The Health Law Firm Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has sued three nursing homes in Ohio and Pennsylvania, citing their “grossly substandard skilled nursing services.” By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 15, 2022, the U.S.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has given surveyors new rules and updates to allow surveyors to add extra attention and increase oversight in nursing homes regarding the quality of care and quality of life for residents. CMS also added guidance on §483.70(q)

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

An Illinois licensed practical nurse (LPN) was convicted and sentenced for failing to administer lifesaving measures to a resident in a nursing home in 2017. Additionally, the LPN’s nursing license was suspended for an unspecified period of time. Discussion Points: Review your policies and procedures on CPR.

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Through collaborative efforts with partners such as the Department of Justice (DOJ), Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs), and various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, the OIG employs a comprehensive and data-driven approach to detect, investigate, and prosecute instances of fraud.

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Provider Trust

JULY 17, 2023

Their guidance aims to improve a number of potential risks within the healthcare space by improving care at nursing homes and strengthening the program integrity in managed care. OIG pointed to the increased instances of patient neglect abuse as well as the need for oversight within nursing homes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services relaxed requirements around reimbursements early in the pandemic, contributing to the upswing in countrywide telehealth visits. " WHY IT MATTERS. Since then, multiple groups have pushed the agency to make such changes permanent. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded its Medicare telehealth coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable more patients to get virtual care services from their providers. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

how streamlined licensing and credentialing can help with the psychiatrist shortage. How can telehealth, combined with streamlined licensing and credentialing, help solve the nation's current psychiatrist shortage? Telehealth, however, does so directly and immediately. More than three-quarters of U.S.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JULY 5, 2022

On June 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it issued significant changes to surveyor guidance for Long Term Care (LTC) facility health, quality and safety standards. [1] 1] Fact Sheet: Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety | CMS. [2]

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care within DHHS is responsible for administering Medicaid services and overseeing long-term care programs, ensuring accessible and quality healthcare for vulnerable populations in Nebraska. Providers must complete three hours of continuing education (CE) in opiate prescribing, with.5

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Hall Render

JANUARY 18, 2022

Amidst a nationwide nursing and skilled nursing facility staffing crisis, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that additional information regarding nursing home staff numbers will be added to the January 2022 CMS Care Compare website. Weekend Staff.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, COVID-19 immunization rates among nursing home staff quickly rose due to federal vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and long-term care facilities participating in the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. viii] Who We Help – Nursing Homes | qioprogram.org. pdf (federalregister.gov).

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) is a key non-profit organization that supports and advocates for nearly 400 healthcare entities in New Jersey, including hospitals and nursing homes, focusing on quality, affordable healthcare. This process includes multiple agreements, a letter of intent, and a statement of collaboration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2022

With a shortage of physicians to address the growing need for care, a lack of providers who accept Medicaid, and access issues due to transportation or office hour challenges, healthcare organizations are looking to technology to help bridge the gap. Addressing the increasing need for behavioral health services is a nationwide challenge.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And we know that our prisons, jails, and detention centers employ doctors with suspended and limited licenses as the exclusive source for health care for incarcerated people. health law and policy is the exclusion of people in custody in prisons, jails, and detention centers from Medicaid. These voluntary standards, within the U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

MARCH 3, 2022

President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately. 30, amounting to at least 23% of all U.S.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

As skilled nursing ‘teeters,’ leaders look to DC for help on pay rule and more. CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards. Report: Mesa nursing home fined $500 after negligence leads to resident’s death. System on the brink of collapse’: CT nursing home workers join national campaign for better wages, conditions.

