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[Event] Senior Living and Long-Term Care Litigation Seminar - September 18th - 20th, Chicago, IL

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The premier senior living and long-term care litigation seminar returns to Chicago on September 18-20! Join us at the Hyatt Regency, just steps from the Chicago River Walk, for an event tailored specifically for defense...more

Venable LLP

A Proposed New Regulatory Environment for Medicare Hospice Providers: Application of the 36-Month Rule, Increasing Enrollment...

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On July 10, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that would (i) include hospices in the 36-month rule ownership transfer restrictions that currently exist for home...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Were Nursing Homes Doing a Poor Job Prior to the Pandemic?

The global COVID-19 crisis has created dynamic shifts in how businesses source and sell goods and services. Whether those shifts are temporary or will solidify into more permanent structures ushering in a “new normal” era of...more

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Grim way to increase nursing home profit: Toss out frail seniors and disabled

Profit-hungry nursing home operators persist in throwing out vulnerable seniors and disabled patients from needed care, too often because the facilities find they can get higher-paying patients to fill their already costly...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Case by case, constitutional rights are lost to corporations and forced arbitration

When older Americans suffer major injury or illness, their loved ones may find themselves under the gun, making expensive and complex decisions about their care. They’re likely to be slammed, too, with stacks of paperwork...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Social Security Payments, Medicare Premiums and Deductibles, to Rise in 2019

Social Security payments are set to grow next year, although for some recipients the extra income will be slightly offset by an increase in Medicare premiums and deductibles. Announced by the Social Security Administration...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Be on the Lookout for New Medicare Cards (and New Card-Related Scams)

The federal government is issuing new Medicare cards to all Medicare beneficiaries. To prevent fraud and fight identity theft, the new cards will no longer have beneficiaries' Social Security numbers on them....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Medicare's Part B Premium Will Be Unchanged in 2018, But Many Will Pay More. Got That?

The announcement of the 2018 Medicare premium is good news for some beneficiaries and bad news for many others. The good news is that the standard monthly Part B premium, which about 30 percent of Medicare beneficiaries pay,...more

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A Year Into the Elder Justice Task Force: Is Your Community a Target?

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On March 30, 2016, the Department of Justice issued a press release announcing its launch of ten Elder Justice Task Forces in the Northern District of California, Northern District of Georgia, District of Kansas, Western...more

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Relief From Medicare's Part B Late-Enrollment Penalty Offered to Some

Medicare is offering relief from penalties for certain Medicare beneficiaries who enrolled in Medicare Part A and had coverage through the individual marketplace. For a short time, these individuals will be able to enroll in...more

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Medicaid Outlook: Policy and Regulatory Change in 2017

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Perspectives on Health Care and Life Sciences - Medicaid has been a vital part of the American health care safety net for more than 50 years. Today, Medicaid, along with the State Children’s Health Insurance Program...more

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CMS Cracks Down On Social Media Abuse By Nursing Home Staff

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On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all state survey agencies requiring that during the next standard survey of a nursing home, whether a Traditional or Quality Indicator...more

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For-Profit PACE Programs: Harbinger of the Future?

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The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a benefit program provided by the federal government through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), geared toward the care of frail, elderly...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Senate Reauthorizes Older Americans Act; Bill Heads to the House... White House Holds 2015 Conference on Aging and Launches Several New Administration Healthy Aging Initiatives Enveloping Alzheimer’s, Dementia,...more

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Today’s Riddle: When Does Medicare Fine Hospitals for Admitting Sick Seniors?

Give up? It’s when the sick senior was treated at that same hospital less than 30 days ago for heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia. Starting in less than three months, the list of conditions will be expanded to cover...more

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CMS Survey Guidance and Amendment to SOM Advance Copy of Revised F371; Interpretive Guidance and Procedures for Sanitary...

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On May 20 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued S&C 14-34-NH devoted to the topic of egg preparation in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Lest one think that this is an odd or random topic, it is relevant...more

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Adult Failure to Thrive and Debility Can No Longer Be Principal Diagnoses on Hospice Claim Forms

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Hospices will have until October 1, 2014, to ensure they conform their coding practices to comply with a “clarification” issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its final FY2014 Hospice Wage Index...more

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