Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

Vaccines are no longer our only medical intervention for preventing severe COVID-19. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines.

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Health Law Attorney

JANUARY 13, 2022

In June 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“ OSHA ”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ ETS ”) that would require, amongst other things, employers with 100 or more employees to adopt a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. An overview of the OSHA Vaccine Policy requirements can be accessed here.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Addressing Declines in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Treatment. A pre-Thanksgiving analysis of this data revealed that just 45% of SNF residents and 23% of SNF staff were up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. [i].

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. And most relate solely to COVID-19 interventions, which sunset permanently as states withdraw their emergencies.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 29, 2021, a pediatrician and medical student sued the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU) for denying COVID vaccine religious exemptions. Indest III, J.D., District Court lawsuit argued that school administrators judge the validity of personal [.]

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

What You Should Know: – The American Nurses Association (ANA) , representing the interests of the nation’s 4.2 million nurses, urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to declare the current and unsustainable nurse staffing shortage facing our country a national crisis.

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

Within just a couple of months of COVID-19 emerging in America, it became clear that health disparities were evident in outcomes due to complications from the coronavirus. The rate of vaccinations against the coronavirus, too, significantly varied by race and ethnicity as of March 11, 2021. In the U.S., population). population).

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 8, 2022

A nursing home health system has agreed to pay the United States $1.75 A nursing home health system has agreed to pay the United States $1.75 The company is a not-for-profit corporation located in Florida that oversees healthcare facilities on its campus, including a nursing home and an assisted living facility.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 3, 2022

In January 2021, the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness went live with LouVax, a vaccine scheduling and management system focused on increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine. After operating on paper for a few weeks, the agency launched the tool.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 29, 2021, a pediatrician and medical student sued the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU) for denying COVID vaccine religious exemptions. Indest III, J.D., District Court lawsuit argued that school administrators judge the validity of personal [.]

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

As skilled nursing facilities work and provide health care services after the May 11, 2023, end of the Public Health Emergency, questions and concerns about visitation at these facilities will likely continue to arise. Resident and staff testing is conducted following nationally accepted standards, such as CDC recommendations.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 21, 2022

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Telehealth, according to the federal government, has been "transformational" to the delivery of healthcare and "underpinned much" of its COVID-19 response. Since last year March, over 16 million patients have received over 80 million COVID-19 telehealth services under the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

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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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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. Policies and procedures related to the skilled nursing facility’s COVID-19 staff vaccination policies and procedures.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

This month’s article looks at COVID enforcements.?? ?. The Federal government spent unprecedented trillions of dollars throughout the COVID public health emergency (PHE). Remember when immunizations for COVID first became available? Guarantee you get the vaccine.”. Those enforcement efforts have not slowed down.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

might be finally turning a corner in the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the importance of data analytics and data in general, said Lupu of Sanford Health. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently that the U.S. " Dr. Roxana Lupu, Sanford Health.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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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. The OSHA Rule. and wear a face covering.” Verification.

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Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule update concerning guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC) and Intermediate Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID).

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And last year, a COVID-19 vaccine was researched, developed and deployed almost four years ahead of the normal timeline for a new vaccine." "COVID-19 showed the world what's wrong: Not enough focus on public health, prevention and equity. That's what we have to take to zero.

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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. Vaccination Enforcement – Flexibility. Key Surveyor Guidance Revisions. Enforcement. Surveyor Review.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The numbers in the last three categories highlighted in the last paragraph more closely align with the yearly numbers presented for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, which might indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic prevented or delayed OIG representatives from handing out penalties.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Written by: AIHC Blogger This article is to communicate information from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) regarding the coding of COVID-19 claims for uninsured patients. Encounter for screening for COVID-19, asymptomatic Z20.822 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2 Z86.16

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Health Populi

MAY 26, 2021

The emergence of the COVID-19 vaccine “infodemic” has slowed the ability for nations around the world to emerge out of the public health crisis. Growing cynicism among some health citizens facing the politicization of public health tactics like vaccines and facial masks is what we’re talking about.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

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. population previously received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Flexibilities regarding patient-specific nursing care plans.

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OSHA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a petition seeking to force OSHA to issue a permanent standard for healthcare occupational exposure to COVID-19 and to reinstate the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on Occupational Exposure (Healthcare ETS) to COVID-19 pending the permanent standard.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

For this alert, “nursing homes” refers to skilled nursing facilities (often known as “SNFs”). COVID Regulations Impacted CMS issued several interim final rules during the PHE. COVID Testing Requirements. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80 COVID Staff Vaccine.

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Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

From abortion to covid-19 vaccines, Newsom and DeSantis could not be further apart. DeSantis has led his state to restrict abortion and gender-affirming care and to ban covid-related mask and vaccine mandates. In 2023, he pushed legislators to adopt laws prohibiting certain vaccine and mask requirements.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2024

Empowering Workplace Efficiencies At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) , “pressures on healthcare systems affected the mental health of healthcare workers across the globe, leading to significant burnout.”

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