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Rhode Island Law Update: New Law Allows Cameras in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

[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

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OIG Reveals Nursing Homes Challenged with Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness Regulations

[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

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CMS Final Rule Calls for Ongoing Respiratory Illness Reporting through NHSN for Nursing Homes

[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

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Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements: Recent Trends in Citation Risks and Solutions

[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

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Iowa Long-Term Care Law Update: Changes to Nursing Home Change of Ownership Process

[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

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Nursing Home Update: CMS Updates and Expands Surveyor Guidance for Nursing Homes for Phase 2 and 3 Requirements of Participation – Key Areas and Timeline

[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

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Skilled Nursing Update: White House Creates Its Vision Board for Nursing Homes with Staffing Requirements, Ownership Transparency and Higher Fines

[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

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Three Trends in Health Care Real Estate (August 2020)

[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

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Nursing Homes: CMS Interim Final Regs – Increased Fines and Requirement to Test Nursing Home Residents and Staff for COVID-19

[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

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HHS Distributing $4.9B in COVID-19 CARES Funding Relief to Skilled Nursing Facilities – Five Actions to Take Now

[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

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