[12/13/18]
Posted on December 13, 2018 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) released an opinion that confirmed a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) assessment of an immediate jeopardy citation and an $83,800 civil money penalty against a nursing home for inadequately addressing sexual interactions between cognitively impaired nursing home... READ MORE
Tags: acute care, CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, CIVIL MONEY PENALTY, cmp, cms, compliance, COMPLIANCE PROGRAM, home, long term care, NURSIN, POLICIES, policy, POST ACUTE CARE, SKILLED NURSING, survey
[02/12/15]
Posted on February 12, 2015 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
On February 12, CMS hosted an Open Door Forum on the upcoming changes to the Nursing Home Compare Five-Star rating system. These changes will be effective on February 20th. Nursing facilities will be able to privately view their revised ratings by mid-morning on Friday, February 13, via their MDS portal login. The updated scoring system may... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, compare, five star, home, jent, long term care, mds, nf, nursing, quality, selby, snf, staffing
[11/21/11]
Posted on November 21, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has recently released the 2012 Edition of the Life Safety Code (LSC). Currently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enforces the 2000 Edition of the LSC. The updated LSC includes many changes for health facilities, and addresses cultural changes for nursing homes. For instance, to move... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, corridor, fire, home, jc, jent, kitchen, like, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, lsc, LSC changes, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, nfpa, nursing home, place, seating, selby, setting, snf
[09/08/11]
Posted on September 8, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
CMS released a Survey & Certification letter today providing guidance for nursing homes that desire to utilize on-site gardens to provide fresh produce for residents. After numerous inquiries from facilities, CMS confirmed that residents can benefit from home-grown foods as long as food-borne illness dangers are mitigated to the greatest extent possible. READ MORE
Tags: 42 cfr, 483.35, borne, bufford, cms, f371, faciliity, food, fruit, garden, harvest, home, illness, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, nursing, outbreak, s&c, sanitary condition, selby, skilled, vegetable, veggies
[08/30/11]
Posted on August 30, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
A case currently pending before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as mentioned here, is expected to be decided and released within the next few months. This case, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Mobile, has been pending before the Board since December of 2010, and, if decided as expected by those following the case,... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, care, community of interest, facility, home, jent, job classification, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, long-term, majority, meek, NLRB, nursing, selby, specialty healthcare, Union, unionization, vote
