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Assisted Living Facility Update: CMS Finds Residency Agreements Fail to Meet HCBS Requirements

[03/30/23]

Posted on March 30, 2023 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice

Published by: Hall Render

March 17, 2023, was the transition period deadline for full state compliance with the Home and Community-Based Services (“HCBS”) Final Regulation.  As part of the steps to get ready for this deadline, in late 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) visited several settings in multiple states that were identified by the... READ MORE

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Greed and Creative Pleading: A Formula for Dismissal Under the FCA

[07/11/19]

Posted on July 11, 2019 in False Claims Act Defense

Published by: Hall Render

On July 5, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion enforcing Supreme Court precedent that the False Claims Act (“FCA”) should be reserved for true fraud against the government—not “garden-variety regulatory violations.” In U.S. ex rel. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP v. BASF Corp.,[1] the D.C. Circuit reviewed... READ MORE

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