This year, health lawyers, providers, consultants, and government experts from across the country convened in Orlando, Florida, for the American Health Law Association’s Long Term and Post-Acute Care Law and Compliance...more
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Skilled Nursing Facility
All Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) must be surveyed annually and not more than every 15 months, as well as on other occasions, such as for complaint investigations and revisits to determine compliance...more
In this episode, AGG Healthcare attorneys Lisa Churvis and Alan Horowitz discuss critical aspects of nursing home staffing requirements. Lisa and Alan delve into the implications of recent legislative proposals and regulatory...more
AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more
Background - In August 2013, Avon Nursing and Rehabilitation (“Avon”) notified the New York State Department of Health (“NYSDOH”) that a resident sustained a burn when she spilled a bowl of soup. The NYSDOH then conducted an...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is responsible for regulating and overseeing skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) that participate in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs. To ensure that SNFs are in...more
Background - This is the story of Life Care Center – Kirkland (LCCK), a skilled nursing facility (SNF) located in Kirkland, Washington. LCCK was the “index facility,” meaning it was the first known nursing facility in the...more
On June 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all State survey agency (SSA) directors announcing its “enhanced enforcement for infection control deficiencies” in nursing homes....more
On November 20, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new program designed to improve nursing home residents’ safety and quality. ...more
On September 5, 2018, in Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., LLC, a federal district court in Connecticut sided with a plaintiff who sued a nursing home that refused to hire her because she used medical marijuana as...more
On October 27, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a draft Survey and Certification Memo (S & C Memo) in which it announced its intention to reverse a previous policy regarding “immediate...more
During its most recent session, the Georgia legislature passed SB16, expanding Georgia’s Medical Cannabis Bill, “Haleigh’s Hope Act” (the “Act”), which legalized the possession of low THC oil for individuals with certain...more
On October 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule which represents the most sweeping changes in twenty-five years regarding the requirements for participation for long-term care (LTC)...more
On March 16, 2000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) promulgated a Final Rule, in part instructing the federally contracted Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/Unit Network for Organ Sharing...more
On September 6, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services published an interim final rule which became effective immediately. The new regulation adjusts for inflation the maximum civil monetary penalty (CMP) amounts...more