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On June 1, 2023, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Iowa House File 685 into law. Iowa House File 685 contains several changes to Iowa’s change of ownership laws for nursing homes. Changes to Iowa’s Change of Ownership (CHOW) Laws Iowa House File 685 creates a new Iowa Code Section 135C.7A, which adds to the existing…Read More

Over 500 nursing home providers gathered in Washington, DC recently to protest an upcoming minimum staffing rule that CMS is currently drafting. Industry trade groups and providers are concerned about the financial pressure they may face under the rule. KPC Promise Hospital may be evicted from Merit Health River Region Hospital in Vicksburg, MS. Merit…Read More

On June 7, CMS issued a much-anticipated Final Rule addressing the placement of Medicare Advantage patient days within the Medicare DSH calculation. The Final Rule adopts a retroactive policy that will place Medicare Advantage days in the Medicare Fraction of the DSH calculation for discharges before October 1, 2013. The numerator of that fraction is…Read More

On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc. held that the mental state required by the False Claims Act (“FCA”) refers to the defendant’s actual knowledge and subjective beliefs about the truth of claims for payment submitted to federal payors. This decision overturns the growing body of case…Read More

On May 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that withdraws the COVID vaccine requirement for health care workers of Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified long-term care facilities (“LTC Facilities”). The Final Rule follows through on the May 1, 2023 memorandum released by the Quality, Safety & Oversight…Read More

NYU Langone announced plans to build a $3B teaching hospital and medical education center on the Nassau Community College campus in Garden City, New York. Mayo Clinic confirmed that it will invest $4B in its Minnesota operations after threatening to move the investment out of state during the state’s legislative session. During the legislative session,…Read More

On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year 2024. The Proposed Rule also proposes changes and additions to the SNF Quality…Read More