Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

On August 19, 2022 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced plans to require nursing facilities to vaccinate most employees to continue to receive federal reimbursements.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

CMS Updates to beneficiary PHE waivers that matter to healthcare compliance Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC, contributes regularly to the YouCompli blog. In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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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. The surveyor’s Entrance Conference Worksheet update includes COVID-19 Vaccine review and COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Matrix.

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Hall Render

JULY 27, 2023

As part of this release, CMS identified groups of Medicare-certified nursing homes linked together by common owners and operators, referred to as “affiliated entities.” Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. In 2022, CMS began publishing skilled nursing facility ownership data on data.cms.gov.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released revisions and additional clarifications to prior CMS guidance on many issues that skilled nursing providers face as they encounter certain visitation scenarios. Vaccination Recommendation While not required, CMS encouraged facilities to offer testing to visitors.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

OSHA , which limited federal authority to regulate worker safety with COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Environmental Protection Agency decision, which limited federal agency power to protect against environmental harms. The Court did so by building on decisions like National Federation of Independent Business v.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has retooled guidance it armed surveyors with regarding how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. i), the regulation that details the requirements related to COVID-19 vaccination of facility staff.

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Health Law RX

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The first rule, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (the “OSHA Rule”), will require private employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that each of their workers is either fully vaccinated, or tests negative for COVID-19 at least once per week. Verification. Notice to Employees. The CMS Rule.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 11, 2023

On August 7, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that updated Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024.

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Hall Render

MAY 30, 2023

On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year 2024. CMS sees this as a 3.7%

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Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

On January 13, the Supreme Court handed down a pair of decisions on the CMS vaccine mandate rule and the OSHA vaccine-or-test rule. In short, the Court ruled in this opinion that CMS is not prohibited from implementing its vaccine mandate for Medicare-funded facilities (the Interim Final Rule or “IFR”).

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

On February 26, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Labor and Department of Treasury issued guidance removing barriers to COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations and strengthening requirements that plans and issuers cover diagnostic testing without cost sharing.

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

OIG also remains engaged with federal partners like the Department of Justice (DOJ) to identify and prosecute individuals who exploit the COVID-19 response for their own gain. During this reporting period, an individual was sentenced to three years of probation for fabricating false COVID-19 vaccine records.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Medicare Extension & Adjustments. reduction of the Medicare conversion factor.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Leveraging Oversight to Better Protect Nursing Homes – In the introduction to this Semiannual Report, Grimm indicated that “providing quality and safety of care in the more than 15,000 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes nationwide” is a “top priority” moving forward. 4] See MorseLife Nursing Home Health System Agrees to Pay $1.75

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YouCompli

APRIL 5, 2023

For example, the following services will not be affected post-PHE: Medicare and Medicaid telehealth visit flexibility Access to COVID-19 vaccines COVID-19 treatments such as Paxlovid and Lagevrio As we restore standard operations, prioritize reviewing policies and procedures for staff to ensure they are current.

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MedTrainer

MAY 4, 2023

CMS Burden Reduction Final Rule (84 FR 51732) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) permanently extended changes made to the Burden Reduction Final Rule. Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act ( EMTALA) will again be fully enforced by CMS, so ensure your team is providing care that conforms to Medicare/Medicaid conditions.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Morgan Conference – COVID-19, the jittery stock market, the future of Medicare Advantage and recent industry changes. Centene noted that for Centene Medicare members, the inpatient utilization trend was higher than 60%, but lower than 60% for Medicaid and Marketplace members. billion in net income in the first ½ of 2021.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

The CMS Memo provides that this means that all new SNF stays beginning on or after May 12, 2023 will require a qualifying hospital stay before Medicare coverage. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-884. Benefit Period Blanket Waiver.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JULY 22, 2022

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. On April 4, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. See Executive Order No.

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

2023) (rejecting any express anti-preemption presumption in Medicare case) ( here ); Baker v. This year’s Drug & Device Law Blog top ten decisions of the year reinforced preemption – the most powerful defense we can assert. If any of these are your cases, the Blog congratulates you. Executive Health Resources, Inc. ,

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