Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has signed the “Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act” (House Bill 1633), which restricts the ability of employers and healthcare practitioners to enter into non-compete...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
Are doctors relocating all over the United States? Congress created the National Practitioners Data Bank in 1986, passing a piece of legislation whose mission entailed improving the quality of healthcare, reducing abuse...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2017-012, Crowne Health Care of Springhill, LLC, Mobile, AL: Proposes to relocate twenty-six (26) nursing home beds from Crowne Health Care of Mobile, LLC, a 174-bed nursing home....more
For relocations that occurred between 11.2.15 and 12.31.16, providers must submit relocation requests by 1.31.2017. The CY 2017 OPPS Final Rule brought significant changes to the way Medicare reimburses hospitals for...more
A major purpose of the Certificate of Need (“CON”) Task Force established by Governor Malloy last February was to deliver recommendations on how to improve the existing CON program in light of the evolving health care...more