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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Releases IPPS Proposed Rule; Congress Holds Hearings on Chronic Care and Telehealth

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Buying Distressed Operations in the Skilled Nursing Facility Space

The “Nursing Home Covid-19 Data Dashboard” maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that COVID-19 had an unusually intense impact on the long term care community. Cases among nursing home...more

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CMS Issues Revised Staff Vaccination Guidance

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On October 26, 2022, CMS issued revised guidance on COVID-19 vaccination requirements for staff working for Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers. While the revised guidance was issued in separate...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Recent COVID-19 Guidance for Nursing Home Facilities in Rhode Island

The world of healthcare has always been ever-changing. Coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be difficult for providers to stay abreast of the numerous regulatory changes. Recently, the Rhode Island Department of Health...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Released CY 2023 OPPS Proposed Rule

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Below is Alston & Bird's Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - April 2022 #4

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Biden Administration Orders Long Term Care Facilities to Require COVID-19 Vaccinations To Receive Federal Funds; OSHA Issues...

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As we have previously written, the landscape for employers in the time of COVID-19, particularly healthcare employers and long term care facilities, is ever-changing and quickly moving. In the last year, healthcare employers...more

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OSHA ETS: What Health Care Providers Need To Know

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On June 10, 2021 OSHA issued its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the health care industry, along with general guidance for all other employers, which we already touched on in a previous post. However, there...more

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Considerations for Health Care Employers under Iowa’s Vaccine Passport Law and Recent CDC, CMS and EEOC Guidelines

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One of the last pieces of legislation the Iowa legislature sent to Governor Kim Reynolds’ desk for guaranteed signature was a bill banning vaccine passports in Iowa. House File 889 contains several prohibitions regarding...more

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CMS Interim Rule Requires Long-Term Care Facilities to Follow New COVID-19 Vaccination Rules

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As vaccination rates climb and Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities begin to reopen, the beginning of a return to “normal” also brings the extension of a familiar theme for LTC facilities: new rules and new penalties for...more

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Long-Term Care Facilities Must Educate, Offer, And Report on COVID-19 Vaccinations For Residents And Staff, According To CMS...

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On May 11, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services published an interim final rule/guidance to establish COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS and CDC Update Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Testing, Visitation, and Communal Activities

Long-term care providers that have been clamoring for updated guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address the effect of COVID-19...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, May 2021 # 5

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In Washington: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for youth who are 12 to 15 years old.  The recommendation came hours after the Advisory Committee on...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Media, CDC, and DPH Combine to Confuse Georgia Providers Regarding Quarantine Guidance

With much fanfare earlier this month, mass media outlets touted revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that individuals who have been fully vaccinated can “skip” quarantine if they become...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

A Primer on the COVID-19 Vaccines

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To date, two COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for emergency use by the FDA. Produced by Pfizer and Moderna, the vaccines are in full distribution throughout the world; however they differ slightly in certain respects....more

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CDC Provides Considerations to Guide Providers Regarding Possible Post-Vaccination Symptoms

As long-term care facilities (“LTCFs”), such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities, implement plans for the immunization of their residents and staff, and as the first shipments of vaccine are being delivered across...more

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West Virginia Updates Nursing Home Vaccination Distribution Plan

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As the country prepares to end the fight against COVID-19, questions regarding the distribution of vaccines have understandably been at the forefront of the minds of Long-Term Care Facilities (“LTCF”). Indeed, those questions...more

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CDC Prioritizes Health Care Personnel and LTCF Residents for COVID-19 Vaccine

As expected, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted 13-1 on December 1, 2020 to recommend that health care personnel and long-term care...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CDC Releases Nursing Home Testing and Management Considerations as Flu Season Begins Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

As if protocols in certain states for dealing with nursing home residents returning from holiday leave weren’t complicated enough in terms of corhorting, the impending influenza season and new considerations from the Centers...more

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OSHA Issues COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Guidance For Long Term Care Facilities

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OSHA has issued guidance on personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and respiratory protection use in nursing home and long term care facilities (collectively “LTCFs”) to protect against COVID-19. In its recently issued...more

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5 Things You Need to Know About The Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program

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On October 16, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) announced a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Department of Defense (“DoD”), and pharmacy retailers, CVS and...more

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CMS Implements Stricter COVID-19 Testing Regulations on Nursing Homes

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As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more

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CDC Guidelines for Assisted Living Facilities

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The CDC has composed guidelines for ALFs to follow during the pandemic to best protect the lives of residents, who by age and preexisting conditions, are most susceptible to the Covid virus.  The CDC encourages ALFs to review...more

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West Virginia Updates Nursing Home Reopening Guidance

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Recently, the Office of Health Facility Licensure & Certification and Department of Health and Human Resources released new developments related to COVID-19 in nursing homes, including reopening/community spread guidance,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Trump Administration Strengthens COVID-19 Surveillance With New Reporting And Testing Requirements For Nursing Homes, Other...

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CMS has issued a new rule clarifying that its daily Covid-19 reporting via the HHS Teletracking portal is mandatory as a condition of participation in the Medicare program...more

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