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Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

A Balanced Approach: 10 Key Strategies to Minimize Bad Debt and Avoid Involuntary Terminations in Senior Living Communities

Senior living communities operate in a highly regulated and financially demanding environment, requiring operators to maintain fiscal stability while delivering exceptional care. As the senior population grows, providers face...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

New York Governor Vetoes Act Prohibiting Establishment and Expansion of For-Profit Hospices

On December 23, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed Assembly Bill Number 8472  entitled “An Act To Amend The Public Health Law, In Relation To The Establishment, Incorporation, Construction, Or Increase In Capacity Of...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Can You Sue for Nursing Home Injuries Due to Falls and Other Accidents?

Abuse and neglect at nursing homes are longstanding problems. Some of the most common nursing home injuries are also among the problems that can leave the families of residents with a lot of questions. ...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Considerations for Incoming Operators of Senior Living Facilities to Mitigate Risks With Distressed Former Operators: A Case...

An incoming operator of a senior living facility should consider and mitigate risks of potential successor liability when agreeing to operate a new facility.1 This is particularly true when the former operator has filed for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama State Health Plan Report - Statewide Health Coordinating Council - September 2019

Proposed State Health Plan Adjustments - A. PA2019-002, Vitality Senior Living Management, LLC, d/b/a Traditions of Athens, LLC: Proposes to add 32 specialty care assisted living facility beds pursuant to Section...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Seniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits

Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the level of service they are entitled to, and many find their services cut off...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Medicare Coverage While Traveling Within the U.S.

When people retire they often have more time to travel. Although Medicare coverage is generally not available when beneficiaries are overseas, what about coverage for those exploring our own varied and scenic land?...more

Lowndes

CMS Cracks Down On Social Media Abuse By Nursing Home Staff

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On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all state survey agencies requiring that during the next standard survey of a nursing home, whether a Traditional or Quality Indicator...more

Polsinelli

Mega-Mergers Highlight Risk to Health Care Providers

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Consolidation in health insurance markets can injure hospitals and doctors by creating buyer-side market power that can force providers to accept below-market prices, limit patients’ access to care, and reduce innovation in...more

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Health Care Update - October 2015

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Senate Working Group Pressing Forward on Telehealth - As Congress focuses on bigger picture policy decisions, including broad budget negotiations and raising the debt ceiling, there are some exciting developments on the...more

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D.C. Circuit Ruling Means DOL’s Home Care Rule May Soon Go Into Effect

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On August 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) upheld the United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) Home Care Rule and reversed the lower court’s decisions vacating the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Senate Reauthorizes Older Americans Act; Bill Heads to the House... White House Holds 2015 Conference on Aging and Launches Several New Administration Healthy Aging Initiatives Enveloping Alzheimer’s, Dementia,...more

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