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Nursing Home Update: CMS Recasts the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program 

Hall Render

As nursing homes look for funds to allow them to improve care and train nursing home staff, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released QSO-23-23-NH (“CMS Memo”), which reopens and recasts the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (“CMPRP”).

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Nursing Home Update: CMS Unwinds Vaccine Mandate and More Regulations as Public Health Emergency End Nears

Hall Render

For this alert, “nursing homes” refers to skilled nursing facilities (often known as “SNFs”). Interim final rules are effective for a period of three years from the date of publication if CMS does not take further action. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80

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Highlights from the HHS-OIG 2023 Spring Semiannual Report

Provider Trust

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. Led by acting Inspector General Christi A.

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Key Areas of Focus for Skilled Nursing Facilities as the Public Health Emergency Ends

Hall Render

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the COVID public health emergency (“PHE”) will expire and end on May 11, 2023. There are several key areas of focus for SNFs to assess what will change and what will not change as May 11, 2023 approaches. COVID Testing Requirements.

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Compliance Implications for the End of the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE)

MedTrainer

The end of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) will reinstate regulations that have been absent for years… and many healthcare workers have never had to follow. There are plenty of compliance implications for the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023 , and an assessment is a great place to start.

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Health Provider News – January 20, 2023

Hall Render

nursing home workers get $690,000 in denied overtime and break time pay in court order California sues major PBMs, drugmakers over insulin prices Coast Surgery Center sues major insurance providers over reimbursement disputes Former nurse wins $1.2M

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Health Provider News – February 3, 2023

Hall Render

NATIONAL Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 Can a drugstore be your only doctor? Danbury, New Milford hospitals to discuss CT nursing homes are requesting more money.