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Quality of Care Considerations in OIG’s Nursing Facility Compliance Guidance

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In November 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) published the long-awaited Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities (“Nursing...more

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Nursing Home Update

The federal government has made a variety of changes to federal requirements aimed at improving the quality of care at long-term care facilities across the country. In May 2024, the United States Department of Health and...more

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Enhancing Compliance in Nursing Facilities: OIG's New Guidance

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG) for nursing facilities...more

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Tips for Long Term Care Providers' Prevention of and Defending Against Quality of Care Allegations

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Quality of care allegations against long term care providers are a focus for the Biden administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the HHS-OIG – all of whom are targeting providers whom they deem to be providing...more

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Nursing homes in desperate need of giant overhaul, experts say

The nation’s nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are in dire need of drastic overhaul to dramatically improve the quality and safety of their treatment of the aged, sick, and disabled. They too often now get...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio nursing home quality of care addressed in draft executive budget

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A draft of Ohio Governor DeWine’s State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Executive Budget Proposal includes provisions to address quality of care in the state’s nursing homes....more

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CMS Proposes a Host of Changes to Nursing Home Requirements for Participation - Part Two

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a host of changes to the revised Medicare Requirements for Participation (“Requirements for Participation”) that it promulgated in 2016 and an extension of the...more

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CMS Brings Changes to Nursing Home Compare and Five-Star Ratings in April 2019

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On April 11, 2019, CMS announced updates to Nursing Home Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System. The Nursing Home Compare website contains data, including quality measures and staffing information, for more than...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Tennessee Nursing Home Chain Reaches “Largest Worthless Services Resolution in Tennessee’s History”

Government Settles with Several Entities, Individuals - Last week, Vanguard Healthcare and related entities reached a settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the stated amount of more than $18 million to settle...more

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Top Ten Ways to Avoid Litigation in Long Term Care

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Litigation against long term care facilities has reached a fever pitch in recent years. Plaintiff attorneys have been capitalizing on the sympathies of jurors by painting the picture of an elderly, innocent, and helpless...more

Burr & Forman

Burr Alert: New Requirements of Participation for Skilled Nursing Facilities

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On October 4, 2016, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the final rules regarding the requirements of participation for skilled nursing facilities. One of the most significant changes to the...more

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CMS Releases the First Comprehensive Overhaul of Nursing Home Conditions of Participation in Over 25 Years

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On October 4, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule to revise the requirements that Long-Term Care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. CMS...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

CMS Issues Final Rule Overhauling SNF/NF Requirements of Participation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a wholesale revision to the rules governing long term care (LTC) facilities on September 28, 2016. Prompted by the changing population of nursing homes which have...more

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