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
Welcome to our fourth issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we address a variety of topics including a recent SCOTUS ruling and the potential impact on CMS, issues of patient...more
Texas Clinical Laboratory and Owner to Pay $5.7 Million to Resolve Outstanding FCA Judgment - Defunct BestCare Laboratory Services LLC and its founder will pay $5.7 million to settle an outstanding 2018 False Claims Act...more
News Briefs - High Court Rules Residents Can Sue Publicly Owned Nursing Homes - The U.S. Supreme Court preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871 law as it rejected a bid to prevent an...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant activity between June 21 and July 20, 2022. During this period, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, which historically...more
STATISTICAL TRENDS IN FALSE CLAIMS ACT LITIGATION - FCA case activity for 2021 reveals seemingly contrary trends. For the federal fiscal year (FY) that ended September 30, 2021, the DOJ annual report on FCA enforcement...more
The Office of Inspector General is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is tasked with combating fraud committed against Medicare, Medicaid, and other federally funded government programs. The...more
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
This content was last updated as of Thursday, April 24 at 12:00 p.m. CST- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues its issuance of Section 1135 waivers, waiving or modifying certain Medicare, Medicaid,...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues its issuance of Section 1135 waivers, waiving or modifying certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) requirements to ensure that...more
On March 30, 2020, CMS issued numerous additional blanket waivers to give providers greater flexibility in responding to COVID-19. (See https://www.cms.gov/files/document/summary-covid-19-emergency-declaration-waivers.pdf)....more
On October 4, 2016, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the final rules regarding the requirements of participation for skilled nursing facilities. One of the most significant changes to the...more
In the spring of this year, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund, 135 S.Ct. 1318 (2015), resolving a circuit split regarding the...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated its proposed regulation of “hazardous waste pharmaceuticals,” i.e., pharmaceutical residues discarded from health care facilities which also meet EPA’s long-standing...more
On October 7, 2015, the Department of Justice announced that PharMerica Corporation (“PharMerica”), the nation’s second-largest nursing home pharmacy, agreed to pay $9.25 million to resolve allegations that it received...more
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt’s Government Law and Consulting Practice Group released its 2015 Florida Legislative Post-Session Report detailing significant bills that passed during the 2015 Regular Session of the Florida...more
In this presentation: - Health System Structure and Governance - Medical Staff Structure and Governance - Committee Structure - Medical Staff Categories - Medical Staff Governance Documents ...more
Settlements - Pharmaceutical company Organon Inc. agreed to pay $31 million to settle federal and state allegations that it underpaid Medicaid drug rebates, provided kickbacks to nursing home pharmacy companies,...more
In this Report: - I. April 2014 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since March 2014 - A. Letters of Intent to Change Ownership - B....more