The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued recommendations regarding reopening facilities to provide non-emergent, non-COVID-19 health care. CMS recognizes that as states and localities begin to...more
5/12/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Elective Surgical Procedures ,
Health Care Providers ,
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Hospitals ,
Non-COVID-19 Care Zones (NCC Zones) ,
Nurses ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Physicians ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Sanitation ,
Surgical Center Requirements ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Decontamination
The Illinois Hospital Licensing Act regulations (Regulations) have been revised significantly to reflect the new reality of health system governance of hospitals. The revisions focus on the governance and medical staffs of...more
This is the second of three alerts discussing the mid-year update to the Fiscal Year 2016 Work Plan issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). In the first alert we discussed the top management performance challenges...more
6/24/2016
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Outlier Payment Rules ,
MedPAC ,
OIG ,
Two-Midnight Rule ,
Work Plans
The Illinois Supreme Court released a decision on May 19, 2016 that provides useful guidance in defending and protecting a claim by a medical staff member against a hospital for improperly failing to appoint or reappoint or...more