Healthcare Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

1] If the proposed rule is finalized, CMS estimates that approximately 75% of all nursing homes would have to “strengthen staffing in their facilities” in order to meet the new requirements. [2] Nurse Aide (NA) HPRD (the “2.45 NA HPRD requirements, a total nurse staffing standard should be required. 55 RN HPRD and 2.45

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MedTrainer

MARCH 19, 2024

Medical errors can occur in any healthcare setting, including hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. A 2016 study by Johns Hopkins upped that total to 250,000 annual deaths — making medical mistakes the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. Want to learn more about compliance training and incident reporting?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

care.ai’s Smart Care Facility Platform™ transforms healthcare settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes, into responsive care facilities that continuously monitor and streamline clinical and operational workflows. About Crescent Cove Advisors.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Free Refills (2016). For more practical advice on preventing, investigation, managing and reporting diversion incidents, join our webinar December 8, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Click here to register. FOOTNOTES. [1] 1] Peter Grinspoon, M.D.,

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. The article states “An example of this was Wells Fargo in 2016.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. The article states “An example of this was Wells Fargo in 2016.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

Research by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has found that many hospital admissions of dually eligible nursing home residents could have been avoided because the condition could have been prevented or treated outside of an inpatient hospital setting.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MAY 4, 2022

A former employee has filed a lawsuit against a West Virginia nursing home alleging sexual harassment by another employee. An employee of the nursing home was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The former employee worked at the West Virginia nursing home from October 2016 through April 2021.

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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. The National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently released an update to the 2016 List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings.

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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. The National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently released an update to the 2016 List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings.

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Some additional nursing facts include: The U.S. government estimates that >200,000 new RN positions will be created each year from 2016 to 2026. Most healthcare services involve some sort of care by nurses including private practices, primary care clinics, home health, nursing homes, hospices, and more.

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SQA

MAY 17, 2022

China Regulatory Roundup: Latest Guidelines for Medical Device and IVD Compliance, 17 March 2022. The Points is an upgraded version of Practice for Cosmetics Production Licensing , implemented in 2016, with more stringent inspection requirements. The products are private labeled for Major Pharmaceuticals.

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SQA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Regulations were first issued with immediate effect in 2002 and were later revised in 2016. 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.

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While these five FDA findings (the last in response to the MDL court’s invitation for the FDA to participate directly in this litigation) were nails in these experts’ Rule 702 coffins, they would also support reversing this MDL’s prior adverse preemption decision ( 2016-10 ). The G/N MDL was created in 2013 and mostly settled in 2016.

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