AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
Hospice and Home Health Survey Perspectives: A Conversation with Kim Skehan, VP of Accreditation at CHAP
An Alternative to Consolidations: Key Considerations for Management Services Organizations
A Very “Special” Episode: Amid Controversy, CMS Launches the Hospice Special Focus Program
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?
What Does It Mean? Understanding the Practical Implications of the New 36-Month Rule for Hospices
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Agency Investigations of Senior Care Facilities
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Crisis and Incident Response for Senior Care Facilities
Rob DeConti on the Latest Guidance and Insights from the OIG at HHS
Strategic Restructuring for the Future, Putting a Plan Into Action: A Conversation With Gloria Brooks on Building End-of-Life Partnerships
Healthcare Headlines Episode 3 - Stay Ready: Trends in Healthcare False Claims Act Investigations
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD! Planning for Post-Retirement Medical Expenses with 401(h) Plans
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD! Planning for Post-Retirement Medical Expenses With 401(h) Plans
NOWOTNY KNOWS SQUAT! Part IV Using Post-Retirement Medical Plans to Raise AUM and Sell Life Insurance
NOWOTNY ON DEATH AND TAXES EPISODE 35 USING POST-RETIREMENT MEDICAL PLANS TO RAISE AUM
Medicaid Minute: Did Medicaid Send You a Notice Saying Your Care Cost May Be Increasing?
Hospice Insights Podcast: Innovators Series - A Conversation with Carla Davis, CEO of Heart of Hospice LLC
Long-Term Care Investigations: Critical Steps To Mitigate Risk and Protect Your Residents, Staff and Reputation
News Briefs - CMS Increases Acute Care Inpatient Hospital Payments by $2.9B - HHS has finalized the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. The rule...more
Compliance gets a dust off with the new General Compliance Program Guidance released by the federal Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in November 2023. While there is a lot to digest, Husch Blackwell’s Josi Wergin and...more
News Briefs - Hospitals, Physicians at Odds Over FTC Noncompete Ban - The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompetes nationwide has implications for hospitals and physician practices, with representatives from...more
News Briefs - House Subcommittee Considering 15 Bills to Expand Telehealth - A major House subcommittee is considering 15 bills to expand access to telehealth services as the clock ticks on a Dec. 31 deadline on pandemic-era...more
Introduction - Polsinelli proudly introduces the Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review, a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape surrounding the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and fraud & abuse enforcement...more
On June 6, 2023, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided a Quality Safety & Oversight (QSO) memorandum outlining CMS-identified concerns with respect to the patient discharge process (Memo). As set forth...more
It’s been hard to keep track of all the new changes related to government oversight of hospices. This growing list now includes an expansion of the 36-month rule to hospices, which will limit the frequency that hospices can...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2023-011, Metro Treatment of Alabama, L.P. d/b/a Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, Birmingham, AL: Proposes to relocate Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, an existing outpatient...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case: AL2022-022, St. Vincent’s Birmingham, Pelham, AL: Proposes to develop a multi-specialty building to include a freestanding emergency department (FED), imaging center,...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-020, Infirmary ASC - Saraland, LLC, Mobile, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a freestanding multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) consisting of four (4) operating...more
Through North Carolina’s annual Healthcare Planning process, providers now have a first look at the opportunities expected to be identified for 2023 Certificate of Need (CON) proposals. The Proposed State Medical Facilities...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-005, Saad Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Saad Hospice Services, Mobile, AL: Proposes to add ten (10) additional inpatient hospice beds to The Retreat, an existing inpatient hospice...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-039, Monroe County Health Care Authority d/b/a Monroe County Hospital, Monroeville, AL: Proposes to convert ten (10) acute care beds to ten (10) swing beds in order to provide...more
As many hospices begin the hard work of exploring how collaboration can benefit their organizations, it can be helpful and inspiring to hear how others have walked the same path. In today’s episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg...more
The Biden Administration’s recent “Path Out of the Pandemic” expands the COVID-19 vaccine mandate covering nursing home workers and will soon reach 17 million healthcare workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities....more
Tennessee healthcare providers will soon have a very different certificate of need (CON) law to consider as they plan new facilities and services. Tennessee’s legislature and governor recently enacted Public Chapter 557,...more
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the healthcare industry. The new standard focuses on protecting healthcare...more
Episode three of McGuireWoods’ video series “Healthcare Headlines” focuses on trends in False Claims Act investigations across the healthcare industry. Host Amber McGraw Walsh, chair of the firm’s nationally recognized...more
Appropriations committee reviews health care workforce bill - The House Appropriations committee reviewed H.607 on Tuesday, a bill aimed at increasing the health care workforce in Vermont. The bill requires the Vermont...more
Across the country, hospitals and healthcare providers are facing an unprecedented surge of patients with COVID-19 symptoms while continuing to care for patients with other medical conditions. Responding adequately to the...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in a March 4, 2020 letter to State Survey Agency Directors that CMS is suspending non-emergency inspections in order to allow inspectors to focus on the most...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in two letters to State Survey Agencies dated March 4, 2020, new guidance for infection control and prevention concerning coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in...more
A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more
On November 10, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (“the OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is charged with ensuring the integrity of more than 100 programs administered by DHHS, including...more
In This Issue: - I. November 2014—Tennessee Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report—Filings Since October 2014 Meeting - III. Projects Deemed Complete for Review at December...more