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Nursing Home Ownership Affiliations Published on Nursing Home Care Compare

In another step in the years-long process of increasing transparency in the nursing home industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has begun posting nursing home affiliations on Nursing Home Care Compare....more

Home Health & Hospice Quarterly - Q2

AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more

Home Health & Hospice Quarterly - Q1

AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more

Owners of Home Health Agencies and Hospices Released for First Time

On April 20, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) publicly released data on home health and hospice agency ownership for the first time. The data is derived from self-reported information (primarily...more

Changes of Ownership: Georgia Department of Community Health Issues Revised Financial Stability Affidavit

Applicants for personal care home (“PCH”) and assisted living community (“ALC”) licenses in Georgia will now submit a revised financial stability affidavit with any initial or change of ownership application. The revised...more

Georgia COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Assisted Living Communities and Personal Care Homes Grant To Provide $47 Million for...

Georgia assisted living communities and personal care homes will be eligible for up to $100,000 of grant funding to reimburse COVID-related expenses. Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp announced he will award over $217 million...more

Biden’s 2023 Proposed Budget Aims to Hold Long-Term Care Facility Owners Accountable

President Biden recently announced his Federal Fiscal Year Budget Proposal, which included a proposal to hold long-term care (LTC) facility owners accountable for noncompliant closures and substandard care. Specifically,...more

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

Illinois Bill Pushes Long-Term Care Operators to Reveal Ownership Interests

Illinois legislators are taking action to increase scrutiny of nursing home ownership. The disclosure provisions are included in the Compromise Nursing Home Rate Reform Bills (HB 4678)....more

Georgia Licensing Now Requiring Affidavit of Financial Stability in Support of Initial and Change of Ownership Applications

In response to media reports regarding alleged deficient practices in some of Georgia’s long-term care facilities, House Bill 987 (“HB 987”) was signed into law on June 30, 2020, amending Title 31 of the O.C.G.A....more

The Georgia Department of Community Health Approves New Requirements for Personal Care Homes and Assisted Living Communities

On August 12, 2021, the Georgia Department of Community Health unanimously approved revisions to the rules for Personal Care Homes (PCHs) and Assisted Living Communities (ALCs). These revisions modify the Regulations for...more

Georgia DCH Publishes Proposed Rules that Update Operational Requirements for Personal Care Homes and Assisted Living Communities

On June 10, 2021, the Georgia Department of Community Health provided public notice of its intent to revise the regulations for Personal Care Homes and Assisted Living Communities. The revised regulations are intended to...more

Georgia Department of Public Health Issues Additional Update on Reopening Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities

On May 17, 2021, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) issued an updated Administrative Order regarding reopening guidance for long-term care facilities. Commissioner Toomey previously issued an Order of reopening...more

New Jersey Legislation Would Increase Scrutiny on Nursing Home CHOWs and Bridging Arrangements

In response to the number of COVID-19 related deaths in New Jersey long-term care facilities, the State engaged a consulting firm to conduct a review and recommend changes.  The consultant’s report noted that, “[n]ationally...more

Georgia Department of Public Health Issues Updated Reopening Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities

On April 7, 2021, Commissioner Toomey of the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) issued an Administrative Order that provides new reopening guidance for long-term care facilities, which includes intermediate care...more

Deadline Approaching for Licensure of Georgia Long Term Care Administrators

Effective July 1, 2021, Administrators of Assisted Living Communities and Administrators of Personal Care Homes with twenty-five (25) beds or more must hold licenses issued by the Georgia State Board of Long-Term Care...more

Nursing Home Industry Group Recommends Policy Change Aimed at Ownership Transparency and Accountability

A group of individuals with ties to the nursing home industry recently published a commentary in the journal Health Affairs and opined that complex ownership structures used by many nursing home operators make it difficult to...more

Georgia Re-Issues Phased Reopening and In-Person Visitation Guidance for ALFs and SNFs

The Georgia Department of Public Health re-issued guidance for long-term care facilities with respect to phased reopening and expansion of in-person visitation. This guidance was issued through an Administrative Order on...more

Georgia Assisted Living Communities and Personal Care Homes Now Must Contend with Additional Compliance Obligations and Larger...

New measures intended to increase protection of residents in Georgia assisted living communities and personal care homes were signed into law on June 30, 2020. House Bill 987 (“HB 987”) amends Title 31 of the O.C.G.A. and is...more

COVID-19 Diligence on SNFs Now a Bit Easier: CMS Publishes COVID-19 Data in a Bid for Greater Public Transparency

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted its first set of nursing home coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) data, including numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths and infection control inspection results on June...more

COVID-19 and Compliance, Part II: What Assisted Living Facilities Need to Know Today About Acute Care Discharges

Every healthcare and public health tool available is engaged in the fight against COVID-19. Few tools are more precious than beds, and perhaps no bed is more precious during this time than hospital beds, where the most sick...more

COVID-19 and Compliance: What Assisted Living Facilities Need to Know Today about Resident Admissions

A critical question faced by state agencies as well as owners, operators, and managers of assisted living facilities is whether to permit new admissions. ...more

Georgia House Bill 987 Proposes Increased Regulation of Assisted Living Communities and Personal Care Homes

The Georgia House of Representatives, Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Representative Sharon Cooper, unanimously approved House Bill 987 on February 25, 2020 (“HB 987” or the “Bill”), proposing a number of new...more

Certificates of Need: Why You Need to Understand the Certificates Ahead of a Transaction

Certificates of need (CONs) are a creature of state law, which means no two states take exactly the same approach to the review, issuance, or maintenance of certificates of need (that is, if the state has a CON program at...more

Georgia House Proposes Additional Updates to New Long-Term Care Background Check Requirements

Changes may be coming to Georgia’s new (and not yet implemented) long-term care background check law. If passed, the new Georgia House Bill 91 would authorize the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of...more

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