Early statistics and data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) reveal the extent to which COVID-19 has affected Medicare beneficiaries generally and nursing home residents in particular....more
In a sure sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over at least for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) published revised guidance for testing...more
At a time when many nursing homes are struggling with outbreaks of COVID-19, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on May 20, 2020 released a report detailing the prevalence of infection prevention and control (IPC)...more
With statistics indicating that deaths from COVID-19 among nursing home residents represent an alarming percentage of total COVID-19 deaths in a number of states, a cautious approach to reopening nursing homes is no doubt...more
After nearly a month without new or updated guidance for nursing homes and assisted living facilities (collectively, “LTCFs”), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), on May 14, released new guidance focused...more
Two days before official publication in the Federal Register of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period that, inter alia, establishes new reporting and notification requirements applicable to nursing homes, the Centers for...more
The Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (QSOG) within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), issued a memorandum on April 24, 2020, which outlines temporary changes to the Nursing Home Compare website and Five...more
As part of its five-part approach to ensuring safety and quality in nursing homes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that as of October. 23, 2019, it would begin displaying a consumer alert icon...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a host of changes to the revised Medicare Requirements for Participation (“Requirements for Participation”) that it promulgated in 2016 and an extension of the...more
More than a year after soliciting feedback from stakeholders and the public on areas for reducing the regulatory burden on nursing facilities, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) on July 18 released...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) rejected an Illinois nursing facility’s challenges to an Immediate Jeopardy (“IJ”) citation and resultant $83,800 civil monetary penalty (“CMP”)...more
As part of its Work Plan for 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced its intent to determine the extent to which State long-term care ombudsmen address...more