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
Decisions from May 23, 2025 - The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, May 23. The opinions of interest to the Alabama business community include the following...more
Stemming from concerns raised during the COVID pandemic, the Ohio General Assembly recently passed House Bill 236, dubbed the “Never Alone Act,” (“Act”) which became effective March 20, 2025. The law requires a wide range of...more
In Alaris Health at Boulevard East v. National Labor Relations Board, Case Nos. 23-1946 and 23-1976 (3d Cir. Dec. 9, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit enforced the National Labor Relation Board’s decision...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more
The long term care industry is currently in the midst of a labor crisis, with nursing homes in particular experiencing chronic and severe staffing shortages. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapidly aging population,...more
While nearly any type of lawsuit or issue can be addressed at mediation, certain types of cases are even more well-suited to mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Nursing home claims and lawsuits are a...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more
News Briefs - Debt Limit Deal Will Claw Back $27.1B in Unspent COVID Funding - President Joe Biden signed a debt limit deal that includes some minimal cuts for healthcare programs just days before the federal government was...more
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), published a final rule on June 5 (the “Final Rule”), which, among other important actions,...more
With advancing technology and ever-evolving science, it is no secret that we are living longer. As our elderly loved ones continue to get older, we want to be sure we are helping them through the aging process as smoothly and...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
Two Weeks Left: Approaching Deadline to Report Period 4 Provider Relief Fund Payments - Most healthcare providers received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) funding (as described in greater detail in a previous McGuireWoods...more
On March 14, 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced multiple felony criminal charges would be filed against a nursing home facility and three of its administrators for their handling of a COVID-19 infected...more
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now know that well over 1,000 nursing homes “experienced an average overall mortality rate approaching 20%”, according to a recent report from the Office of Inspector General...more
The “Nursing Home Covid-19 Data Dashboard” maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that COVID-19 had an unusually intense impact on the long term care community. Cases among nursing home...more
Loan defaults and financial distress among long term care (LTC) facilities, such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs) and memory care facilities, are on the rise. The COVID-19 pandemic has...more
Post-acute and long term care providers have endured a state of distress since March 2020, not only from the challenges created by the COVID-19 virus, but also from ever-increasing regulatory compliance burdens, changes in...more
Guilty Plea in $250 Million Federal Child Nutrition Fund Fraud Scheme - A man from Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pled guilty for his involvement in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded...more
Harris Beach attorneys Abbie Eliasberg Fuchs, Bradley M. Wanner and Daniel R. Strecker review and analyze key judicial holdings and legal developments in New York, the federal arena and across the country that have affected...more
As surges in various respiratory illnesses – including COVID-19 – loom over holiday gatherings, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) held an Open Door Forum for skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) providers...more
In a previous article, we discussed Georgia’s announcement to award over $217 million to eligible healthcare facilities as a result of the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”), which was signed into law by Congress on March 11,...more
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities were challenged before the COVID-19 pandemic. Planning for distress is key to a successful turnaround for facilities and the industry. Originally published by Business Alabama -...more
The world of healthcare has always been ever-changing. Coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be difficult for providers to stay abreast of the numerous regulatory changes. Recently, the Rhode Island Department of Health...more
As of October 14, 2022, Ontario made the following changes to its COVID-19 requirements for long term care (LTC) homes, as set out in its COVID-19 guidance document....more
On October 7, 2022, New York’s Appellate Division, Fourth Department issued its critical decision in Antonella Ruth v. Elderwood at Amherst, et al., CA 22-00069 regarding whether the repeal of the Emergency or Disaster...more