Hospice Insights Podcast: What’s the Latest on UPICs? Highlights from Recent Audit Activity, Part I
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 5: Understanding Palliative Care: Strategies for Compliance and Reimbursement
Hospice Insights: Check the Mail: Are You Getting a 4% Rate Cut?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 197: The Next Generation of Senior Living with Tate Stewart and Alan Moise of Thrive Senior Living
Hospice Insights Podcast - Deal Breakers: Identifying Key Issues Early in Member Substitutions
Hospice and Home Health Survey Perspectives: A Conversation with Kim Skehan, VP of Accreditation at CHAP
Year in Review: Key Regulatory Updates in 2023
Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Compliance Officer Relationship
A Very “Special” Episode: Amid Controversy, CMS Launches the Hospice Special Focus Program
Grace from CMS: Unexpected Good News on HIS and CAHPS Appeals
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: The Upside of Compliance Plans for Senior Care Facilities
This Bandwagon Has a Broken Wheel: OIG Joins the Inconsistent Approach to Hospice GIP Claims
The Gift That Keeps On Giving: TPE Insights and Strategies
Behind the Curtain: Enhanced Provider Enrollment Oversight
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Is Your Senior Care Facility Ready for Day One (and Two) of a Certification or Complaint Survey?
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Agency Investigations of Senior Care Facilities
Medicaid Minute: Did Medicaid Send You a Notice Saying Your Care Cost May Be Increasing?
Long-Term Care Investigations: Critical Steps To Mitigate Risk and Protect Your Residents, Staff and Reputation
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part III
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $4 million settlement with Next Step Healthcare, LLC (Next Step), a Massachusetts-based long-term care management company, in a deal that the AG described as...more
In January 2021, Manatt Health described the ten health care imperatives essential for improving our health care system and advancing health equity in the 2020s. Now two years into the decade, we have released our 2022...more
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
Although the General Assembly was in adjournment today, legislators packed the day with committee meetings to consider languishing legislation, new amendments, and hastily drawn substitutes. One of the major points of the day...more
A number of states have passed or are considering passing legislation to shield certain businesses from liability from claims for injury caused by exposure to COVID-19. Generally, the laws require that the business was in...more
On March 2, 2021, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (“MDHHS”) issued an Emergency Order that relaxes the visitation requirements for residential care facilities. The December 8, 2020 MDHHS Order involving...more
Legislative Day 19 felt particularly cold, wet, and sleepy as legislators wrapped up a short week that was filled to the brim with committee meetings and actions. But before most members headed for the exits, the chambers did...more
Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to continue Texas’ reopening process after the coronavirus pandemic brought public activity in much of the state to a halt earlier this year. Executive Order GA-30 allows...more
We want to share our perspective about various legal and regulatory issues and business challenges affecting the healthcare industry from COVID-19, along with a few anticipated changes in the legal and regulatory climate. ...more
On August 25, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim final regulations known as CMS-3401-IFC that become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for September...more
Lawmaking in the COVID Era - The legislature adjourned Friday June 26 at 8:41 p.m. Sort of. After holding what was nearly the longest and certainly the strangest session in history – half of it remotely – the legislature has...more
In this week’s episode, Myla Reizen and Paris Petranis are joined by Bruce Spurlock, President and CEO of Cynosure Health, and Judi Coombe, a Senior Operations Consultant at Ansell Strategic, to discuss the effects of the...more
On May 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new toolkit that provides innovative solutions and a wide range of guidance to states, health care providers and others to protect nursing homes...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and our health system is pushed to and beyond capacity, lawmakers and stakeholders are assessing different ways to handle the incredible volume of patients suddenly needing care. One...more
Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities (hereinafter, “LTC Facilities”) are among the health care providers whose patient populations are particularly vulnerable to the ongoing spread of COVID-19. ...more
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) outbreak has reached the international pandemic status. As of March 13, 2020, there are 132,758 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and 1,629 confirmed cases of COVID-19 nationally...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a statement on March 9 related to actions the agency is taking to protect the health and safety of patients and providers. CMS urges providers to stay abreast of CDC...more
Recent deaths of nursing home resident and associate highlight focus of Coronavirus prevention efforts for special populations. In the midst of a national panic involving the potential spread of coronavirus infections, it...more
After a measles outbreak at Disneyland spread to 134 Californians and residents in six other states and two other countries, California adopted a law removing “personal belief” exemptions from vaccinating children in public...more
Massachusetts Long Term Care Facility Regulations – Proposed Amendments - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) continues its efforts to revise its regulations to comply with Executive Order 562, which...more
At Public Health Council meeting on November 9, 2016, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) released yet another round of proposed regulatory amendments. On deck were regulations concerning Long Term Care...more
The Illinois Department of Public Health has released the Electronic Notification and Consent Form on Friday, January 29, 2016. The Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act (Public Act 099-0430)...more
Regulations proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (“DPH”) may significantly change the procedure for state approval of nursing home sales and closures. Following public scrutiny around state inspection...more