August 19, 2022 On July 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed revisions to Medicare’s Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).[1] The… Read more »
August 18, 2022 As of January 1, 2023, the Joint Commission’s Accreditation Standards will include requirements on health equity for ambulatory health care, behavioral health care and human services, critical… Read more »
August 11, 2022 On June 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued QSO-22-19-NH, Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance: Revisions to Surveyor Guidance for Phases 2 &… Read more »
Healthcare shortages pose an acute threat to rural communities across the United States. With insufficient health resources, residents of rural America frequently experience delays in care, preventable hospitalizations, and poor… Read more »
August 8, 2022 On July 20, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released a Special Fraud Alert (the “Alert”) regarding companies purported… Read more »
July 13, 2022 On July 8, 2022, an Executive Order on Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services was issued by President Biden in an effort to advance his Administration’s defense… Read more »
June 27, 2022 On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The decision overturned the Court’s decisions in Roe v. Wade,… Read more »
May 5, 2022 Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) employees must generally be paid at least federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime at a rate of… Read more »
April 18, 2022 On April 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued QSO-22-15-NH & NLTC & LSC (the “Memo”) outlining end-dates for certain blanket waivers of… Read more »
March 29, 2022 On March 25, 2022, a jury in Nashville, Tennessee found a former Vanderbilt nurse guilty of negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult related to… Read more »
