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CMS Issues Proposed Rule Requiring Nursing Homes to Disclose Additional Ownership Information, Including Ties to Private Equity and REITS

Healthcare Law Blog

On February 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that would require nursing homes enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid to disclose new information about their ownership and management structures.

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Florida Medicaid Providers: Action is Required by October 1, 2022

Health Law RX

AHCA is sending out postcards to existing Florida Medicaid providers (Providers) alerting them to upcoming changes in the Florida Medicaid program. Providers are urged to sign into their account on the Florida Medicaid portal immediately. Direct care employees falling within this definition also include 1099 employees.

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CMS Issues a Final Rule Requiring Nursing Facilities and Other Providers and Suppliers to Disclose Additional Ownership Information

Healthcare Law Blog

Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will publish a final rule requiring Medicare skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and Medicaid nursing facilities (“Facilities”) to provide more detailed ownership, managerial and other information on Form CMS-855A (the “Final Rule”). [1]

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Proposed Ownership Disclosure Requirements for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities and Medicaid Nursing Facilities

Hall Render

These proposed regulations follow through on the Biden Administration’s commitment made in the 2022 State of the Union to implement the ACA’s requirements regarding transparency in corporate ownership of nursing homes, including by collecting and publicly reporting more robust corporate ownership and operating data.

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The PACE Solution to Increasing Demands for Long-Term Services and Supports in the U.S.

Healthcare Law Blog

According to the Congressional Research Service, which analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) National Health Expenditure Accounts (“NHEA”) on the personal health expenditures for LTSS by payer, in 2021, an estimated $467.4 billion was spent on LTSS. This represents 13.2% of LTSS spending. [5]

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COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?

Bill of Health

At the same time, the elasticity of disability law predicated on a broad definition of disability creates opportunities for the construction of new remedial pathways using disability frames. In doing so, the ADA provided a remedy for misgendering, harassment, and violence experienced by a trans woman in prison.

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Interview: Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services

HIPAA Journal

As a teenager, I volunteered in hospitals and nursing homes. I’m currently on contract to a State Medicaid Agency’s Privacy Office. Medicaid modularity, health information exchange, patient access APIs and apps. I definitely learned on the job. I’ve worked in healthcare for over 30 years.