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NATIONAL 90% of Skilled Nursing Pros Say Reimbursement Will Suffer Due to Labor Issues 16 healthcare responses to Roe v. Wade reversal Biden officials to keep private the names of hospitals where patients contracted Covid CMS Announces OCM Successor, but Gap Year Remains for Oncology Practices CMS releases updated Phase 3 guidance Court revives... READ MORE

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has given surveyors new rules and updates to allow surveyors to add extra attention and increase oversight in nursing homes regarding the quality of care and quality of life for residents. On June 29, 2022, the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group at CMS issued a memorandum... READ MORE

On June 9, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a notice seeking public comment on its plan to revise the way information is collected under its voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (“SRDP”). Specifically, the proposed rule would allow a group practice to submit a single “Group Practice Information Form” that would cover all... READ MORE

The Supreme Court of the United States has issued its highly anticipated decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The decision holds that there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion and will result in a sea change in how abortions will be regulated. The Ruling While many organizations with varying perspectives or... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. 1. Last week, we highlighted Arizona’s spending to house Medicaid recipients experiencing homelessness and mental health issues. This week, the focus on housing turns to hospital employees. Affordable housing continues to be a... READ MORE

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”). Although the industry always has some trepidation about the PPS Rule each year, the approach of this year’s rule was of greater... READ MORE

On May 25, 2022, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court’s ruling which granted an injunction compelling a Wisconsin health system to administer Ivermectin to a patient with COVID-19. The appellate court found that the circuit court erred in granting the injunction because the Petitioner could not identify any viable legal claim... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. 1. Is housing health care and should Medicaid pay the rent? States are using Medicaid programs to cover rent, security deposits and furniture per The New York Times. AZ is one state that... READ MORE

On June 15, in American Hospital Association v. Becerra, the Supreme Court ruled the payment cuts made by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) for 340B eligible outpatient drugs were not permissible under the governing statute. The Court’s opinion rejected HHS’s argument that courts were... READ MORE

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently imposed financial penalties for the first time against two hospitals for failure to comply with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule requirements. According to the Notices of Imposition of Civil Monetary Penalty (“Notices”), which CMS posts on its website, the two hospitals were fined over $1,000,000... READ MORE