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Understanding Senior Living Options with Beth Weeks
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 8: Hospice Special Focus Program: Pumping the Brakes
Preparing for CMS Staffing Mandates — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Private Equity Investment in Long-Term Care – Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: The Upside of Compliance Plans for Senior Care Facilities
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Is Your Senior Care Facility Ready for Day One (and Two) of a Certification or Complaint Survey?
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Agency Investigations of Senior Care Facilities
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice - Reimbursement Audits and Appeals
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Long-Term Care Investigations: Critical Steps To Mitigate Risk and Protect Your Residents, Staff and Reputation
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part III
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part II
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care
K&L Gates Triage: Reading the Fine Print: A Closer Look at the Proposed Regulation over Arbitration Clauses in Long-Term Care Resident Agreements
CalAIM is an initiative of the California Department of Health Care Services (the Department) to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of Medi-Cal members by implementing delivery system, program, and payment...more
Assisted Living and the Law, hosted by Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys Cal Stein and Emma Trivax, offers timely insights and practical advice on navigating the complex and evolving legal landscape of the long-term care...more
Many individuals do not think about how the Medicaid program affects older adults. Rather, Medicare and Social Security are at the top of the list. While these programs support seniors, Medicaid also plays a crucial role,...more
New York State has a long-standing commitment to supporting its most vulnerable populations through Medicaid-funded services for older adults and those requiring long-term care. However, rising costs and an increasingly...more
On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates for certain acute care hospitals by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2025, compared...more
Senate Finance Chair Continues Inquiry into MA Marketing Techniques. Chairman Wyden (D-OR) sent letters to five third-party marketing organizations that participate in the MA enrollment period. The letters seek information on...more
CONGRESS BUYS MORE TIME - Last Friday President Biden signed a short-term funding patch. This extends government funding through a continuing resolution (CR) into March. Specifically, this CR gives Congress until March 1...more
In February 2022, US President Joseph Biden announced an overhaul of regulations affecting nursing homes. These reforms, aimed at enhancing the safety and quality of care for nursing-home residents, focus on improving...more
CONGRESS - House Republicans Release Healthcare Package. On September 6, House Republicans unveiled the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, a draft package of healthcare transparency provisions, pharmacy benefit manager...more
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a new, voluntary and nationwide test model designed to support two rapidly growing demographic groups: people living with dementia, and their unpaid...more
The GUIDE Model is an eight-year model that will test an alternative payment for participants that delivers key supportive services to people with dementia, including comprehensive, person-centered assessments and care plans,...more
President Biden recently announced his Federal Fiscal Year Budget Proposal, which included a proposal to hold long-term care (LTC) facility owners accountable for noncompliant closures and substandard care. Specifically,...more
The General Assembly got back to work on Tuesday with a slate full of committee meetings to advance bills and resolutions through the legislative gauntlet. But before legislators receded into the meeting rooms in the State...more
In recent months, there has been a lot of attention on decisions made during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York State in regard to nursing homes. Some of that attention has focused on an order issued in the...more
House overrides minimum wage veto - On a vote of 100-49, the House voted to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the minimum wage bill. The bill will raise the state’s minimum wage to $11.75 in 2021, and $12.55 in 2022, and...more
This past August, the Massachusetts Senate and the Millbank Memorial Fund Healthcare Working Group held three roundtable discussions geared towards finding solutions to rising healthcare costs and providing patients with more...more
On July 13, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) issued a long-awaited proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that would revise the requirements that long-term care (LTC) facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has set its sights on the quality of care during hospital inpatient stays and much, much more. On May 15, 2014, CMS published a proposed rule that would update Medicare...more
On January 16, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) unanimously voted to recommend that Congress direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to...more