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As of January 1, 2022, providers and facilities must comply with a number of requirements established by the No Surprises Act (the “Act”). CMS recently published several resource documents, as described below, to provide further clarity surrounding implementation of the Act and help providers and facilities better understand their respective compliance obligations. Background The... READ MORE

This week, a number of organizations issued Year in Review reports on M&A activity and predictions for 2022. Staffing and financial issues facing skilled nursing facilities also made headlines. We have included a summary of a number of the Year in Review articles, along with several stories on the skilled nursing industry. The American Hospital... READ MORE

NATIONAL 81% of ICU beds in use nationwide: How each state stacks up 20 hospitals, health systems that provide the most ‘unnecessary’ care: Johns Hopkins 3 Population Health Trends to Watch in 2022 5 states facing highest, lowest weekly nursing home COVID-19 positivity rates Accellion Settles Class-Action Lawsuit for $8.1M Following Data Breach Amazon... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. The Department of Health and Human Services extended the public health emergency through April 16, 2022. Since the pandemic began, nursing homes and assisted living facilities have lost more than 400,000 jobs. In... READ MORE

NATIONAL Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule 19% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state 5 states facing the worst nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks CMS going public with facility turnover, weekend staffing data CMS proposed rule seeks to lower Medicare Part D prescription... READ MORE

Recent regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) based on the GME changes in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) create new funding opportunities for many teaching hospitals. Opportunities are available for hospitals in the following categories: CMS will award 1,000 new FTE cap slots over the next five years. CMS... READ MORE

This client alert is Part 5 of our series providing insight into Medicare graduate medical education (“GME”) reimbursement changes that occurred in 2021. Part 1, which addressed resident moonlighting and redocumentation requirements, is available here. Part 2, which addressed billing requirements for physicians at teaching hospitals (the “PATH” rules) and the rules regarding cap... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. New York Governor postponed a new law that restricts how nursing homes operate in the state. The law requires nursing homes to use 70% of their revenue for patient care and at least... READ MORE

NATIONAL AbbVie to restrict 340B discounts to safety net hospitals AMA urges Supreme Court to uphold vaccination mandates CDC gives nursing home workers a big break – if they’re boosted CDC shortens COVID isolation rules for health workers CMS Issues Additional Vaccine Mandate Guidance for Nursing Homes CMS releases guidance on healthcare worker vaccination... READ MORE

On December 28, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued Guidance for the Interim Final Rule – Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination (the “Guidance”). The Guidance provides direction to surveyors on assessing compliance with CMS’s November 5, 2021 Interim Final Rule (the “IFR”), which established COVID-19... READ MORE