On August 13, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group issued its memorandum QSO-24-17-EMTALA (the “Memorandum”),...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the release of updated model signage for use by Medicare-participating hospitals to inform patients of their rights under the Emergency Medical Treatment...more
With the new normal of work-from-home employees and hybrid work options, many nonprofit executives are querying what to consider when deciding whether and how to shed space. Join our live webinar conversation about: -...more
Mixed-use buildings and estates are very much the norm these days; they were prevalent pre-COVID-19 and, as discussed in a previous article in this series, that trend has accelerated. Whilst traditionally a mixed-use scheme...more
On November 12, 2021, CMS released “final guidance” for state survey agencies regarding shared space and co-location arrangements between hospitals and other hospitals or healthcare providers. This guidance is intended to...more
CMS recently issued long-awaited draft guidance on hospital co-location with other hospitals or healthcare facilities, providing some potential insight on the otherwise ambiguous prohibition on “shared space.” This...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released draft guidance for state survey agencies regarding shared space and co-location arrangements between hospitals and other hospitals or health care...more
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued draft “Guidance for Hospital Co-location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities” (the “Draft Guidance”) intended to change earlier CMS...more
As the health care delivery system continues to evolve, on May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a draft guidance document to state survey agency directors entitled, “Guidance for Hospital...more
Summary - On May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued long-awaited draft guidance addressing compliance with the hospital Conditions of Participation (“CoPs”) and survey procedures in regard...more
On May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released long-awaited draft guidance (the “Guidance”), proposing to allow hospitals to co-locate with other hospitals or healthcare facilities in certain...more
On May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a draft of long-awaited guidance for hospitals on how they can share space, services and staff with other co-located hospitals and health care...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued long-awaited draft guidance addressing the use of shared space and contracted services. Though aiming to increase transparency into the scope and interpretation of its...more
Patient health and safety is to be the focus of the new lens CMS intends to use for assessing shared space arrangements among providers and free-standing entities. In a November 27, 2018, American Health Lawyers Association...more