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
Although many states are beginning to relax stay-at-home and other restrictions in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to issue or revise COVID-19...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
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While health care providers, including long-term care providers, rightly have been consumed the past several months with preparing for and responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic, regulatory agencies across the United...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
On March 12, 2020, an Appeals Panel of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (“USP”) granted appeals to revisions of two compounding standards—General Chapter <795> Pharmaceutical Compounding – Nonsterile Preparation...more
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on Jan. 28, issued new guidance on requests for reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) relative to “assistance animals” in various...more
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more
A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) finds that hospices did not always comply with the portion of the “hospice aide and homemaker services” condition of...more
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When many long-term care providers first hear about USP General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs–Handling in Healthcare Settings (“USP 800”), they naturally confuse it with the final EPA hazardous...more
When many long-term care providers first hear about USP General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs--Handling in Healthcare Settings (“USP 800”), they naturally confuse it with the final EPA hazardous pharmaceuticals rule (“EPA...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
As part of its proposed rule pertaining to CY 2020 changes to the physician fee schedule published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also proposes significant...more
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on August 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), implemented several important changes in the hospice payment framework and FY 2020 rates, as well as...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
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued two companion reports that, together, called for increased regulatory scrutiny of hospices, greater transparency...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) earlier this month issued two companion reports that called for increased regulatory scrutiny of hospices, greater transparency for...more
On February 22, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final rule revising management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, which will take effect August 2019. Healthcare facilities that...more
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Health care facilities that provide a host of health care-related services or distribute, sell, or dispense pharmaceuticals will need to learn a whole new set of regulations thanks to a finalized new rule promulgated by the...more
Despite the partial shutdown, some Federal agencies were still hard at work. Count the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) among them. ...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
Citing findings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics which indicate a shortage of nurses through 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Memorandum - extended its designation of the nursing shortage...more