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Dec 20, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Gregory Smith
Effective as of December 26, 2024, each nursing home facility (“Facility”) in New York State will be required to post its overall Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) rating, as well as its ratings for (i) health inspections, (ii) staffing and (iii) quality measures, on: The homepage of any website maintained by such Facility; and Any website or webpage “relating to such Facility” that is “maintained by an entity which owns or operates such Facility.” In addition, each Facility...
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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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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 | 
natlawreview.com | Joseph F. Lavigne |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Craig N. Landrum
Normally, the path most traveled is thought to be the better road as it represents the path that leads to achieving goals and success while the less traveled path leads to stressful processes and unknowns. But for firms trying to achieve CRM success, the “beaten path” involves investing tens of thousands of dollars into the latest and greatest technology and hiring internal Data Stewards to maintain the data flowing into the system.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Carmen Jule |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith
Healthcare provider compliance programs face increasing
government scrutiny by a variety of federal and state agencies. Having an effective compliance program can help providers detect
and prevent fraud, waste and abuse, and potentially mitigate civil
and criminal liability. For these reasons, it is especially
important that providers know how to ensure that their compliance
programs are effective and working properly.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Carmen Jule |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith
On November 17, 2023, the U.S. 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] The Final Rule also includes new definitions of “private equity company” and “real estate investment trust” for Medicare enrollment...
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Cybersecurity Robinson Cole |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Alexander Merritt
Skip to main contentNovember 16, 2023Volume XIII, Number 320Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found. Trending NewsDHS Announces Countries Eligible for H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs PrintMailDownloadiOn Nov. 8, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the list of countries whose nationals will be eligible to participate in the H-2A visa program for agricultural workers and the H-2B visa program for non-agricultural workers in 2024.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith
On September 1, 2023, CMS issued a proposed rule to establish
new federal minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing
facilities. Despite significant opposition from industry
stakeholders and an ongoing labor shortage, CMS's controversial
proposal calls for facilities to have a registered nurse (RN)
on-site for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and provide at least
0.55 RN hours per resident per day (HPRD), and at least 2.45 nurse
aide (NA) HPRD.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Carmen Jule |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith
On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a long-awaited proposal to establish new federal minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities.[1] If the proposed rule is finalized, CMS estimates that approximately 75% of all nursing homes would have to “strengthen staffing in their facilities” in order to meet the new requirements.[2] Proposed Minimum Staffing Requirements As proposed, nursing homes will be required to provide: A Registered Nurse...
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Jessica Sonpal |John Tilton
Home health agencies and nursing homes face increasing False
Claims Act (FCA) risks as the government continues to focus its
enforcement efforts on senior care providers. According to one
estimate, home health providers paid more than $422 million between
2012 and 2021 to settle a variety of FCA allegations.
