Health Law Attorney

JANUARY 13, 2022

In June 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“ OSHA ”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ ETS ”) that would require, amongst other things, employers with 100 or more employees to adopt a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. OSHA’s mandatory vaccination policy would affect approximately 84 million employees.

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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

JUNE 10, 2022

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. New HCA Florida West Marion Hospital CEO brings passion for quality health care in Ocala. Hospitalization at home?

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes. HHS Secretary Outlines FY 2023 Mental Health Investments at Senate Hearing. This nursing home chain reported the highest COVID death rate. Bright Health’s financial, legal woes continue to mount. Nursing Home Will Settle COVID-19 Death Suit.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New Jersey Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) oversees various departments and initiatives aimed at ensuring public health, such as disease control, environmental health, emergency preparedness, and health equity.

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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. settings where healthcare is delivered, including home health. This article is not intended as legal or consulting advice.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions stabilize. Considerations for Social Determinants of Health Screening Design. COVID-19 public health emergency set to be extended. Covid-19 remains a public health emergency in US, administration says. Arkansas Gets $3.9M

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

CMS gives nursing homes a longer leash on staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Daniel Barchi named CIO of CommonSpirit Health. Owner of Chicago nursing home fined after 3 seniors died due to heat wave. Patient sues Advocate Aurora Health in federal court over ‘pixel’ data breach.

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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 ended several of the SNF blanket waivers in 2021 and 2022. CMS has allowed states and nursing homes to suspend these assessments for new residents for thirty days.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

Nurse-staffing bill advancing through Colorado Legislature. Now Durango’s public health agency is sounding the alarm. Oscar Health To Exit Colorado, Arkansas. Advocate Aurora Health, Atrium Health to form $27 billion system. Illinois COVID Stats: Cases Up Nearly 30% in Last Week, Health Officials Say.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Colorado will provide free education to students for health care jobs as it tries to fill dire worker shortages. billion in profit in 2021. Trinity Health of New England names Dr. Montez Carter as new CEO. Hartford HealthCare nurses give strike notice. Genesis Health System and MercyOne to partner. CONNECTICUT.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The pandemic prison has utilized several of the worst features of incarceration as a foundational part of how the institution governs “public health” for its captives. Abolitionists and other critics of mass incarceration joined incarcerated people in proclaiming that prison ran counter to public health. By Dan Berger.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. Joint Commission’s New Accreditation Standards Tackle Health Disparities. Nursing homes and long-term care facilities face increased turnover, look to new solution to attract workers. UC San Diego Health names new CIO.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Lawmakers call on Biden to end public health emergency. 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. 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations.

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Hall Render

APRIL 15, 2022

CMS: End to pandemic waivers helps nursing homes ‘redirect efforts’ to meet residents’ needs. CMS pushes for mandatory flu vax monitoring among nursing home staff. CMS Releases Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Proposed Rule for FY23. CMS revises COVID-19 nursing home protocols. CMS finalizes 8.5%

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

40% of Nursing Home Residents Haven’t Received COVID-19 Boosters, Analysis Finds. How 5 health systems are spending their innovation investment dollars. No COVID-19 boosters for 70% of nursing home staffs, AARP says. Contract Nurse Agencies Are Making Big Money in the Age of COVID-19. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk Gilead drops option to buy cancer therapeutics company Health and Life Organization Inc. County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk Gilead drops option to buy cancer therapeutics company Health and Life Organization Inc.

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act becomes law. Here are the top health systems by patient reviews. Hospital stays for nursing home residents down nearly 9%, federal data shows. Sensitive health data of 50 million Americans hacked or breached last year: analysis. County’s public health system.

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C&M Health Law

AUGUST 10, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and enacts changes to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program beginning in FY 2023. SNF Payment Rates and PDPM Adjustments.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

NATIONAL 988 suicide hotline adds support for American Sign Language 3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends Adventist Health completes merger with Montebello’s ailing Beverly Hospital AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers introduced in Senate AHA weighs in on CMS’ proposed ASC payment system AHA submits comments on CY 2024 (..)

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SQA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

As became the case in May 2021, when the European Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) came online without an updated MRA between the EU and Switzerland, Swiss manufacturers of IVDs are now treated as any other “third country” manufacturers seeking CE Marking to sell their devices in the EU.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Health systems grow apprenticeships to tackle shortages. HHS alerts health sector to monkeypox-themed phishing campaign. House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe practices as pandemic hit. Delaware extends public health emergency order 30 days.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

nurse charged with stealing pain medications Mayo Clinic workers say they have terrible health insurance Mayo Clinic will mentor these 9 AI startups MISSISSIPPI Baptist Health to merge with Meridian-based Anderson Mississippi is one of the worst states for health care, new study says.

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Hall Render

APRIL 26, 2024

health dept. health dept. in 256-Slice CT scanner Lifepoint reports $200M+ economic impact in Cen Ky St. processed 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees in 12 months; one month left in ‘unwinding’ University of Maryland Medical Center physicians unionize, a first in the state Emergency room wait times are worse than bad.

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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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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 17, 2022

First, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are seeing large numbers of suits , particularly for failures in infection control. It also questions whether shields reflect good public policy and suggests some of the politics that seemed to drive the legislators that voted for them. Of course, there are always exceptions.

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Hall Render

APRIL 14, 2023

NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%

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Hall Render

APRIL 29, 2022

About 20K nursing home staff now have vaccine medical exemptions. County Struggles with Income Affect Social Determinants of Health. More than 400 nursing home closures projected for 2022: report. CT Senate approves $25 million children’s mental-health legislation. CMS Proposes $1.6B in malpractice case.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Like ordering from Amazon: Where health tech is heading, according to 3 CIOs. Medical groups to Biden: ED boarding at a ‘crisis point’ Nursing home groups request public health emergency extension. Supreme Court Weighs Whether Medicaid Residents Can Sue State-Owned Nursing Homes.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

American Hospital Association Throws Weight Behind Nursing Home TNA Legislation. CMS leader says health innovation must be accessible to everyone. Decades of neglect in nursing homes spur Biden plan for staff mandates. Health system cash reserves plummet. Nurses respond amid flu, RSV surge ahead of winter.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M

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Hall Render

AUGUST 26, 2022

Amazon competes with CVS Health, others in bid for Signify Health. Amazon to shutter virtual health care service Amazon Care. CMS bulletin presses states on Medicaid nursing home spending. CMS informational bulletin urges steps for improving health outcomes in nursing homes. in net income.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency. Bill would use CMS’s Five-Star system to punish consistently 1-star nursing homes. CommonSpirit Health confirms ransomware attack. Nursing home owner asks county to lift worker covenants so it can sell after only 3 years.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

in federal aid for rural Arkansas hospitals, totaling nearly $40M UAMS Reports $18M Loss in Fiscal First Quarter Baxter Health cut 155 positions through attrition, CEO says Arkansas hospital adds Mazor X robot New opioid research center in Little Rock aims for national impact NIH awards UAMS $1.5M

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Hall Render

APRIL 28, 2023

million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022 INDIANA Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees Carmel-based NICO Corp. million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022 INDIANA Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees Carmel-based NICO Corp.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 7, 2022

CDC gives nursing home workers a big break – if they’re boosted. CDC shortens COVID isolation rules for health workers. CMS Issues Additional Vaccine Mandate Guidance for Nursing Homes. Inflation jump took a bite out of 2021 physician compensation. Alabama health care systems overwhelmed due to Omicron.

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T Lawmakers are now mulling limits. Francis Hospital-Interquest Progresses In Colorado Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2 and Del.

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