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CMS Announces Care Compare Changes That Could Lead to Major Five-Star Impacts for Certain SNFs

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On June 18, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published new guidance announcing a major change to the way Care Compare will display survey information and the methodology for calculating the health inspection score...more

Snell & Wilmer

Significant Rule Changes Ahead for Arizona Assisted Living Facilities Providing Memory Care and Directed Care Services

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On April 8, 2024, Governor Katie Hobbs signed HB 2764 into law. Among other things, this law added A.R.S. § 36-405.03(A), which requires the Arizona Department of Health Services (the Department) to establish rule standards...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

California Governor Signs Bill Further Increasing Oversight of Hospice Agencies

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This fall, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 2673 (the Bill), which amends various sections of the California Health and Safety Code relating to hospice agencies. Among other things, the Bill prohibits...more

McAfee & Taft

New CMS regulations bolster enforcement of COVID-19 reporting by hospitals, long-term care facilities and labs

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On August 25, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim final regulations known as CMS-3401-IFC that become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for September...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Maryland Issues New COVID-19 Requirements to Battle COVID-19 in Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Settings

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Governor Larry Hogan, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and the state’s long-term care provider community continue to take aggressive steps to combat COVID-19 in nursing homes and other long-term care settings. Most...more

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MACPAC Releases Status Update on 2014 HCBS Final Rule

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We’ve written previously about the the 2014 final regulation issued by the Obama administration making significant updates to the requirements for the qualities of settings eligible for reimbursement for Medicaid...more

Benesch

Update: New Skilled Nursing Facility Licensure Requirements in Ohio

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In August, Benesch published a client bulletin outlining new change of operator (“CHOP”) license requirements for long-term care facilities in Ohio that were approved as part of the Ohio Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Operating Budget...more

Roetzel & Andress

Federal Court Enjoins CMS Regulation Banning Arbitration of Nursing Home Disputes

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi issued a preliminary injunction barring the scheduled November 28, 2016, implementation of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”)...more

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CMS Final Rule Prohibits Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements with Nursing Home Residents

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On September 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its first major rule affecting long-term care facilities since 1991. The rule lays out certain improvements in training and quality of care...more

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