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OIG Nursing Facility Compliance Program Guidance: Renewed Focus on Fraud and Abuse

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) release of Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) for the first time since 2008 reemphasizes the...more

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HHS-OIG Issues Nursing Facility Compliance Program Guidance

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On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the “Nursing Facility ICPG,” an industry-specific compliance program guidance for nursing facilities....more

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Significant Changes to SNF Disclosure Requirements Prompt Need for Regulatory Review

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To enhance quality of operations and increase transparency in ownership within skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Final Rule for ownership disclosures for Medicare...more

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The 10 Trends and Legal Challenges We Are Tracking Throughout 2024

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With 2024 well underway, this article highlights some of the pressing legal issues impacting the long term care and senior housing industry this year, including trends affecting the industry and emerging issues industry...more

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Addressing Cybersecurity Expectations in Healthcare

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2024 is shaping up to be a very active year for regulatory and enforcement developments in the healthcare industry – developments that concern not just hospitals and nursing facilities, but many non-healthcare companies as...more

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Increased Federal Attention to Skilled Nursing Facility Compliance and Quality Improvement Results in Modified Program...

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The Biden Administration has embraced an aggressive and multi-part agenda designed to improve the safety and quality of care nationally in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The Biden Administration’s nursing home agenda...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

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The Importance Of Updating Compliance Programs For Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living And Other Residential Care Facilities

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Skilled Nursing Facilities in particular and to a lesser extent other types of Residential Care Facilities, including Assisted Living Facilities and Behavioral Health Facilities, have always been under the government’s...more

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Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 15. News Briefs: April 2021 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 15 (April 19, 2021) - CMS’s supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) has added outpatient therapy claims to its list of postpayment reviews, according to its website. The SMRC,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

From Dorms to Tents, Hospitals Adapt for COVID-19; Some Patients Are Stuck

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 18 (May 11, 2020) - The gyms and dorm rooms at Sonoma State University in California are an alternate care site for St. Joseph Health System in Santa Rosa and other health care...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Court Says Inpatients Changed to Observation Have Right to Appeal, Orders New Process

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 12 (March 30, 2020) A federal court on March 24 ordered CMS to let Medicare patients “challenge decisions by hospitals” to change their status from inpatients to observation, dating...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 7. News Briefs: February 2020 #4

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 7 (February 24, 2020) -  Guardian Elder Care Holdings Inc., which operates more than 50 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and its related...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

As New SNF Payment System Takes Effect, CMS Will Monitor Changes in Therapy, Coding

Starting Oct. 1, per diem payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will be more generous on the first few days of a Medicare beneficiary’s stay, and then drop as the stay continues. That’s one of the changes under the...more

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OIG August 2018 Work Plan Update

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The OIG added 12 new items to its Work Plan in the August 2018 update. Hot topics related to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight in this month's Work Plan include: state oversight of opioids; potential...more

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