Compliance Perspectives: Healthcare Compliance at the Border
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
On May 9, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 24-4, “An Act Concerning Emergency Department Crowding,” (The Act). The Act requires all Connecticut hospitals with an emergency department to, no...more
On March 31, a Superior Court in Connecticut issued a decision in which a Hospital's motion for a protective order was granted on the basis that documents demanded by the plaintiff who was injured at the Hospital were...more
The federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system for licensed health care facilities and professionals designed to "enhance the data available to assess and...more
Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis has been diverting emergency department patients arriving by ambulance to other area hospitals since it shut down its network following a ransomware attack on August 4, 2021....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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released draft guidance for state survey agencies regarding shared space and co-location arrangements between hospitals and other hospitals or health care...more
On May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released long-awaited draft guidance (the “Guidance”), proposing to allow hospitals to co-locate with other hospitals or healthcare facilities in certain...more