The Georgia Department of Community Health (“DCH”) board recently introduced proposed updates to long-term care facility standards, impacting background check requirements, care models for at-risk youth, and staffing...more
2/27/2025
/ Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) ,
Change of Ownership ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Medicaid ,
Mental Health ,
Nursing Homes ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Therapeutic Services
With few exceptions, licensed Georgia providers, including but not limited to, nursing homes, assisted living communities, personal care homes, hospices, home health agencies, and community living arrangements, will now file...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued an updated version of the Form CMS-855A that requires additional disclosures for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”). Effective October 1, 2024, the revised Form...more
Overview - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is launching a new model aimed at improving the quality of care and health outcomes for individuals with behavioral health (“BH”) problems. The model, announced...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced it is expanding access to behavioral health services for Medicare beneficiaries through intensive outpatient services coverage. In general, Medicare will cover...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has finalized 2024 home health rules to include application of the home health “36-month rule” to hospice providers. The revised rule will forbid any change in majority...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
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Proposed Rule on July 10, 2023, that, if finalized, will revise the Medicare Provider Enrollment requirements to expand the current Home Health Agency (“HHA”)...more
The Illinois Legislature recently passed HB2222, new antitrust legislation that will require advance notice to the attorney general for “covered transactions” between healthcare facilities and healthcare provider entities. If...more
In another step in the years-long process of increasing transparency in the nursing home industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has begun posting nursing home affiliations on Nursing Home Care Compare....more
Effective July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a period of enhanced oversight for new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas. According to the Medicare Learning Network...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
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
On April 20, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) publicly released data on home health and hospice agency ownership for the first time. The data is derived from self-reported information (primarily...more
Providers who received Provider Relief Funds (“Funds”) exceeding $10,000 in the aggregate between July 1 and December 31, 2021, are required to file reports on use of funds during Reporting Period 4. The Fund Reporting...more
An incoming operator of a senior living facility should consider and mitigate risks of potential successor liability when agreeing to operate a new facility.1 This is particularly true when the former operator has filed for...more
7/20/2022
/ Asset Management ,
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) ,
Business Assets ,
Business Transfer Agreements ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Elder Care ,
Elder Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Senior Housing ,
Successor Liability
The Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) has allowed Provider Relief Fund (“Fund”) recipients who failed to timely report on use of Funds, but still retained them, to request to report late. We previously...more
The initial phase of Provider Relief Funds (“Funds”) was distributed in April 2020, and since then, many providers have been playing catch up. The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) recently addressed two...more
Georgia assisted living communities and personal care homes will be eligible for up to $100,000 of grant funding to reimburse COVID-related expenses. Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp announced he will award over $217 million...more
5/4/2022
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) ,
Change of Ownership ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Funding ,
Georgia ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Reasonable Prevention Procedures ,
Risk Mitigation
For the first time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released data publicly on skilled nursing facility changes of ownership (CHOWs)). The data, which was released on April 20, 2022, includes information...more
President Biden recently announced his Federal Fiscal Year Budget Proposal, which included a proposal to hold long-term care (LTC) facility owners accountable for noncompliant closures and substandard care.
Specifically,...more
4/6/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Change of Ownership ,
Federal Budget ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Long-Term Care ,
Nursing Homes ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Standard of Care
Continuing the theme of increased transparency of ownership of nursing homes included in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the White House issued a Fact Sheet titled “Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving...more
3/9/2022
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) ,
Biden Administration ,
Business Ownership ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Change in Ownership ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Elder Care ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
Private Equity ,
REIT ,
Transparency
Illinois legislators are taking action to increase scrutiny of nursing home ownership. The disclosure provisions are included in the Compromise Nursing Home Rate Reform Bills (HB 4678)....more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently posted an updated timeframe for disbursement of Phase 4 Provider Relief Funding (Funding). HRSA previously expected to begin disbursing Funding in mid-December...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two pieces of legislation intended to improve hospice oversight in the state on October 4, 2021. The laws resulted in part from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...more