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Nov 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Greg Berk |Andrew Desposito |Carmen Jule |Lourdes Martinez
Nursing homes
across the country are struggling to meet Federal (and often State)
nursing staffing levels due to staffing shortages. Join Greg Berk,
Lourdes Martinez, Andrew Desposito and Carmen Jule as they provide
an overview of different employment-based sponsorship requirements
for employers, types of visas (employment based and others), and
common visa sponsorship scenarios, considerations and pitfalls.
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Nov 18, 2024 | mondaq.com | Greg Berk |Andrew Desposito |Carmen Jule |Lourdes Martinez
Nursing homes
across the country are struggling to meet Federal (and often State)
nursing staffing levels due to staffing shortages. Join Greg Berk,
Lourdes Martinez, Andrew Desposito and Carmen Jule as they provide
an overview of different employment-based sponsorship requirements
for employers, types of visas (employment based and others), and
common visa sponsorship scenarios, considerations and pitfalls.
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May 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Carmen Jule |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith
In a Final Rule issued on May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) finalized regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”). The Final Rule updates and strengthens protections for individuals who participate in health programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance (“Covered Entities,” as further defined below).
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May 16, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Carmen Jule
In a Final Rule issued on May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) finalized regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”). The Final Rule updates and strengthens protections for individuals who participate in health programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance (“Covered Entities,” as further defined below).
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May 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Gregory Smith |Carmen Jule
In a long-awaited and controversial Final Rule posted on April
22, 2024,1 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) adopted new federal minimum staffing requirements
that will require long-term care facilities to (1) ensure the
presence of a registered nurse (RN) on-site 24 hours per day, seven
days per week; and (2) provide a minimum of 3.48 total nurse
staffing hours per resident day (HPRD), which includes at least
0.55 HPRD for RNs and 2.45 HPRD for nurse aides (NAs).
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May 13, 2024 | 
today.westlaw.com | Carmen Jule
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May 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Carmen Jule
Effective October 20, 2024, New York hospitals must have in
place State-mandated changes to their financial assistance
("FA") programs (including FA eligibility criteria and
debt collection practices) and their practices related to consent
forms, and patient use of credit cards and medical financial
products. The new requirements were enacted as part of the
State's health and mental hygiene budget legislation for fiscal
year 2024 through 2025, signed into law by
Governor Hochul on April 20, 2024.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Carmen Jule
Effective October 20, 2024, New York hospitals must have in place State-mandated changes to their financial assistance (“FA”) programs (including FA eligibility criteria and debt collection practices) and their practices related to consent forms, and patient use of credit cards and medical financial products. The new requirements were enacted as part of the State’s health and mental hygiene budget legislation for fiscal year 2024 through 2025, signed into law by Governor Hochul on April 20, 2024.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Carmen Jule |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith
In a long-awaited and controversial Final Rule posted on April 22, 2024,[1] the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted new federal minimum staffing requirements that will require long-term care facilities to (1) ensure the presence of a registered nurse (RN) on-site 24 hours per day, seven days per week; and (2) provide a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident day (HPRD), which includes at least 0.55 HPRD for RNs and 2.45 HPRD for nurse aides (NAs).
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Carmen Jule
In a long-awaited and controversial Final Rule posted on April 22, 2024,[1] the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted new federal minimum staffing requirements that will require long-term care facilities to (1) ensure the presence of a registered nurse (RN) on-site 24 hours per day, seven days per week; and (2) provide a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident day (HPRD), which includes at least 0.55 HPRD for RNs and 2.45 HPRD for nurse aides (NAs).
