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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Long Term Care Update: As Winter Arrives, CMS Renews its Emphasis on COVID-19 Vaccinations, Bivalent Boosters and Timely...

As surges in various respiratory illnesses – including COVID-19 – loom over holiday gatherings, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) held an Open Door Forum for skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) providers...more

Fisher Phillips

Snapshot on Healthcare Industry: April 2022

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Welcome to our latest Healthcare Snapshot, where we take a quick look at some of the most pressing issues facing employers in the industry. Even though COVID-19 numbers are generally trending in a positive direction,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Newly Issued Vaccine Guidance Brings Increased Uncertainty for Nursing Home Operators and Staff

Among additional measures announced by the Biden administration on August 18 in response to the proliferation of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services is directed to implement guidelines...more

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Health care facilities and nursing homes awaiting CMS requirements for staff COVID-19 vaccinations

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has announced its intention to release an interim final rule over the course of the next several...more

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Biden Announces that Nursing Homes Must Increase Efforts To Vaccinate Staff or Risk Losing Out on Federal Funds

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As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, President Joe Biden announced a new mandate on Aug. 18 requiring the vaccination of nursing home staff in order for nursing homes to continue to receive federal Medicare and...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

CMS Imposes New COVID-19 Vaccine Immunization Requirements for Nursing Homes

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Effective May 21, 2021, both Medicare skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and Medicaid nursing facilities (“NFs”) (collectively “nursing homes”) became subject to revised requirements of participation regarding infection...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Georgia Department of Public Health Issues Updated Reopening Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities

On April 7, 2021, Commissioner Toomey of the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) issued an Administrative Order that provides new reopening guidance for long-term care facilities, which includes intermediate care...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Media, CDC, and DPH Combine to Confuse Georgia Providers Regarding Quarantine Guidance

With much fanfare earlier this month, mass media outlets touted revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that individuals who have been fully vaccinated can “skip” quarantine if they become...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

5 Things You Need to Know About The Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program

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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

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Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policies: Time for a Check-Up

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

Holland & Knight LLP

Long-Term Care Legislation in Florida - Regulatory Compliance Impacts Retirement Communities, ALFs and Nursing Homes

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Long-term care companies in Florida need to dust off their regulatory compliance plans to see if updates are needed in light of several bills that passed during the regular legislative session of 2015. If they are signed by...more

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