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Status of Nursing Home Staffing Standards Announced by Biden Administration and Orders Announced by Trump Administration

Attorneys General from 20 states asked a federal judge to grant a temporary injunction halting implementation of changes to new rules affecting minimum nursing home staffing requirements announced by the Centers for Medicare...more

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New Nursing Home Staffing Standards Announced By Biden Administration

On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it had issued several new rules affecting Medicaid beneficiaries and skilled nursing facilities. Most important to skilled nursing...more

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New Staffing Mandates for Long-Term Care Facilities

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Last month, on April 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities final rule, which will apply to any long-term care (LTC) facilities that receive...more

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CMS Final Rule Cranks Up Staffing Requirements at Long-Term Care Facilities

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A final federal rule raising minimum staffing requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding becomes effective June 21, starting a staggered timeline for LTCs to create and...more

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2023 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review

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Employment matters in the health care industry once again prompted significant attention from federal and state governments in 2023. While much of our 2022 Year in Review discussed how states were beginning to address...more

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CMS Proposes Minimum Staffing Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities

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Summary - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published a proposed rule that, if finalized, will provide new minimum staffing level requirements for all long-term care facilities reimbursed by...more

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Another Critical Item for Long-Term Care Facilities to Add to Their To-Do List — New Staffing Mandates

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On September 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting proposed rule. This...more

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Long Term Care Facilities Face Mandatory Minimum Staffing Requirements

On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a long-awaited proposal to establish new federal minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities. If the proposed rule is finalized,...more

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CMS Proposes New Rule that Would Require 80% of Payment to Go Toward Home Care Worker Compensation

On April 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Proposed Rule) which would, among other things, establish...more

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Supreme Court Ruling Permits CMS Vaccine Mandate for Employees of Healthcare Facilities to Become Effective

On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinions in each of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccination...more

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Federal Judge Halts CMS Mandate Nationwide

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Judge Terry A. Doughty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has ordered that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services are enjoined...more

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OSHA and CMS Vaccination Rules Released: Here Are the Details

On November 4, 2021, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) unveiled its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect employees of large employers in all industries from COVID-19. The Centers for...more

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CMS Advisory Opinion Provides Flexibility Under Stark for Group Practice Structures Involving Wholly-Owned Physician Practice...

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued Advisory Opinion No. CMS-AO-2021-01, clarifying that physician groups that furnish designated health services (e.g., laboratory, imaging) through wholly-owned...more

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Health Law Pulse - August 2015

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion) to a nonprofit health system (System) and a nonprofit psychiatric hospital (Center) regarding a proposal whereby the...more

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