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CDPH Proposes Detailed Changes to California Hospital Licensure Regulations

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) proposed changes to regulations regarding general acute care hospital (GACH) licensing requirements related to clinical laboratory, dietetic, and pharmaceutical services....more

CMS Recommends That Hospitals Adopt Updated EMTALA Signage

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

New Proposed Rules Aim to Enhance Healthcare Accessibility for People With Disabilities

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently published new proposed rules that update and create various requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973...more

Illinois Healthcare Transaction Notice Update: Attorney General’s Form Now Available

The Illinois attorney general (IL AG) has released its much-anticipated Healthcare Transaction Notice Form (the Form), which parties must submit before undertaking certain “Covered Transactions” that are not otherwise...more

NLRB Makes Joint Employment the Rule, Not the Exception

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has changed its joint-employer rule, making it easier for entities doing business with each other to be deemed joint employers, and so jointly subject to union organizing campaigns,...more

OIG Issues General Compliance Program Guidance Updates

On November 6, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published the General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) as a revised reference guide for the healthcare compliance...more

Effective January 2024: Illinois Joins Growing List of States that Require Attorney General Notice of Healthcare Transactions

On August 11, 2023, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed Illinois House Bill 2222 into law (Public Act 103-0526). Public Act 103-0526 amends certain provisions of the Illinois Antitrust Act, the State Finance Act and the Illinois...more

Special Report - CMS Unwinds Waivers as the COvid-19 PHE Comes to an End

At the onset of the COVID-19 PHE, CMS was permitted to issue several temporary emergency statutory and regulatory waivers to help providers appropriately respond to the pandemic. On May 1, 2023, the Secretary released a memo...more

Illinois House Passes Legislation to Increase State Oversight of Healthcare Consolidation

On March 24, 2023, the Illinois House of Representatives passed legislation (HB 2222) that, if passed by the Illinois Senate and signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, would increase oversight of certain “covered transactions” for...more

When Keeping Medication Safe May Lead to Increased Liability

In a country that is still struggling with an opioid epidemic, and where there are enough rules and laws regulating the dispensing of medication to fill a tome, it makes sense that medical providers across the nation are...more

The Joint Commission Eliminates 14% of Its Standards Across All Accreditation Programs

Effective January 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) eliminated 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across all of its accreditation programs and revised 14 other standards. To further streamline its standards, TJC is...more

CMS Streamlines Medicare Enrollment and Standardizes Nondiscrimination Language

In late January 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two updates relevant to provider and supplier organizations enrolled in Medicare: (1) a redesign to the Provider Enrollment, Chain and...more

Health Equity Elevated to a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal

Starting July 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) will set health equity as a National Patient Safety Goal for certain TJC-accredited organizations and roll out a new Health Care Equity certification program to recognize and...more

Clarity for Rural Emergency Hospitals and Changes for Critical Access Hospitals: CMS Finalizes Conditions of Participation and...

Rural emergency hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type that will allow Medicare to pay for emergency department and other outpatient hospital services in rural areas beginning on January 1, 2023, without requiring the...more

CMS Downshifts on Expectations for Covered Healthcare Provider Staff COVID-19 Vaccination

CMS released guidance for surveyors that provides leeway in surveying for compliance with the November 2021 interim final rule with comment that imposed a vaccination mandate for most staff at certain covered provider types....more

[Webinar] Critical Access Hospital and Rural Emergency Hospitals: Proposed Rules and Opportunity for Input - August 23rd, 12:30 pm...

Beginning in 2023, Medicare will recognize a new provider type: the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). The establishment of REHs is intended to preserve access to emergency departments and other outpatient services in rural...more

CMS Proposes Key Details for Payment Methodology, Quality Measures and Enrollment Policies for Rural Emergency Hospitals

Rural emergency hospitals (REHs) are a new Medicare provider type that will allow Medicare to pay for emergency department and other outpatient hospital services in rural areas beginning on January 1, 2023, without requiring...more

CMS Seeks to Establish Regulations Limiting Critical Access Hospital Location Requirement

Tucked into the recent proposed rule establishing Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) is a proposal to change the CoPs for critical access hospitals (CAHs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

One Step Closer to a New Provider Type: CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation

On June 30, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited proposed rule establishing the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) would be required to meet...more

Employer Vaccine Mandates and Exemptions [Video]

Employers are amending their vaccine policies in the wake of US Supreme Court opinions. Michelle Strowhiro, Sandra DiVarco and Abigail Kagan discuss the three vaccine rules at play - OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS),...more

[Ongoing Program] On Location: New CMS Hospital Co-Location Guidance in the Spotlight - February 17th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET

Hospital and health systems rely on vendors and other partners to provide vital services that support patient care, efficient operations and smooth administrative functions. However, the regulations governing different types...more

[Ongoing Program] Unpacking & Understanding the Medicare “Under Arrangement” Rules - February 15th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET

Hospital and health systems rely on vendors and other partners to provide vital services that support patient care, efficient operations and smooth administrative functions. However, the regulations governing different types...more

[Ongoing Program] Setting Up Successful Vendor Arrangements Under the Medicare Provider-Based Rule - February 10th, 12:30 pm -...

Hospital and health systems rely on vendors and other partners to provide vital services that support patient care, efficient operations and smooth administrative functions. However, the regulations governing different types...more

Supreme Court OKs CMS Vaccine Mandate but Blocks OSHA Rule

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States released two emergency opinions that change the landscape of the three federal vaccine rules. In summary: A 5-4 Court majority let the Centers for Medicare &...more

CMS Issues Detailed Guidance to Surveyors on Assessing Compliance with Omnibus COVID-19 Healthcare Staff Vaccination Mandate

On December 28, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality, Safety and Oversight Group released a memorandum (QSO-22-07-ALL) providing guidance and details on survey procedures for assessing and...more

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