Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: The Upside of Compliance Plans for Senior Care Facilities
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
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice - Reimbursement Audits and Appeals
How Should We Celebrate Elder Law Month?
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
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part II
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care
K&L Gates Triage: Reading the Fine Print: A Closer Look at the Proposed Regulation over Arbitration Clauses in Long-Term Care Resident Agreements
Recent events have caused hospitals and health systems nationwide to contemplate more robust participation in the long term care (LTC) sector, whether through modified ownership, joint venturing, clinical affiliation, or...more
Today, 58 million adults in the United States are 65 and older. Seniors make up more than 17 percent of the American population. The U.S. Census Bureau expects this number to reach 83.7 million by 2050....more
The premier senior living and long-term care litigation seminar returns to Chicago on September 18-20! Join us at the Hyatt Regency, just steps from the Chicago River Walk, for an event tailored specifically for defense...more
As the North Carolina General Assembly prepares for its short session beginning April 24, 2024, one of the focal points will be Senate Bill 145 (House Bill 170), the Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act (the “Act”),...more
CONGRESS BUYS MORE TIME - Last Friday President Biden signed a short-term funding patch. This extends government funding through a continuing resolution (CR) into March. Specifically, this CR gives Congress until March 1...more
Williams Mullen’s Strategies for Senior Care video series explores how owners, administrators, and directors of assisted living facilities (ALFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and continuing care retirement communities...more
The Strategies for Senior Care video series explores how owners, administrators, and directors of assisted living facilities (ALFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) can...more
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR) has published the draft 2024 State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP), which was developed by the State Health Coordinating...more
With advancing technology and ever-evolving science, it is no secret that we are living longer. As our elderly loved ones continue to get older, we want to be sure we are helping them through the aging process as smoothly and...more
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
Loan defaults and financial distress among long term care (LTC) facilities, such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs) and memory care facilities, are on the rise. The COVID-19 pandemic has...more
Certificate of Need Program A. AL2022-006, Jacksonville Senior Services, LLC d/b/a The Harbor at Legacy Village, Jacksonville, AL: Proposes to add sixteen (16) Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility (SCALF) beds to an...more
Virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Facebook’s Portal, Google’s Nest Hub, and countless others continue growing in popularity as families navigate safely remaining connected with their loved ones receiving long-term...more
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
This blog post is intended to help educate your family regarding the limited instances in which a spousal waiver may be available and help guide you through the tedious process of obtaining one in a suitable case. The...more
For better and for worse, Medicaid is the primary method of paying for nursing home care in the United States. But navigating the Medicaid system is complicated and confusing. Here are the basics. ...more
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
Antitrust- Attorneys General Testify in House Hearing on Big Tech and Competition- •On March 18, 2021, Colorado AG Phil Weiser and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson testified before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial,...more
New standards for assisted living facilities and personal care homes were among the changes included in Georgia House Bill 987, the “Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act,” which Governor Kemp signed into law on...more
All long-term care costs rose sharply in 2020, but assisted living facility costs increased the most, according to Genworth’s latest annual Cost of Care Survey. The across-the-board rises were due in part to increased costs...more
Join key industry stakeholders for a state of the union on COVID-19 related lawsuits, and an assessment of causes of action & defense preparation strategies. ACI’s 2nd National Forum COVID-19 Liability for Long-Term Care...more
In this week’s episode, Myla Reizen and Jackie Hoffman discuss recent developments on the state and federal level related to the operation of long-term care facilities in light of the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency....more
Recently in the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Alina Tugend published an article pointing out that while early long-term care policies did not cover in-home care, more recent ones permit coverage for caretakers from licensed...more
On October 9, 2020, DHEC ordered South Carolina’s long-term care communities to begin allowing indoor visitation unless “a reasonable clinical or safety cause” is present in the facility. This represents a stark change in...more
The White House and Senate Republicans have failed to protect more than 1.3 million Americans in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, with persistent inaction contributing to the rising toll of Covid-19 deaths...more