AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more
A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) finds that hospices did not always comply with the portion of the “hospice aide and homemaker services” condition of...more
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on August 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), implemented several important changes in the hospice payment framework and FY 2020 rates, as well as...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued two companion reports that, together, called for increased regulatory scrutiny of hospices, greater transparency...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) earlier this month issued two companion reports that called for increased regulatory scrutiny of hospices, greater transparency for...more
On February 22, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final rule revising management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, which will take effect August 2019. Healthcare facilities that...more
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Citing findings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics which indicate a shortage of nurses through 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Memorandum - extended its designation of the nursing shortage...more