Healthicity

JUNE 14, 2023

Compliance professionals in the nursing home sector are well aware of the many ways government agencies survey, audit, and enforce regulatory compliance. Nursing homes have seen significant enforcement over the last few years, and the U.S.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 30, 2024

What types of healthcare facilities are required by the government to have a compliance program? In this blog, we’ll outline what types of healthcare facilities are required by the government to have a compliance program and why compliance is crucial for both healthcare organizations and the agencies that support them.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

In a March 11, 2022, release by the Northern District of Georgia’s Office of the Department of Justice, it was reported that an investigation determined a Georgia nursing home knowingly submitted claims for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for Medicare patients. Attorney Kurt R. To avoid a “reverse false claim” (i.e.,

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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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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The United States has filed a lawsuit against an Alabama psychiatrist for improper prescribing of Nuedexta to nursing home residents. In return, the psychiatrist prescribed Nuedexta to nursing home residents who did not have pseudobulbar affect.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

After an investigation into Colorado’s care for people with disabilities who reside in nursing homes, the Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded that the state unnecessarily segregates people with physical disabilities in nursing facilities. These available services should be regardless of the person’s age or physical disability.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services, has shared her thoughts. As a teenager, I volunteered in hospitals and nursing homes. I’m a Privacy Consultant employed by GDH Government Consulting Services. Tell the readers about your career in the healthcare industry.

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 7, 2016, a Mississippi federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the federal government’s ban on mandatory arbitration in cases involving nursing homes. Indest III, J.D., The order from US District Judge Michael P.

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 7, 2016, a Mississippi federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the federal government’s proposed ban on mandatory arbitration in cases involving nursing homes. Indest III, J.D., The order from US District Judge Michael P.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – ResMed acquires MEDIFOX DAN , a German leader in software solutions for home health, nursing home, and outpatient therapy providers, for $1 billion. This acquisition marks ResMed’s largest SaaS acquisition to date and expands its SaaS business outside of the U.S. for the first time.

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Hall Render

JUNE 8, 2023

Over 500 nursing home providers gathered in Washington, DC recently to protest an upcoming minimum staffing rule that CMS is currently drafting. Industry trade groups and providers are concerned about the financial pressure they may face under the rule.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 16, 2022

spread between nursing homes. These facilities, like most nursing homes, are for-profit businesses that pad their margins by cutting labor costs. In theory, all this care could be delivered in seniors’ homes and communities. Recall that the first COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In return, the Austrian government loosened public restrictions. Germany has introduced compulsory COVID-19 vaccination limited to all employees in hospitals, nursing homes, facilities for the disabled, emergency services, medical surgeries and maternity facilities which must be applied by mid March. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 28, 2023

THE LARGER TREND NEC Thailand has been helping local governments brace for the impact of an ageing population. Last year, the company launched a proof of concept trial of NEC's Japan-borne digital elderly care system called Mimamori in a nursing home in Chiang Mai.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 7, 2023

NEC Thailand is helping the local government to brace for the impact of an ageing population, particularly the increase in healthcare demand, by digitising care delivery for the elderly. It first tried out the Mimamori (meaning "to watch over and protect" in Japanese) system with a nursing home in Chiang Mai last year.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 22, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 11, 2016, a federal appeals court stated that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to block government health officials from cutting off Medicare and Medicaid payments to a Florida nursing home that was alleged to have violated patient-care regulations.

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HealthStream

AUGUST 16, 2019

Federal and state governments continue their close scrutiny of the Continuum care/post-acute sector. Here we discuss compliance risk areas and CIA in this part of the healthcare industry.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Taffy for the nursing homes, lollipops for the device manufacturers…. for protecting the not-sovereign sovereigns: “governments must have discretion”. (to But in the crisis, immunities rained down, Tossed freely around like candy at a 4th of July parade. Most healthy, smiling faces in the crowd got some. just raise your hand.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

Healthcare compliance history has shown that when the government disperses significant funds, audits and enforcement associated with the disbursement of those funds will shortly follow. The Federal government spent unprecedented trillions of dollars throughout the COVID public health emergency (PHE). MorseLife agreed to pay $1.75

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Health Care Performance

JUNE 29, 2022

CMS will begin reviewing nursing home Compliance and Ethics programs via survey on. Nursing homes should make sure their compliance programs are built to the original rule (plus OIG guidance). Nursing homes should make sure their compliance programs are built to the original rule (plus OIG guidance).

