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North Carolina’s New Emergency Visitation Rules for Long-Term Care – What You Need to Do Now

All North Carolina nursing homes, combination homes, adult care homes and family care homes (LTC Facilities) must now include with their admission material the emergency visitation policy (EVP) that will be in effect when...more

CMS Sets New Deadline for Compliance with Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Providers in 25 States and Washington, DC

To assist health care providers that will soon be required to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance on December 28, 2021 regarding updated timelines for compliance...more

Federal Judge Blocks CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers in 10 States

In a preliminary injunction issued on Monday, November 29, 2021, a federal judge in Missouri blocked the implementation and enforcement in 10 states of an interim final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

CMS Sets Compliance Deadlines, Issues Details for Health Care Staff Vaccination Mandate

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule, requiring vaccination of all staff at health care facilities that participate in the...more

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal Open For Registration Only, New Reporting Guidance Issued

On January 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opened the reporting portal for individuals who had received Provider Relief Funds (PRF) from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)...more

HHS Issues ‘Last Call’ For Provider Relief Funds – Apply By Nov. 6 For Share Of $20 Billion Distribution

An additional $20 billion in “Provider Relief Funds” is being made available pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act through a “Phase 3” General Distribution. However, time is running out...more

HHS Sets Reporting Deadlines For CARES Act Provider Relief Funds

On September 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published details regarding the highly awaited Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements. Providers that have previously received more than...more

HIPAA Right To Access Initiative Targets Psychiatric/Mental Health Providers

Mental Health/substance abuse providers and providers treating HIV/AIDS patients are held to a higher standard when it comes to protecting medical records, requiring additional levels of consent and analysis prior to...more

Focused Infection Control Surveys For Nursing Homes To Be Completed By July 31, 2020 — New Penalties For Identified Deficiencies

On June 1, 2020 CMS published QSO-20-31-All. It is effective immediately and provides in part as follows: (1) States will need to perform focused infection control surveys (FICS) of 100% of the certified nursing homes in...more

New COVID-19 Reporting Regulations and Requirements For Skilled Nursing Facilities, Effective May 8, 2020

On May 8, 2020, CMS published an Interim Rule, one portion of which is focused on new reporting requirements for skilled nursing facilities. The new reporting requirements, effective May 8, 2020, fall into two categories: (a)...more

HHS Begins Second Provider Relief Fund Distribution, Congress Adds $75 Billion In New Aid

As part of the CARES Act's Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Provider Relief Funds), $100 billion was to be made available to a wide array of providers ? including public entities, Medicare- or...more

Details Regarding $30 Billion Distribution To Health Care Providers

On April 10, 2020 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) distributed the first $30 billion in funds allocated in the CARES Act as part of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSS Relief...more

CMS Limits Surveys, Prioritizes COVID-19 Infection Control

The President's declaration of a national emergency gave the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the ability to authorize waivers or modifications of certain requirements of Section 1135 of the Social...more

Nursing Homes Told To Restrict ALL Visitors And Non-Essential Health Care Personnel

Except in certain compassionate care situations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has called for extremely strict limitations on visitation at nursing homes to stem the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic...more

CMS Halts Nursing Home Surveys, Focuses On Infection Control

Effective March 4, 2020, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the suspension of non-emergency survey inspections of nursing homes in order to focus on infection control complaints...more

Court Sets New Effective Date For HHS ‘Conscience Rule’

In a letter filed with a federal judge, lawyers for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed last week to a four-month delay before implementing a new rule that would strengthen protections for health care...more

HHS ‘Conscience Rule’ Defines Right Not To Provide Certain Health Care Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a Final Rule that aims to strengthen protections for health care providers against having to provide services that violate their conscience, such as...more

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