Firm | Health Care Law Firm in the USA | Hall Render.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The GCPG standardized the seven Elements of a Successful Compliance Program, which differs slightly from the individual compliance guidance documents (CPGs) directed at various segments of the health care industry, such as hospitals, nursing homes, third-party billers, and durable medical equipment suppliers.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The GCPG standardized the seven Elements of a Successful Compliance Program, which differs slightly from the individual compliance guidance documents (CPGs) directed at various segments of the health care industry, such as hospitals, nursing homes, third-party billers, and durable medical equipment suppliers.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In addition, sections 1819(d)(4)(B) and 1919(d)(4)(B) of the Act explicitly authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“HHS Secretary”) to issue any regulations he deems necessary to protect the health and safety of residents. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Taffy for the nursing homes, lollipops for the device manufacturers…. Quinney College of Law and an adjunct in the Department of Internal Medicine/Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and Humanities (CHeEtAH). The post Sweet Land of Immunity appeared first on Bill of Health. Most healthy, smiling faces in the crowd got some.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

DOJ filed claims against multiple nursing homes and their management corporation for providing services that the DOJ alleged were grossly below the standard of care. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. One hospice organization paid $5.5 Standard of Care. The post DOJ Recouped $2.2

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AIHC

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Written By: Compliance Blogger This article addresses COVID testing and consent considerations for: healthcare organizations, nursing homes and business associates or non-healthcare workplaces. This article is not intended as legal or consulting advice.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

As skilled nursing facilities work and provide health care services after the May 11, 2023, end of the Public Health Emergency, questions and concerns about visitation at these facilities will likely continue to arise. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the COVID public health emergency (“PHE”) will expire and end on May 11, 2023. CMS has allowed states and nursing homes to suspend these assessments for new residents for thirty days. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 16, 2025

Advanced Care & Aging States Must Step Up After Federal Court Tosses Key Protection for Nursing Home Residents After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic care failures in American nursing homes, the Biden Administration adopted a series of regulatory changes to enhance resident safety. Some already do.

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Bill of Health

JULY 5, 2023

This article will focus on one such book, Lessons from the COVID War: An Investigative Report. Some have also served as public health officials and/or professors. The pandemic response in the United States, and its attendant hospitalization and death rates, represents a failure of public health. 209), and the like.

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

2023) (First Amendment bars state-law misrepresentation claims over “truth” of published scientific article) ( here ); National Association of Wheat Growers v. Plaintiff’s repeated attempts to raise nursing home jurisdictional cases failed because the only the scope of regular preemption was at issue. 4th 315 (6th Cir.

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Med League

OCTOBER 5, 2023

One particularly distressing aspect of New Jersey’s pandemic response was the devastating impact on its veterans homes. In what can only be described as a multilevel leadership failure in nursing homes, specifically in veteran homes facilities, these facilities witnessed a tragic loss of life due to COVID-19.

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