HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
Medicaid Cuts: Potential Challenges and Legal Implications for Long-Term Care Facilities — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Understanding Senior Living Options with Beth Weeks
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
Key Takeaways From the OIG's New Compliance Guidance for Nursing Facilities — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Preparing for CMS Staffing Mandates — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 6: Navigating the Audit Maze: Insights From Northeast Georgia Health System
Private Equity Investment in Long-Term Care – Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Hospice Insights Podcast - What's the Latest on UPICs? Highlights From Recent Audit Activity, Part II
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
Hospice and Home Health Survey Perspectives: A Conversation with Kim Skehan, VP of Accreditation at CHAP
An Alternative to Consolidations: Key Considerations for Management Services Organizations
A Very “Special” Episode: Amid Controversy, CMS Launches the Hospice Special Focus Program
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?
What Does It Mean? Understanding the Practical Implications of the New 36-Month Rule for Hospices
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Agency Investigations of Senior Care Facilities
Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Crisis and Incident Response for Senior Care Facilities
Rob DeConti on the Latest Guidance and Insights from the OIG at HHS
North Carolina’s Healthcare Planning Section is hard at work on a new State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP), which can be expected to include a range of 2026 health care development opportunities in counties across North...more
Last month, New York State began a formal review of its Certificate of Need (CON) process for nursing homes, launching a timely conversation about how best to align regulatory oversight with evolving system needs. A new...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-031, Springhill Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Springhill Medical Center, Mobile County, AL: Proposes to add twenty (20) inpatient rehabilitation beds to an existing eighteen (18) bed...more
I. II. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-025, 211-213 Ana Drive Operations, LLC d/b/a Hilltop at Glenwood II, Lauderdale County, AL: Proposes to convert sixteen (16) existing assisted living facility (ALF) beds into...more
On April 23, the 113th Tennessee General Assembly passed HB2269/SB2009, Public Chapter No. 985 (New CON Law), which significantly overhauls Tennessee’s certificate of need (CON) program for a second time less than three years...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case - AL2023-021, Affinity Hospital, LLC d/b/a Grandview Medical Center, Hoover, AL: Proposes to establish a Freestanding Emergency Department (FED) in the city of Hoover,...more
I. Certificate of Need Program A. A. AL2023-013, Birmingham Operations, LLC d/b/a Harmony at Birmingham, Trussville, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a thirty-two (32) bed Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2023-011, Metro Treatment of Alabama, L.P. d/b/a Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, Birmingham, AL: Proposes to relocate Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, an existing outpatient...more
On May 3, 2023, the South Carolina General Assembly passed S.164 which overhauled the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) law. The bill was signed by Governor McMaster on May 16, 2023 and is now in effect....more
After four years’ effort, the South Carolina House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 164 yesterday, eliminating Certificate of Need (CON) requirements for all health care facilities except nursing homes and the Medical...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case: AL2022-022, St. Vincent’s Birmingham, Pelham, AL: Proposes to develop a multi-specialty building to include a freestanding emergency department (FED), imaging center,...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-020, Infirmary ASC - Saraland, LLC, Mobile, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a freestanding multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) consisting of four (4) operating...more
Through North Carolina’s annual Healthcare Planning process, providers now have a first look at the opportunities expected to be identified for 2023 Certificate of Need (CON) proposals. The Proposed State Medical Facilities...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-005, Saad Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Saad Hospice Services, Mobile, AL: Proposes to add ten (10) additional inpatient hospice beds to The Retreat, an existing inpatient hospice...more
A conversation with Joy Heath & Joel Johnson - As the Certificate of Need (CON) year winds down, we look ahead to 2022 and pause to look back at some of the highlights across a robust year of 2021 CON activity....more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. A. AL2021-043, Ball HealthCare-West Mobile, LLC, Mobile, AL: Proposes to construct a seventy-five (75) bed skilled nursing facility, comprised of thirty-four (34) beds relocated from...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-039, Monroe County Health Care Authority d/b/a Monroe County Hospital, Monroeville, AL: Proposes to convert ten (10) acute care beds to ten (10) swing beds in order to provide...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-033, HH Health System - Marshall, LLC d/b/a Marshall Medical Centers - South Campus, Boaz, AL: Proposes to renovate Marshall Medical South to replace inadequate inpatient rooms to...more
In recent months we have provided updates regarding the status of various legislative efforts to amend North Carolina’s certificate of need law (“CON Law”). One effort was successful: Session Law 2021-129 (Senate Bill 462)...more
Tennessee healthcare providers will soon have a very different certificate of need (CON) law to consider as they plan new facilities and services. Tennessee’s legislature and governor recently enacted Public Chapter 557,...more
I. February and April 2017—Tennessee Certificate of Need Meetings - The agency approved the following applications during the February and April meetings. A. Consent Agenda 1. Walgreens Infusion and...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2017-012, Crowne Health Care of Springhill, LLC, Mobile, AL: Proposes to relocate twenty-six (26) nursing home beds from Crowne Health Care of Mobile, LLC, a 174-bed nursing home....more
I. October 2016—Tennessee Certificate of Need Meeting - At the October meeting of the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency, the agency approved the following applications, rules and requests. (There was no...more
1. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings during September 2016 - During the September 29, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff...more
1. Mississippi Certificate of Need Meetings during April 2016 - During the April 28, 2016, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis and...more