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Medicaid Fraud Division also prioritizes the physical and financial security of residents who reside in Massachusetts nursing homes. Cases include: In September 2021, a certified nurse’s aide was charged with sexually assaulting two elderly nursing home residents at a Massachusetts nursing home while he worked the night shift.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A Montana nurse who admitted to stealing opiates while working at multiple healthcare facilities was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release. The government alleged in court documents that the defendant diverted opiates in 2021 while working at multiple healthcare facilities.

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Leveraging Oversight To Protect Nursing Home Residents Better Enhancing the quality of care in nursing homes remains paramount to OIG. Through years of oversight, they have discovered various obstacles and weaknesses within nursing home facilities.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Ron DeSantis signed a bill that protects businesses, governments, and healthcare providers in Florida from COVID-19 lawsuits if they make a reasonable effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus (whatever that means).

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 8, 2017

It is reported that Blanco oversaw inspections by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration or "AHCA" of Florida nursing homes owned by Phillip Esformes. Bertha Blanco faces a wide range of charges including accepting bribes to tip off individuals when state wide investigations were to begin. The Ring Alleged Ring Leader.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Alaska Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The Alaska DHSS Division of Public Health The Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association provides support and resources to hospitals and nursing homes throughout the state, helping to ensure that patients receive the care (..)

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Hall Render

JANUARY 24, 2022

CMS predicts that home health expenditures will reach $201B by 2028, a 73% increase from 2020. Skilled nursing facilities continue to struggle with staffing as the nursing home industry has lost 420K jobs since the start of the pandemic.

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Kaiser Health News

MARCH 3, 2022

President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately. 30, amounting to at least 23% of all U.S.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 17, 2024

Focus Areas for 2024 The OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) establishes industry-specific compliance program guidance (ICPG) for 2024 that focuses on forms of fraud, waste, and abuse specific to certain types of suppliers, providers, and entities like nursing homes, clinical laboratories, and hospitals.

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 14, 2013

Individuals working in the health care industry, whether for hospitals, nursing homes, medical groups, home health agencies or others, often become aware of questionable activities. In many cases the activity may amount to fraud on the government. Often they are even asked to participate in it.

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 13, 2013

Individuals working in the health care industry, whether for hospitals, nursing homes, medical groups, home health agencies or others, often become aware of questionable activities. In many cases the activity may amount to fraud on the government. Often they are even asked to participate in it.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Whistleblowers continue to be one of the federal government’s greatest assets in FCA cases, as whistleblowers filed 652 qui tam suits in 2022 with recovery totaling $1.9 The government initiated 296 FCA cases on its own last year without input of a relator, which is the highest volume of DOJ initiated cases since the 1986 FCA amendments.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

On the same day as the workshop the Agencies launched a “ Cross-Government Inquiry on Impact of Corporate Greed in Health Care ,” issuing a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking public comment on health care deals involving private equity firms, including deals that would not be reportable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

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Healthcare Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

3] “Excluded Provider” lists are maintained by both Federal and New York State government agencies. 1320a-7k(d); NY Social Services Law §363-d(6). [2] 2] The Self-Disclosure Full Statement and the Self-Disclosure Abbreviated Statement are available on OMIG’s website at: [link]. [3] The Office of Inspector General within the U.S.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

New York Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The New York State Department of Health plays a vital role in promoting the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

Bill Charnetski, EVP, Health System Solutions & Government Affairs at PointClickCare Traditionally, long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) facilities have not benefited from the same health IT investments or funding as other care sectors. Since the U.S. Since the U.S.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The law controls the growth of healthcare services, particularly in areas such as rehabilitation and nursing home beds. Healthcare projects, including entering new markets, expanding facilities, or even minor increases to bed counts in nursing homes or rehabilitation centers , require approval from the state.

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