[01/23/25]
Posted on January 23, 2025 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
Later this month, the list of states that allow nursing home and assisted living facility residents and their families to place cameras and electronic monitoring devices in resident rooms will grow. Effective January 30, 2025, residents in Rhode Island nursing homes and assisted living facilities shall be permitted to conduct authorized electronic monitoring of... READ MORE
Tags: electronic monitoring devices, Nursing Homes, Rhode Island Health and Safety Laws
[11/21/24]
Posted on November 21, 2024 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that most skilled nursing facilities (“nursing homes”) in Massachusetts that it surveyed are not correctly complying with life safety requirements or emergency preparedness requirements. OIG recently issued a report on its audits of life safety requirements or emergency... READ MORE
Tags: Emergency Preparedness Regulations, Life Safety Requirements, Nursing Homes, Office of Inspector General, oig
[11/06/24]
Posted on November 6, 2024 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that calls for Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified nursing homes (“LTC Facilities”) to electronically report information on acute respiratory illnesses, including influenza (“flu”), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (“SARS-CoV-2”)/coronavirus 2019 (“COVID”) and respiratory syncytial virus (“RSV”). Effective Date... READ MORE
Tags: Acute Respiratory Illness, National Healthcare Safety Network, NHSN, Nursing Homes
[09/22/23]
Posted on September 22, 2023 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
In 2023, nursing homes have seen increased citations by surveyors for noncompliance tied to their pre-dispute, binding agreements for binding arbitration with their residents. When used appropriately, these agreements can streamline conflict resolution processes, but operators must tread carefully to ensure compliance with the regulations. Regulations In 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid... READ MORE
Tags: arbitration agreements, cms, Nursing Homes
[06/12/23]
Posted on June 12, 2023 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
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... READ MORE
Tags: Changes of Ownership, Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes
[06/30/22]
Posted on June 30, 2022 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
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
Tags: Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance, Nursing Homes, Phase 2 and Phase 3 Requirements of Participation
[03/08/22]
Posted on March 8, 2022 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
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... READ MORE
Tags: nursing home compare, Nursing Homes, ownership transparency, skilled nursing facility, survey, White House Fact Sheet
[09/01/20]
Posted on September 1, 2020 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
The health care real estate industry has not been immune to the COVID-19 pandemic as evidenced by a lower volume of medical office building sales in the second quarter of 2020. Even so, many current trends in health care real estate existed prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak largely amplified, rather than created,... READ MORE
Tags: biodistricts, Health Care Real Estate, medical districts, Nursing Homes, Telehealth
[08/26/20]
Posted on August 26, 2020 in COVID-19 Daily Updates, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
On August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released over 200 pages of interim final regulations (the “Interim Final Regulations”) to clarify new enforcement requirements for nursing homes, add requirements for labs to report COVID-19 test results during the public health emergency and require nursing homes to test residents and... READ MORE
Tags: 42 CFR Part 483, CMS IFC, COVID-19, COVID-19 reporting, Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes, Skilled Nursing Facilities
[05/22/20]
Posted on May 22, 2020 in COVID-19 Daily Updates, Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that it will begin to deliver nearly $4.9 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Provider Relief Fund (sometimes referred to as the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund) on May 22, 2020 to skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”). Purpose? HHS intends for SNFs to... READ MORE
Tags: attestation, CARES Act, cms, COVID, COVID-19, hhs, Nursing Homes, provider relief, provider relief funds, skilled nursing facility, term and conditions, tranche