On Nov. 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a new final rule that significantly expands required ownership disclosures for skilled nursing facility (“SNF(s)”) owners and operators...more
On March 22, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued revised Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home (Rev QSO-18-24-ESRD) to State Survey Agency...more
On March 3, 2020 the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of a new task force, the “National Nursing Home Initiative”, to enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide...more
In August, Benesch published a client bulletin outlining new change of operator (“CHOP”) license requirements for long-term care facilities in Ohio that were approved as part of the Ohio Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Operating Budget...more
What is changing?
On October 7, 2019, it was announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will implement a significant update to the information available to the public online at Nursing Home...more
This article represents another installment of a series of articles that will outline the OIG’s activities, as discussed in the 2014 work plan, for a specific industry sector – hospice.
For 2014, the OIG’s activities...more
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (the “OIG”) released its work plan for 2014. The work plan provides stakeholders in the health care industry with a broad overview of the...more