Contract Terms, Healthcare, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

OIG Green Lights MSO Model Arrangement for Telehealth Platforms in New Advisory Opinion

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 6/18/2025

On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03 (the Advisory Opinion), in which OIG approved of a proposed arrangement under which a management...more

CMS Cracks Down on Responsible Party Liability in LTC Admission Agreements

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC on 2/3/2025

A nursing facility that participates in the Medicaid or Medicare programs may not require a third party to guarantee payment for a resident’s admission or continued stay. However, facilities are allowed to require a resident...more

Federal Court Enjoins U.S. Agency’s Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Ban

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/9/2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, recently issued a final rule prohibiting nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from utilizing...more

Ten Things to Know About the CMS Long-Term Care Requirements Final Rule

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/19/2016

Deadlines are looming to come into compliance with sweeping changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for long-term care facilities (LTC) participating in Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS final...more

In Final Rule, CMS Acts to Bar Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Agreements With Nursing Home Residents Effective November 28, 2016

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/3/2016

On September 28, 2016, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its long-awaited final rule that, among other things, prohibits skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and nursing facilities (“NFs”)...more

U.S. Agency Prohibits Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/3/2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, has issued a final rule that includes prohibiting nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from...more