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. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

On December 5, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“ HHS ”), Office of Inspector General (“ OIG ”), released their Semiannual Report to Congress for the period beginning on April 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2022 (the “ Semiannual Report ”). [1]. million $1.19 billion Questioned Costs $1.17 billion $2.17

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A Louisiana woman was arrested on January 31, 2022, for allegedly stealing from a resident where she was employed. Officials first received a complaint of “financial exploitation” on January 3, 2022. The post Louisiana Woman Arrested for Stealing from Nursing Home Resident appeared first on.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

For this alert, “nursing homes” refers to skilled nursing facilities (often known as “SNFs”). In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80 In the CY 2022 Rule, CMS set December 31, 2024, as a termination date for most COVID SNF notification requirements.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released its “Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 ” (the “Report”), highlighting continued enforcement and recovery actions under the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC).

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Health Law RX

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Governor Ron DeSantis’s “ Freedom First Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 ” includes funding for AHCA to increase reimbursement rates and capitation rates in order to ameliorate the cost increases to Providers and Plans. We have summarized below the most salient points: First Deadline – October 1, 2022. Impacted Managed Care Plans.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) related settlements and judgments in the federal fiscal year 2022. Whistleblowers continue to be one of the federal government’s greatest assets in FCA cases, as whistleblowers filed 652 qui tam suits in 2022 with recovery totaling $1.9 The Medicaid program was a target in 2022.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Behavioral Health Business reported that 2022 could be the second-best year for behavioral health dealmaking “ever.” In the first three quarters of 2022, there were a total of 151 behavioral health transactions. Integra will lease the nursing homes from Welltower and then sublet them to regional operators.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2022

New York Governor postponed a new law that restricts how nursing homes operate in the state. The law requires nursing homes to use 70% of their revenue for patient care and at least 40% of revenues on staffing and all profits in excess of 5% must be returned to the state per Skilled Nursing News.

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Hall Render

JUNE 13, 2022

Sg2 released its 2022 Impact of Change Report. Health care employment is down 223K jobs from the start of the pandemic and 60% of nursing homes say that staffing shortages have gotten worse since the start of 2022 per Skilled Nursing News. Staffing issues continue to plague the health care industry.

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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

OCTOBER 27, 2022

On October 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes to its Special Focus Facility (SFF) program, including new steps to address nursing home facilities that fail to graduate from the SFF program in a timely manner, or “yo-yo” back into non-compliance after graduating from the SFF program.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 11, 2022

Facing further confusion from skilled nursing facilities and families amidst the current spike in COVID cases in the United States, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released additional best practices and addressed more issues that skilled nursing providers should follow as they encounter certain visitation scenarios.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

Wolf, MD provides enforcement action summaries for the YouCompli blog. In April 2022, officials at the U.S. MorseLife Nursing Home Health System was alleged to have provided vaccines to individuals who were not eligible under this program. This month’s article looks at COVID enforcements.?? ?. MorseLife agreed to pay $1.75

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its latest 2023 Spring Semiannual Report to Congress, providing a comprehensive overview of its activities from October 2022 to March 2023. Residents First: Nursing homes should ensure they are promoting high-quality care for their residents.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

On January 19, 2022, the Massachusetts Medicaid Fraud Division announced that in calendar year 2021, more than $55 million was recovered from individuals and entities who defrauded the state. The Medicaid Fraud Division also prioritizes the physical and financial security of residents who reside in Massachusetts nursing homes.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) tool was updated on January 7, 2022. The January 7, 2022, update does not include changes to isolation and quarantine guidance which was posted in December 2021. cdc.gov).

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

CMS settled a record-breaking $9.29M in Stark self-referral disclosures in 2022, according to recent data from CMS. A recent report from BMO Capital Markets found that only 6% of REIT nursing home assets are in compliance with the recent federal minimum staffing proposal. of total expenses.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 30, 2024

In 2022, severe injuries from inpatient falls accounted for a significant portion of all sentinel events reported, highlighting the importance of these reports in ensuring patient safety.

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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. v] Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Test to Treat (March 29, 2022) (hhs.gov). [vi] vi] [link].

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A mother and her two daughters have been charged for providing fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards to maintain and obtain employment at a New York nursing home. Vaccination is mandatory for nursing home employment in New York. They are scheduled to appear in court on March 14, 2022.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As questions, concerns and frustration continue for skilled nursing facilities and families on visitation at facilities, CMS released additional recommendations, clarifications and guidance on a host of issues that skilled nursing providers face as they encounter certain visitation scenarios. Your primary Hall Render contact.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In October 2022, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made some significant changes to the Special Focus Facility (SFF) program that raise the bar for completion of the program and that increases enforcement actions for nursing homes that fail to demonstrate improvement. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1819(f)(8), 1919(f)(1).

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MAY 18, 2022

The program is funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and will establish a Center of Excellence for Building Capacity in Nursing Facilities to Care for Residents with Behavioral Health Conditions (Center for Excellence).

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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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Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

In its latest capital markets update, H2C noted that July nonprofit hospital bond issuance was down 57% year-over-year and down 52% year-to-date (compared to January through June 2022). million in local property taxes for its facility, but the lawsuit argues for a full refund of 2022 taxes and to declare the property tax-exempt.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fitch Ratings expects the recently proposed federal nursing home staffing standards to increase costs for SNFs, but the agency believes health care REITs with SNF assets can manage these impacts well. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. According to a report , the U.S.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

A Boston registered nurse (RN) has pled guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and deception. The RN was working in a nursing home when she tampered with morphine that was prescribed to a resident under her care.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

By the late nineteenth century, North American public policy made use of large-scale isolated institutions, such as nursing homes, asylums, boarding homes, psychiatric hospitals, and group homes to provide services for those labeled as having disabilities. However, the U.S. jurisdictions.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has delayed the enforcement penalties for the new notice requirements under the “Patients First Law” until July 1, 2022. The federal government promulgated the No Surprises Act, which we discussed in prior blog posts here and here.

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Med Law Blog

MAY 1, 2023

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”. Therefore, it is obvious that the healthcare sector will provide massive investment opportunities.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

CMS intends to increase its oversight and scrutiny of changes of ownership (“CHOWs”) and operator disclosures for skilled nursing facilities. The changes in CY 2023 PFS Final Rule included changes that impact skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”). Your primary Hall Render contact.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 16, 2022

nurses by 2026; 2) U.S. health care spending will be $370 billion higher by 2027 as a result of inflation; 3) Nursing home spending has increased 10% year over year; and 4) Health care M&A hit a record high in terms of volume in Q2 of 2022. Nuveen released its 2023 Real Estate Outlook. Rent will increase by 2.5%

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Hall Render

JULY 27, 2023

In 2022, the Biden administration announced an initiative to increase the transparency of corporate and private equity ownership and operation of nursing homes. In 2022, CMS began publishing skilled nursing facility ownership data on data.cms.gov.

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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 HHS estimated that over 15% of payments in FY 2022 were improper.

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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. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. Your regular Hall Render attorney.

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