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HHS Continues to Refine COVID-19 Testing, Visitation Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities

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Nursing homes and long-term care facilities were hit hard by COVID-19. However, as of September 11, 2022, 87.3% of residents and 86.9% of staff have completed primary vaccination. Such adherence may have been instrumental in...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

What to Expect as OIG and CMS Audits Focus on COVID-19 Testing?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an enormous need for testing and has spawned the creation of new labs and specimen collection agencies to (try to) meet that need. In 2020 alone, Medicare spent $1.5 billion on COVID-19 tests....more

Gray Reed

Private Employers Must Mandate Employee Vaccinations or Weekly Testing Under President Biden’s New Plan

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On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden announced key provisions of his new plan to require more Americans to be vaccinated in order to combat the spread of COVID-19....more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Federal COVID Action Plan Announced

On September 9th, the President announced a COVID-19 Action Plan (the "Plan") and released two orders that contain surprisingly broad measures. The Plan will impact many businesses and organizations across the nation....more

Bowditch & Dewey

Biden Administration Announces New Vaccine Mandate for Employers

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On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced sweeping COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements applicable to both public and private employers nationwide. The following is an overview of the important upcoming...more

Fisher Phillips

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from August 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Maryland Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine or Regular Testing for All Nursing Home and Hospital Staff

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Two weeks after adopting a vaccine mandate for state-run residential health and correctional facilities, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan just announced a statewide vaccine mandate for private nursing home and hospital...more

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The 7 Main Takeaways for Healthcare Employers Now That OSHA Has Finally Unveiled Its Long-Awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary...

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Almost six months after President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine whether emergency temporary standards (ETS) concerning COVID-19 were necessary, OSHA finally issued the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Long-Term Care Facilities Must Educate, Offer, And Report on COVID-19 Vaccinations For Residents And Staff, According To CMS...

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On May 11, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services published an interim final rule/guidance to establish COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS and CDC Update Guidance for Nursing Home Staff Testing and Work Restrictions

While attention regarding newly released guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on nursing home testing, visitation, and communal activities has...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS and CDC Update Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Testing, Visitation, and Communal Activities

Long-term care providers that have been clamoring for updated guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address the effect of COVID-19...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Update on Relaxed Visitation Restrictions and Implementation Requirements for Residential Care Facilities

On March 2, 2021, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (“MDHHS”) issued an Emergency Order that relaxes the visitation requirements for residential care facilities. The December 8, 2020 MDHHS Order involving...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CDC Releases Nursing Home Testing and Management Considerations as Flu Season Begins Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

As if protocols in certain states for dealing with nursing home residents returning from holiday leave weren’t complicated enough in terms of corhorting, the impending influenza season and new considerations from the Centers...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights - Issue 24, September 2020

This 24th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees a flurry of activity around government restrictions on mass gatherings and business operations -- including a significant ruling from...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Final Nursing Home Commission Report Yields Many Recommendations, Even More Action Items

The independent, 25-member Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes (Commission) convened earlier this year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to study lessons learned from the early...more

Baker Donelson

CMS Amps Up Penalties on Long Term Care Facilities for Failing to Report COVID-19 Data and Mandates Staff Testing for the Virus

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Effective September 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented an interim final rule with comment period to bolster its regulatory authority in addressing a number of issues relating to CMS's...more

Jackson Walker

CMS Implements Stricter COVID-19 Testing Regulations on Nursing Homes

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As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more

King & Spalding

CMS Announces New Nursing Home Testing, Reporting, and Training Requirements in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic

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On August 25, 2020, CMS announced two new changes pertaining to nursing homes during the COVID-19 public health emergency. First, CMS published an interim final rule with comment period (IFC), which requires nursing home...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

West Virginia Updates Nursing Home Reopening Guidance

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Recently, the Office of Health Facility Licensure & Certification and Department of Health and Human Resources released new developments related to COVID-19 in nursing homes, including reopening/community spread guidance,...more

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CMS Establishes New Long Term Care Facility Rule for COVID-19 testing of Residents and Staff

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Due to the high risk for infection, serious illness and death in long term care (“LTC”) facilities, CMS is amending the current infection control requirements for LTC facilities by adding obligation to “test all of its...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS and CDC “Tag Team” on Point-of-Care Testing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) earlier this month issued a series of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) regarding the point-of-care (“POC”) program to provide certain Medicare and Medicaid certified...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

CMS issues new COVID-19 guidance, including nursing home staff testing requirements

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On August 24, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new interim final rule with comment period on numerous facility responsibilities regarding COVID-19 testing...more

King & Spalding

Senate GOP Unveils HEALS Act Coronavirus Relief Plan

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On July 27, 2020, Senate Republicans released their plan for the next phase of coronavirus relief. Instead of a single bill, the Senate plan (dubbed the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act, or...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

COVID-19 Testing: Who Pays?

As COVID-19 testing continues to increase throughout the nation, providers and patients alike are faced with the issue of who is responsible for covering the cost of testing. Whether a payor will reimburse for a COVID-19 test...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Nursing Homes Will See Increased Survey Activity, Stiffer Penalties On Heels of Recent COVID-19 Relief Fund Payments

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Approximately one week after announcing $4.9 billion in supplemental payments under the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (the "Relief Fund") to skilled nursing facilities ("SNFs") for “critical needs such as...more

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