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Second Circuit Rules That “Complaint Surveys” Are Not “Surveys” Under the Statutory Provision Requiring RNs on a Survey Team

All Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) must be surveyed annually and not more than every 15 months, as well as on other occasions, such as for complaint investigations and revisits to determine compliance...more

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States, Interest Groups Launch Fresh Attack Against Federal Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule in New Litigation

The Biden administration’s controversial Final Rule establishing minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes is under new attack. The Final Rule, long decried by nursing home industry leaders as a one-size-fits-all...more

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #3

News Briefs - New Foreign Nurse Visas Frozen by State Department - The State Department has essentially frozen foreign nurse visas for the rest of the fiscal year amid high demand, and health groups are warning it threatens...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #2

News Briefs - Groups Urge Appeals Court to Revive Drug Price Negotiation Suit - Healthcare and drug industry groups urged a U.S. appeals court to revive their challenge to a law requiring manufacturers to negotiate the prices...more

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CMS Final Rule Cranks Up Staffing Requirements at Long-Term Care Facilities

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A final federal rule raising minimum staffing requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding becomes effective June 21, starting a staggered timeline for LTCs to create and...more

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - October 2023 #2

News Briefs - Google Cloud Unveils AI to Help Doctors with Search Capabilities - Google Cloud announced new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities that it said will help healthcare workers quickly pull accurate...more

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CMS Proposed Rule for Minimum Staffing Requirements in Long-Term Care Facilities

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On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule titled “Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 12, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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CMS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule on Sept. 1, 2023, that, if finalized, would impose minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities participating in Medicare or Medicaid....more

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Health Care Week In Review: HHS Awards $218 Million in Grant Funding

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Federal Court Upholds CMS Final Rule: Not All Surveys Need a Registered Nurse

Background - In August 2013, Avon Nursing and Rehabilitation (“Avon”) notified the New York State Department of Health (“NYSDOH”) that a resident sustained a burn when she spilled a bowl of soup. The NYSDOH then conducted an...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | September 2022 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity between August 21 and September 20, 2022, including a guilty plea from a telemedicine physician who wrote prescriptions for...more

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2022 Health Care Predictions

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​COVID-19 – and its variants Delta and Omicron – continue to wreak havoc around the world. Thousands of individuals have died and continue to die, and millions more have been diagnosed as having COVID-19. Many sectors of the...more

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Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2020

Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more

King & Spalding

Sixth Circuit Upholds Validity of Medicare Audit Despite Lack of Notice, Citing Lack of Substantial Prejudice

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On June 24, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion addressing whether an overpayment assessment should be invalidated when the Medicare contractor fails to provide notice of a post-payment...more

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VNSNY Agrees to $57 Million Settlement

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The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) has agreed to pay $57 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged it billed the Medicare and Medicaid programs for hundreds of millions of dollars in home care visits...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 18. News Briefs: May 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 18 (May 11, 2020) -  The HHS Office for Civil Rights has posted guidance reminding providers that “the COVID-19 public health emergency does not alter the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s existing...more

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21 Practical Health Care Takeaways in the CARES Act

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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) provides money, immunity and regulatory relief for health care facilities, workers and other providers; drug and device manufacturers; and individuals....more

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Healthcare Law Review: Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System

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The U.S. healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred...more

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New PACE Rules Reduce Oversight, Increase Flexibility for Participating Organizations

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For the first time since 2006, CMS has issued updated rules affecting the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE organizations. The final rule, published in the June 3, 2019 issue of the Federal Register,...more

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U.S. Department of Justice Announces National Healthcare Fraud Takedown

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601 Criminal Healthcare Fraud Indictments Proves Enforcement Remains a Top Priority for Federal and State Authorities - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector...more

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Nurse Anesthetists Sue Novitas Solutions and CMS Over Medicare Reimbursement Policy on Chronic Pain Management

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On April 11, 2017, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), an organization representing more than 50,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 13

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McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 13 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. - Failure to Update Business Associate Agreement Results in...more

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MACRA: Top 10 FAQs

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Significant changes to the Medicare payment system are underway. The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is set to take effect January 1, 2017. MACRA represents a deliberate departure by the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - July 2016

The Vulnerability of Healthcare Information - According to a report the Brookings Institute issued in May 2016, 23% of all data breaches occur in the healthcare industry. Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations had some...more

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