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MedTrainer

MAY 4, 2023

This article will focus on the federal changes, but make sure to check with all states where your providers are licensed to stay up-to-date. CMS Burden Reduction Final Rule (84 FR 51732) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) permanently extended changes made to the Burden Reduction Final Rule.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

On the revenue side, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have indicated plans to cut reimbursements for home-based healthcare services by 4.2% in 2023, a move the president of one major industry group said puts “the stability of home health care…at risk.” He keeps me here.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) arrested a 37-year-old woman for allegedly practicing medicine as a registered nurse without a license at seven nursing and assisted living facilities in Anderson, Greenville, and Pickens counties.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As a teenager, I volunteered in hospitals and nursing homes. My first professional experience in healthcare was as a licensed social worker in an acute care hospital. I’m currently on contract to a State Medicaid Agency’s Privacy Office. Tell the readers about your career in the healthcare industry.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It doesn’t even take you to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website. But as the saying goes, the devil is in the details, and details regarding which types of services will be covered to support care at home—and which will not—have yet to be revealed. Try Googling the word “caregiving.”

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has armed surveyors with detailed instructions on how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. Six unvaccinated staff, if available.

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Health Law Advisor

APRIL 8, 2022

On April 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance terminating numerous blanket waivers applicable to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), inpatient hospices, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IIDs), and end stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

HHS Announces $15M in Funding For Behavioral Healthcare In Nursing Homes. State Actions to Address Nursing Home Staffing During COVID-19. How does Arizona solve its nursing shortage? Group home at center of Gilbert murder investigation fights to keep license to operate. CALIFORNIA. Christus St.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

License wait times reach crisis levels for healthcare workers. Aspen University investigation: Students vent frustration amid nursing board probe into private college. ‘I feel extorted:’ Former FMC nurses told to pay $5K after being fired for refusing vaccine. Nursing home staffing changes backed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

For example, the Brigham Home Hospital program leveraged Biofourmis’ AI-based technology to improve outcomes while lowering costs by 38%, the company reported. A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc.

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

Former CMS Chief Seema Verma Blasts Nursing Home Reform Proposals. How the PE Nursing Home Crackdown Could Affect the Home Health Industry. New Bill Aims to Extend Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver. Nursing home lobbyists request sit-down with Biden about reforms. CONNECTICUT.

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Hall Render

APRIL 29, 2022

About 20K nursing home staff now have vaccine medical exemptions. More than 400 nursing home closures projected for 2022: report. Family nurse practitioners. Alabama Medicaid enrollment increases as pandemic requirement continues. Strikes averted at four Connecticut nursing homes but not in Windsor.

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

Million CALIFORNIA California hospital dismisses CEO California physician pleads guilty to $2.5M million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’ Million CALIFORNIA California hospital dismisses CEO California physician pleads guilty to $2.5M million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’ million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 22, 2023

health care spending hits $4.5 Million in Retaliation Suit John Muir, Tenet scrap hospital deal after FTC challenge Kaiser to lay off 79 administrative employees Leaning toward big wins in schizophrenia and vaccines, venture group raises new fund of $389 million Madera hospital creditors want to be paid, including CEO. health care spending hits $4.5

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Humana sues to reverse cut to Medicare Advantage ratings Karen Lynch steps down as CVS Health CEO Nursing home survey teams don’t always have to include nurses: federal appeals court Senate report: How private equity ‘gutted’ dozens of U.S. health care company acquires three Del.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

CT’s Medicaid reimbursement rates lower than peer states: report Better safety training, reporting, escorts for CT home health care workers focus of new legislation D.C. Mary’s unveils new name, but mission remains unchanged UCHealth sues thousands of patients every year. What they say sets them apart.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe practices as pandemic hit. Aspen U surrenders nursing program license. Aspen University in Phoenix surrenders nursing program license, failing to meet NCLEX first-time pass rate.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes. Supreme Court tosses Medicaid work requirement cases. This nursing home chain reported the highest COVID death rate. San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital Loses Medicaid, Medicare Funding. Nursing Home Will Settle COVID-19 Death Suit.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Luke’s Children’s Hospital opens new inpatient rehab unit LC State Radiographic Science Program Ranked No. Vincent, Indianapolis Colts announce new partnership Franciscan Health launches 24/7 ambulance to help patients in rural counties Lilly to make $1.8B

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