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Leading Age Seeks Action on Senior Matters Before End of Congressional Session

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Leading Age, a community of nonprofit aging service providers, including long-term care organizations and hospices, is seeking congressional action before the swearing in of the incoming 119th Congress (on January 3, 2025),...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 6: Navigating the Audit Maze: Insights From Northeast Georgia Health System

In this episode, AGG Post-Acute & Long-Term Care co-chair Jason Bring is joined by Kathy Barton and Natalie McNeal of Northeast Georgia Health System. Kathy and Natalie share insights on navigating the complexities of hospice...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Hospice Insights Podcast - What's the Latest on UPICs? Highlights From Recent Audit Activity, Part II

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UPIC activity is picking up, and the UPICs are reviving some old tactics. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki continue the discussion on these trends which include extrapolation, Medicaid nursing...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #3

News Briefs - Physicians Responsible for Meeting CMS Information Blocking Rules - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #5

News Briefs - Appeals Court Rules Drug Firms Can Limit 340B Discounted Drugs - An appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling on 340B that sided with drug manufacturers. At issue is whether pharmaceutical companies can...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #4

News Briefs - Biden Places New Tariffs on Chinese Medtech Product Imports - The Biden administration announced its plan to increase tariffs on Chinese-made medical supplies as part of a broader push to tax imports from the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - May 2024

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case - AL2023-021, Affinity Hospital, LLC d/b/a Grandview Medical Center, Hoover, AL: Proposes to establish a Freestanding Emergency Department (FED) in the city of Hoover,...more

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Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review

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Introduction - Polsinelli proudly introduces the Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review, a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape surrounding the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and fraud & abuse enforcement...more

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Hospice and Home Health Survey Perspectives: A Conversation with Kim Skehan, VP of Accreditation at CHAP

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In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske is joined by friend and industry veteran Kim Skehan. In this wide-ranging conversation, they explore not only the recent survey reforms but the ways in which Kim’s decades of...more

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A Very “Special” Episode: Amid Controversy, CMS Launches the Hospice Special Focus Program

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) devised a “Special Focus Program” to identify poor performing hospices and help them improve through more frequent surveys and technical assistance. CMS would also impose...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - July 2023

I. Certificate of Need Program A. A. AL2023-013, Birmingham Operations, LLC d/b/a Harmony at Birmingham, Trussville, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a thirty-two (32) bed Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Home Health & Hospice Quarterly - Q2

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

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2023 #2

News Briefs - High Court Rules Residents Can Sue Publicly Owned Nursing Homes - The U.S. Supreme Court preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871 law as it rejected a bid to prevent an...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Choosing the Right Housing Situation for Your Elderly Loved One

Choosing the Right Housing Situation for Your Elderly Loved One - In a world where we are living longer, elder housing choices have become more plentiful and commonplace; but the terms used to describe these options have...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2023 #5

News Briefs - Inflation Causes Many Patients to Skip Doctors' Appointments - As prices go up generally, patients stay away from their physicians, according to federal analysts. In 2022, 28 percent of adults went without some...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Home Health & Hospice Quarterly - Q1

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - April 2023

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case: AL2022-022, St. Vincent’s Birmingham, Pelham, AL: Proposes to develop a multi-specialty building to include a freestanding emergency department (FED), imaging center,...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

NOTICE TO PROVIDERS: CMS Phasing Out Certain COVID-19 Regulatory Waivers in Long-Term Care Facilities, Hospices, and ESRD...

Certain COVID-19 emergency declaration blanket waivers are being phased out by the federal government, and health care providers should take steps to determine whether current arrangements are compliant. As background, in...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

CMS Expands Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers

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As we described in a prior blog post, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published multiple COVID-19 Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers. CMS announced another round of Blanket Waivers on April 30 ...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

New Jersey Imposes Mandatory Reporting Requirements on Post-Acute Facilities During COVID-19 Crisis: First Reporting Deadline is...

In response to the COVID-19 emergency, effective March 20, 2020 the New Jersey Department of Health and Department of Human Services are requiring post-acute facilities in the State to submit weekly data regarding their bed...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

CMS Issues Guidance on COVID-19 for Hospice and Nursing Home Providers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a statement on March 9 related to actions the agency is taking to protect the health and safety of patients and providers. CMS urges providers to stay abreast of CDC...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Legislation Affecting Long Term Care & Aging

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The latest installation in our series on legislation recently passed by the New York State Legislature addresses legislation in the long term care and aging space. It follows upon descriptions of legislation in the pharmacy...more

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OIG Releases 2017 Work Plan

On November 10, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (“the OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is charged with ensuring the integrity of more than 100 programs administered by DHHS, including...more

Williams Mullen

[Event] Long-Term Care Conference - October 18th, Richmond, VA

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Williams Mullen's Long-Term Care Conference will provide health care executives with the latest information on how to mitigate professional liability and regulatory risks; manage employment law matters, including overtime,...more

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