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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith
CMS has implemented significant revisions to its long-term caresurvey guidelines, which take effect on March 24, 2025. The changesaddress a wide range of areas including admission agreements,medication management, infection control, payroll-based journalreporting, health equity, transfer and discharge processes, and MDScoding. Join us for a discussion of the most important changes thatwill impact your facility.
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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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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).
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Gregory Smith |Danielle Vrabie |David Fischer |Kayla Malone
Delaware-based ChristianaCare Health System (ChristianaCare)[1] recently agreed to pay $47.1 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the system’s former Chief Compliance Officer, Ronald Sherman.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Gregory Smith
Smith is the newly appointed chancellor of the San Diego Community College District. He lives in Rancho Peñasquitos. The economic health of the San Diego region is central to the mission of the San Diego Community College District.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Carmen Jule
Listen to this post 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...
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Cybersecurity Robinson Cole |Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Alexander Merritt
Following the White House’s Executive Order on AI, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued its Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence this week “which is a whole-of-agency plan aligned with national AI strategy to address our efforts to: promote the beneficial uses of AI to enhance cybersecurity capabilities, ensure AI systems are protected from cyber-based threats, and deter the malicious use of AI capabilities to threaten the critical infrastructure Americans rely on...
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Alexander Merritt |Kathryn Kafka
For years, law firm client development has evolved along a continuum, from marketing to business development to sales. While the individual paths may be distinct and may diverge in some areas, it’s vital to be able to recognize where these paths overlap and require shared responsibilities. Marketing, business development, and sales are essential to a firm’s success.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Lourdes Martinez |Gregory Smith |Carmen Jule
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...
