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
On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates for certain acute care hospitals by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2025, compared...more
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court made a sharp about-face from a doctrine that has governed administrative law for decades, overruling the “Chevron deference” doctrine with its decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v....more
Three employees of two separate New Jersey long-term care facilities were indicted this past month, highlighting grave concerns over resident safety and care standards in such facilities throughout the state....more
Baker Donelson recently published Anticipating SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Deference – What to Know and Five Ways to Prepare explaining the United States Supreme Court's upcoming ruling which is expected to impact the regulatory...more
On May 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its controversial final rule imposing minimum staffing requirements for long term care facilities (the “Final Rule”). When it takes effect on June...more
As a lawyer, I have exclusively represented long-term care healthcare providers for over ten years. I have gained useful insight into how people plan—or, in many cases, fail to plan—for the possibility that they may need...more
As part of the Biden administration’s initiative to ensure safe and quality care in long-term care facilities, on May 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule implementing minimum...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Final Rule today to implement a minimum staffing “floor” for nursing homes in the United States, as first announced on April 22. The Final Rule, which as...more
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its controversial final rule related to the first federally imposed minimum staffing requirements for long term care facilities (“Final Rule”).[i] ...more
Last month, on April 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities final rule, which will apply to any long-term care (LTC) facilities that receive...more
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting,...more
A final federal rule raising minimum staffing requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding becomes effective June 21, starting a staggered timeline for LTCs to create and...more
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that will require long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to satisfy minimum nurse staffing standards with the goal of addressing patient...more
State legislatures nationwide are engaged in a flurry of activity as lawmakers, journalists, interest groups and citizens converge to address diverse policy issues. Debates and advocacy campaigns on topics such as social...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 10, 2024, released a proposed rule for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System...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
Baker Donelson secured a win before the Tennessee Supreme Court when, on February 16, 2024, the Court issued a ruling supporting health care providers and those who seek to secure health care for a loved one. In Williams v....more
Research shows that 70% of Americans may need long-term care at some point in their lives. Although that need is greatest for older adults, anyone at any age may suffer an accident or illness that results in the need for...more
Senate Finance Chair Continues Inquiry into MA Marketing Techniques. Chairman Wyden (D-OR) sent letters to five third-party marketing organizations that participate in the MA enrollment period. The letters seek information on...more
On November 17, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) published a final rule implementing additional disclosure requirements for U.S.-located, Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities...more
Please join us for the 9th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference hosted by Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association. Eligible for more than seven hours of CLE credit (including ethics), this...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
Summary - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published a proposed rule that, if finalized, will provide new minimum staffing level requirements for all long-term care facilities reimbursed by...more
Many long-term care residents live in Missouri nursing homes for years. But occasionally circumstances may change such that it is no longer appropriate for the resident to continue to reside at the facility. In certain cases,...more