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.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 16, 2022

spread between nursing homes. These facilities, like most nursing homes, are for-profit businesses that pad their margins by cutting labor costs. As in nursing homes, homecare understaffing pre-dated , but was intensified by , the pandemic. Recall that the first COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.

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Hanys

MARCH 25, 2022

We encourage you to urge your legislators to make these investments.

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Hall Render

JULY 5, 2023

When a patient is discharged from acute care, it is important that the acute care provider deliver accurate and appropriate patient information related to a patient’s treatment and condition in order to decrease the risk of readmission or an adverse event at the skilled nursing providers and home health agencies.

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Hanys

JANUARY 19, 2024

As illustrated by the results of our latest joint association fiscal survey , New York's hospitals and nursing homes continue to face unrelenting fiscal and workforce challenges that threaten access to patient care. Most importantly, state lawmakers must make a multi-year commitment to close the Medicaid funding gap.

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Health Law RX

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

AHCA is sending out postcards to existing Florida Medicaid providers (Providers) alerting them to upcoming changes in the Florida Medicaid program. Providers are urged to sign into their account on the Florida Medicaid portal immediately. Medicaid Certified School Match Program Fee Schedule. Check your mailboxes.

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CMS.gov

APRIL 15, 2019

Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Homes. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Nursing facilities. This duty is especially important when it comes to the care provided for some of the most vulnerable in our society, Americans residing in nursing homes. Jeremy.Booth@c….

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Workplace violence has become one of the key management challenges and sources of enterprise risk for hospitals over the past several years. a patient who was acting out and shot in his hospital room by off-duty police officers following the failure of hospital staff to perform appropriate assessment and de-escalation of the patient.

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

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

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Health Law RX

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities will be required to ensure that their employees are vaccinated for COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on September 9, 2021. The Interim Final Rule will apply to any healthcare facility receiving Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

” Because residents will have the opportunity to receive primary care services in a safer environment through telehealth, Parker will contribute to public health goals of reducing the spread of COVID-19 while reducing excess burden on the hospital systems throughout New York City that may be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 30, 2024

Compliance is Mandatory for Federal Programs One constant is that organizations and facilities that participate in federal healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, must have a compliance program. Nursing Homes: Skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, and other types of nursing homes.

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Hanys

APRIL 15, 2022

billion in capital funding; additional Medicaid support for financially distressed hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers; telehealth payment parity; revisions to the Medicaid global cap; and supportive funding in several areas to bolster the healthcare worker pipeline.

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Examples of covered entities include health plans, clearinghouses, and certain health care providers including but not limited to: doctors, clinics, psychologists, dentists, chiropractors, nursing homes, and pharmacies. There are a number of laws built to fight against Medicare/Medicaid noncompliance and fraud. Certification.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

MOBs adjacent to a hospital campus often have rents between on-campus and off-campus rates. CMS’s proposed nursing home staffing requirements will have a big impact on the industry. According to a KFF report , fewer than 1 in 5 nursing homes will meet the new requirements.

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Healthcare Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the Congressional Research Service, which analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) National Health Expenditure Accounts (“NHEA”) on the personal health expenditures for LTSS by payer, in 2021, an estimated $467.4 billion was spent on LTSS. This represents 13.2% of LTSS spending. [5]

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Hall Render

APRIL 19, 2024

to Study Treatments for Vascular Abnormalities Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Nation’s First Ban on Gender-affirming Care for Minors Jason Demke Hired as COO at Mercy Hospital Fort Smit Pulaski Tech Awarded $5.7M

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

NATIONAL 382 rural hospitals cut chemotherapy, breakdown by state 1 year after Amazon-One Medical deal finalized: What’s happened since ACOs want increased participation of long-term and post-acute care providers ‘Behind the times’: DC tries to catch up with AI’s use in health care CMS finalizes DSH payment cuts for some safety-net hospitals: (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

Telehealth is in the spotlight as the coronavirus crisis unfolds, offering an essential link between patients and physicians while removing the need to travel to overburdened hospitals. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

HHS-OIG conducted investigations resulting in 661 criminal actions against individuals related to Medicare and Medicaid, as well as 726 civil actions, including false claims, unjust-enrichment lawsuits, and civil monetary penalty settlements. Enhancing program integrity in noninstitutional care settings, such as home health and hospice care.

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Health Care Law Brief

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Perhaps most importantly, we have learned that hospitals’ pre-COVID emergency management and disaster preparedness plans were insufficient to handle the scale, intensity, and duration of a health disaster like COVID-19. All hospitals everywhere were strapped for resources. The expansion of telehealth is a primary example of this.

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ensuring the Financial Integrity of HHS Programs In fiscal year (FY) 2022, improper payments within healthcare programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were estimated at a staggering $131.6 With Medicaid, the challenges are equally formidable.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 1, 2022

Medicare and Medicaid services are the backbone for supporting elderly and disabled Americans. Established in 1976, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) was created to fight fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid. Patients commonly stay at skilled nursing facilities after their hospital visit to recover.

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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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Health Law Attorney

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“ CMS ”) has also taken recent action to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In November 2021, CMS issued an Interim Final Rule (“ IFR ”) that would require facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding to ensure that their staff are vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 17, 2024

OIG Medicare compliance audits help ensure that hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities use program funds efficiently and in accordance with federal and state laws. Findings from OIG audits can identify compliance areas needing improvement. and cybersecurity threats. .): Organizations using M.A.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to hear Tower Health’s appeal of its loss of property tax exemption for Phoenixville Hospital. Tower has paid nearly $5M in property taxes since it acquired the hospital in 2017. Separately, the Supreme Court will still hear Tower’s appeal of its Pottstown Hospital exemptions.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards. Lawmakers introduce bill criminalizing violence, threats against hospital employees. Most hospitals failing price transparency rule. Shooting at Tulsa hospital exposes vulnerability of health care facilities. Encompass Health opens rehabilitation hospital in Cape Coral.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

after home health provider reneges on Option deal Will the doctor see you now? Here’s why. Report: Amazon Pauses 50-State Virtual Care Service Expansion UnitedHealth acquires Amedisys for $3.3B

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Before it embarked on its current $3B development in Detroit, Henry Ford Health purchased more than 300 parcels of real estate surrounding its main hospital campus, with the first of such acquisitions dating back to the early 2000s. 55 of the new ASCs were opened by hospitals or health systems. according to a recent fee estimate.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) released their findings of an audit they conducted to determine if hospital admissions of Indiana skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid (dually eligible beneficiaries) were potentially avoidable, and if level-of-care requirements for Medicare were met.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

How are hospitals and health systems turning to telehealth to address provider burnout as demand for behavioral health services mounts? It's also costly to transport elderly patients from nursing homes or assisted living facilities to clinics or hospitals and back, and then to a pharmacy. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Hall Render

JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) represents and advocates for Nebraska’s hospitals and health systems, working to improve healthcare delivery and patient care across the state. The law controls the growth of healthcare services, particularly in areas such as rehabilitation and nursing home beds.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals. GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes. Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% Supreme Court tosses Medicaid work requirement cases. This nursing home chain reported the highest COVID death rate. Alabama hospital on the verge of closure.

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Med Law Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Similar issues were raised with respect to the private equity acquisition of Hahnemann Hospital. In the article entitled “The Death of Hahnemann Hospital” published in the New Yorker magazine in May 2021. Christopher’s Hospital, to American Academic Health System, which then closed Hahnemann Hospital in June of 2019.

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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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