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On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (H.R. 2471) that funds the federal government for the remainder of FY 2022. The measure includes funding for health care-related agencies, such as HHS, CMS, HRSA and the FDA, as well as several health care policy riders and provisions…Read More

On Thursday, March 10, Congress passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill after months of negotiation amongst lawmakers in both the House and the Senate. If signed by President Biden this week as expected, the bill will significantly increase the funding for the federal senior housing program to a degree not experienced by HUD since…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. This week, trade associations for skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) operators are asking to meet with the Biden Administration to talk about his plans to overhaul staffing and quality requirements for SNFs. The associations believe…Read More

Effective January 6, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) implemented phase two of its multi-line telephone systems (“MLTS”) E911 regulations. On a prospective basis, communication systems that interface with the public switched telephone network (i.e., technologies that permit a user to place an out-bound telephone call) must generally comply with the enhanced 911 calling requirements…Read More

On March 1, 2022, President Biden outlined his plan to increase the quality of patient care, resident safety, regulations, fines and ownership transparency in skilled nursing care during his State of the Union address. The day before, on February 28, 2022, President Biden released a fact sheet titled “FACT SHEET: Protecting Seniors and People with…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. News surrounding skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) continued to dominate headlines after President Biden took aim at the quality of care being provided at privately-owned SNFs. Additionally, a number of operators and trade associations fired…Read More

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently announced the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (“REACH”) Model.  The ACO REACH Model is designed to replace the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (“GPDC”) Model, which we previously discussed here. The application period for the ACO REACH Model opens Monday, March 7, 2022, and closes…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. Last week, there were quite a few stories about hospitals and health care facilities that are worth mentioning. Most of the headlines were about skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), the lack of staffing and how…Read More