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Skilled Nursing Update: CMS Finalizes Changes to SNF Value-Based Purchasing, SNF Quality Reporting Program and Civil Monetary Penalties

Hall Render

CMS is also adopting the COVID Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date (known as the “Patient/Resident COVID-19 Vaccine”) measure beginning with the FY 2026. CMS also finalized an increase of the SNF QRP data completion thresholds for the MDS Data Items beginning with FY 2026.

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Skilled Nursing Update: CMS Proposes Changes to SNF Value-Based Purchasing, SNF Quality Reporting Program and Civil Monetary Penalties

Hall Render

CMS is proposing the adoption of the CoreQ: Short Stay Discharge (known as the “CoreQ: SS DC”) measure beginning with the fiscal year 2026. CMS is also proposing the adoption of the COVID Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date (known as the “Patient/Resident COVID-19 Vaccine”) measure beginning with the fiscal year 2026.

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February 2022 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

For 2023 the healthcare cost growth benchmark is 3.5%, for 2024 3.2%, for 2025 3%, for 2026 2.8%, for 2027 2.8%. Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in February 2022: On February 7, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. 199(b), the Office of the Governor restated Executive Order No.

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Future Trends and Regulatory Challenges in Pharma

Dot Compliance

Analysts report that the global life science analytics market (descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics) is expected to double in value by 2026 ($47B up from $23B in 2020), driven by the “increased prevalence of chronic diseases, technological advancements and rising demand for improved data standardization.”

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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Healthcare Law Blog

COVID-19 Vaccines. 47] The Act adds the COVID-19 vaccine to the definition of excepted medical treatment to clarify that an individual will not be deemed to have revoked their religious benefits election by receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. [48]. if appropriate. [44]

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

fraud scheme Nursing home must face vaccine-related wrongful firing claim, but not $2M retaliation accusations Transgender woman sues employer, Harvard Pilgrim for discrimination MICHIGAN 48-unit senior housing development could go up next to Vicksburg Halls in Marysville Can ads help a Michigan nursing home fix a staffing crisis?

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CMS Releases Guidance on Implementation of Rebate Programs for Certain Medicare Part B and Part D Drugs

Healthcare Law Blog

The Guidance indicates that drugs already discounted under the 340B Drug Pricing Program should be excluded from the Part B rebate calculation right away and from the Part D rebate calculation beginning in 2026. [4] 4] Social Security Act § 1847A(i)(2)(A); CMS Guidance – Part B Inflation Rebates at p. 11] See DOJ Press Release No.