Health Care Performance

JUNE 29, 2022

This guidance includes the following updates: Clarifications and technical corrections of Phase 2 guidance issued in 2017. CMS will begin reviewing nursing home Compliance and Ethics programs via survey on. Nursing homes should make sure their compliance programs are built to the original rule (plus OIG guidance).

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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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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Established in 2017 through a collaboration between Independence Health System, St. Clair Health, and Washington Health System, Bridges collaborates with both independent and employed medical staff to deliver an integrated regional network of care, supported by over 1,000 physicians.

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

Vincent reopens Westside Crossing Walk-In Care Indiana’s 2017 abortion law violates free speech, federal judge rules Ind. Parkview Hospitals Awarded ‘A’ In Hospital Safety Grades From Leapfrog Group New nurse apprenticeship program starts at Ascension St. million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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

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Healthcare Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Over the past 10 years, there has been a significant shift from delivering long-term care in institutional settings, such as nursing homes, to home and community-based settings, [6] driven by concerns about the high cost of institutional care as well as beneficiaries’ consistent preference to live in the community.

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Med Law Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Additional Investigative and Enforcement Activity In 2017, a whistleblower suit was filed against Surgery Partners, Inc. Howell, Constantine Yannelis and Abhinav Gupta positing that their research shows that “PE ownership increases short term mortality of Medicare patients by 10%, in nursing homes”. Hahnemann Hospital and St.

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Kaiser Health News

MAY 27, 2022

“We are in the Golden Age of older rectums,” one investment manager wrote in 2017. In December, NBC News reported on how one private equity-owned group of dermatology practices overbooked patients, lost test results, and leaned on cheaper labor from physician assistants and nurse practitioners who may miss critical diagnoses.

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C&M Health Law

MAY 11, 2022

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data —for the first time—reporting on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, and changes of ownership of Medicare enrolled hospitals and nursing homes over the past six years.

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Pharmacy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

On November 22, 2017, a Florida woman who was accused of a $45 million Medicare fraud, received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence, following a 2016 U.S. Her case continued in 2017 following a 5-3 ruling by the Supreme Court holding that the government could not freeze assets belonging to her that were not tied to the alleged fraud scheme.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Thu, 11/30/2017 - 15:28. Nursing facilities. Ultimately, these measures may help patients choose the nursing home, hospital, or clinician that is best for them, and can help providers to provide the highest quality of care across care settings. CMS releases its Measures Under Consideration List for 2018 pre-rulemaking.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2022

It facilitates access to health data for patients and authorized ELGA health service providers – attending physicians, hospitals, nursing homes or pharmacies. Stanford Medicine 2017 Health Trends Report: Harnessing the Power of Data in Health. 2017) Digital health is a cultural transformation of traditional healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The virtual trial, to be sure, is not a new concept: One team of researchers counted more than 1,100 trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov employing connected digital products for remote data collection in both 2017 and 2018, the organization observed. For example, nursing homes were hit hard by the virus.

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 2, 2017, a former elder care facility executive was awarded a $1.5 Irene Riggs claims she was fired for complaining about the "sexually charged" environment created by a supervisor's inappropriate conduct with a nurse. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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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. Sound familiar ?

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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. Sound familiar ?

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

judgment against nursing home chain over woman’s death Arkansas BCBS names VP of group market U of Arkansas to offer dual DNP-MBA program Unity Health welcomes Jacksonville community to new hospital Baptist Health Opens Behavioral Services Clinic in North Little Rock Arkansas Children’s Hospital gets $2.5

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Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

5 states facing the worst nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks. Nursing homes nationwide nearing COVID-19 infection records. hospitals are hiring more foreign nurses. . Nursing homes need more COVID boosters, says AARP. Arizona hospitals are losing nurses. Short-staffed and COVID-battered, U.S.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 28, 2022

Hospital discharge pressures build as nursing homes clamor for help. The nursing home staffing crisis right now is like nothing we’ve seen before. The nursing home staffing crisis right now is like nothing we’ve seen before. With a vaccine mandate looming, nursing homes face more staffing problems.

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

into cutting opioids in hospitals ISU and University of Utah partnership aims to combat Idaho’s mental health crisis Presbyterian-UnityPoint merger moves forward St. Mississippi Dept. Mississippi Dept.

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Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And as we discovered in 2017, when they were trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid is actually pretty popular, too, because it takes care of a lot of people’s grandparents in nursing homes. I’m wondering when somebody is going to bring that up.

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Hrymoc was tried in late 2017. Plaintiff’s repeated attempts to raise nursing home jurisdictional cases failed because the only the scope of regular preemption was at issue. If compliance isn’t preemptive in a medical device case, then these cases conclude it isn’t admissible at all. Preemption.

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