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CMS Issues Guidance for Providers on Waivers, Flexibilities and End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a Fact Sheet (Fact Sheet) providing guidance on the impact of the end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on certain regulatory waivers,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Innovative Strategies to Address SDOH: Lessons From North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots - March 30th, 2:00 pm...

North Carolina’s “Healthy Opportunities Pilots” were among the first 1115 demonstrations granting broad state authority to leverage Medicaid funding to address drivers of health—the conditions in which people live, work and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Adopts Major Changes to LTC Facility Surveyor Guidance

On June 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it issued significant changes to surveyor guidance for Long Term Care (LTC) facility health, quality and safety standards....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Proposal Calls for Increased Transparency of Ownership for Privately Owned Nursing Homes

Continuing the theme of increased transparency of ownership of nursing homes included in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the White House issued a Fact Sheet titled “Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Connecticut Health Care Vaccine Mandates – Federal and State Update

January 27, 2022 marks the deadline for Connecticut health facilities to have policies and procedures in place to satisfy federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulations mandating vaccines of their...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: November 2021 #2

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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Medicare and Medicaid Participants Face Sweeping New Workplace Vaccination Rule: A 5-Step Survival Guide

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Note: This CMS Rule refenced in this Insight is separate and distinct from the OSHA ETS that was issued on November 4. Thus, although the CMS Rule could also be challenged in court, the November 6 court order blocking...more

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White House Announces that Nursing Homes Risk Losing Medicare and Medicaid Funding Unless They Mandate Staff Vaccination

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On August 18, 2021, President Biden announced that nursing home staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or the facilities employing them could lose federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. ...more

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June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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The Importance Of Updating Compliance Programs For Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living And Other Residential Care Facilities

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Skilled Nursing Facilities in particular and to a lesser extent other types of Residential Care Facilities, including Assisted Living Facilities and Behavioral Health Facilities, have always been under the government’s...more

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Ohio nursing home quality of care addressed in draft executive budget

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A draft of Ohio Governor DeWine’s State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Executive Budget Proposal includes provisions to address quality of care in the state’s nursing homes....more

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CMS Issues New Guidance for States to Address Social Determinants of Health

The social determinants of health (SDOH) describe the range of environmental, social, and economic factors that can impact health outcomes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the conditions in...more

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State Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Advance Health Equity

Editor’s Note: In a new issue brief for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, summarized below, Manatt Health explores impediments and accelerants to advancing health equity as states...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Expanding Behavioral Healthcare Access in MA Through Telehealth: Sustaining Progress Post-Pandemic

Editor’s Note: Massachusetts led the nation in rapidly deploying progressive new policies to temporarily expand access to telehealth across payers and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic—prompting exponential growth in the...more

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COVID-19 threat prompts Florida’s Health Officials to expand telehealth under Emergency Order

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On Monday, March 16, 2020, Florida’s Surgeon General issued a rare Emergency Order (the Order) that allows certain out-of-state health care professionals to temporarily provide telehealth services to persons in Florida in...more

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OIG August 2018 Work Plan Update

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The OIG added 12 new items to its Work Plan in the August 2018 update. Hot topics related to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight in this month's Work Plan include: state oversight of opioids; potential...more

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CMS Continues Shift toward Value-Based Payments with New Home Health Groupings Model in Proposal - Healthcare Alert

On July 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed rule outlining both payment and policy changes for home health agencies. In a press release announcing the proposed rule, CMS...more

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AHCA Sues to Enjoin Prohibition on Binding Arbitration

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On October 4, 2016 CMS issued its Final Rule entitled “Reform of Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities” which updates the requirements for all SNFs and NFs participating in Medicare and Medicaid. Many of the changes...more

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Recent OIG Audits of Home Health and Hospice Surveys May Signal Increased Scrutiny on Worker Qualifications

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Recent audits by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) conclude that state survey agencies in a number of states and a leading national accrediting agency serving the home health and...more

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