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HHS Announces $5 Million for Cancer Screenings at Health Centers with June 15 Application Deadline

In a recent press release, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $5 million for community health centers to increase equitable access to life-saving cancer screenings. Grant...more

Florida Health Care Associations Release New Form to Improve Patient Transfer Status

Florida's major health care associations, in conjunction with the Agency for Health Care Association, have joined forces to create a new voluntary Patient/Resident COVID-19 Transfer Status Communication tool that will quickly...more

CMS Amps Up Penalties on Long Term Care Facilities for Failing to Report COVID-19 Data and Mandates Staff Testing for the Virus

Effective September 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented an interim final rule with comment period to bolster its regulatory authority in addressing a number of issues relating to CMS's...more

Long Term Care Facilities Face Stricter CMS Enforcement Actions for COVID-19 Deficiencies

On June 1, 2020, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued both a a press release detailing its expansion of enforcement actions against skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities (LTC...more

CMS Announces Changes to Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes and Responds to FAQs

Five Star Quality Rating System Changes - On March 23, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was temporarily postponing routine facility inspections for nursing homes so it could...more

New CMS Guidance for Long Term Care Facilities with COVID-19 Residents

As long term care (LTC) facility cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) remains vigilant in its efforts to regulate the delivery of adequate care to those residents with...more

Update on Florida's Emergency Generator Rules

On September 15, 2017, Florida Governor Rick Scott directed that by November 15, 2017, all nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the state were to install generators capable of powering air conditioning systems for...more

Florida's Emergency Generator Rules Invalidated

On Friday, Judge Garnett W. Chisenhall, a duly-designated administrative law judge of the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, issued a ruling invalidating emergency rules requiring all Florida nursing homes and...more

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