Long Term Care, Senior Housing, In-Home Care, and Rehabilitation Email Alerts 

FTC Files Complaint to Block Long Term Care Pharmacy Provider Omnicare's Bid to Buy Rival PharMerica Email Alert - February 1, 2012 Baseline Report on the Effect of Background Checks on the Long Term Care Workforce Email Alert - January 24, 2012 Nursing Home Owner Settles False Claims Allegations for $2 Million Email Alert - November 28, 2011 OSHA's Workplace Violence Directive Targets Healthcare Facilities Email Alert - October 24, 2011 Senate Finance Committee Report on Therapy Utilization Email Alert - October 11, 2011 Additional Training for Nurse Aides in LTC Facilities: New Survey and Certification Guidance Reports on Implementation of Healthcare Reform Mandate Email Alert- September 27, 2011 Payment Adjustment for Healthcare-Acquired Conditions Expands Beyond the Hospital Setting Email Alert- September 6, 2011 GAO Issues Report to Congressional Requesters on Private Investment Homes' Differences in Deficiencies, Staffing, and Financial Performance Email Alert - August 31, 2011 OIG Issuses Report Regarding Payments for Medicare Part B Services During Non - Part A Nursing Home Stays in 2008 Email Alert - July 19, 2011 OIG Continues Scrutiny of SNF Medicare Therapy Billing Email Alert - July 13, 2011 CMS Issues Guidance on Elder Justice Act Reporting "Reasonable Suspicion" of Crimes in the Long Term Care Facilities Email Alert June 29, 2011 CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Update the SNF Prospective Payment System, Includes Provisions to Implement Sections 6101 and 6104 of the Affordable Care Act Email Alert - May 20, 2011 Proposed Rule Attempts to Standardize State Measures to Determine Covered Medicaid Services Access Email Alert - May 18, 2011 OIG Report Released Regarding Medicare Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes Email Alert - May 16, 2011 U.S. ex rel. Jamison v. McKesson Corp et al., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32851 (N.D. Miss. Mar. 28, 2011) Email Alert - April 28, 2011 CMS Releases Proposed ACO Regulations Email Alert - April 5, 2011 CMS Issues Final Rule for Imposition and Collection CMPs Pursuant to Section 6111 of the ACA Email Alert - March 21, 2011 Medicaid Proposed Rule on Payment Adjustment for Provider-Preventable Conditions Email Alert - March 7, 2011 Federal District Court in Florida Declares Individual Mandate Under the PPACA Unconstitutional Email Alert - February 1, 2011 Enforcement of Home Health and Hospice Face-to-Face Requirement Delayed Email Alert - January 10, 2011 Federal District Court Rules That the "Minimum Essential Coverage Provision" of PPACA is Unconstitutional Email Alert - December 13, 2010 FTC, HHS, OIG, and CMS to Hold ACO Workshop Email Alert - September 10, 2010 CMS Proposes New Rule to Clarify Home Health Agency Thirty-Six-Month Rule Email Alert - August 24, 2010 FMAP Extension Becomes Law Email Alert - August 16, 2010 CCRC Hearing and the Release of Two Studies Email Alert - August 2, 2010 Breach Notification Update Email Alert - July 14, 2010 Two Important Long Term Care Updates Email Alert - July 13, 2010 Freshway and Imperial Sysco Romaine Lettuce Recall Email Alert - May 7, 2010 CMS Issues Interim Final Rule Regarding Access to Documentation on Referrals to Programs at High Risk of Waste and Abuse Email Alert - May 6, 2010 Highlights of FHA-Insured Financing for LTC Facilities--HUD § 232 Loans Become More Popular Email Alert - April 22, 2010 Highlights of FHA-Insured Financing for LTC Facilities -- HUD, 232 Loans Become More Popular Email Alert - April 22, 2010 Hidden Cameras Lead to Arrests of Twenty-Two New York Nursing Home Employees Email Alert - April 19, 2010 Highlights of FHA-Insured Financing for LTC Facilities--HUD § 232 Loans Become More Popular Email Alert - April 2, 2010 Healthcare Reform Legislation: Healthcare Fraud and Abuse and Program Integrity Provisions Email Alert - March 31, 2010 Healthcare Reform Legislation Delivers New Transparency Requirements for the Health Industry Email Alert - March 29, 2010 Legal Challenges to Hospice Cap Regulation Ongoing Email Alert - March 26, 2010 AHCA and AAHS Present Testimony on DEA Crackdown on Narcotics Delivery in Nursing Homes Email Alert - March 25, 2010 Aging Services Providers Warned About High Injury and Illness Rates Email Alert - March 10, 2010 CMS Issues Final Rule on Medicare Claims Appeal Process Email Alert - December 18, 2009 House Leaders Unveil Draft Health Reform Bill That Includes Post-Acute Bundling Email Alert - June 22, 2009 CMS Proposes Payment Rulemakings for IPPS, SNF, LTAC, IRF Email Alert - May 4, 2009 FDA Issues Recall of Pistachio Nuts Email Alert - March 31, 2009 CMS Issues Alert on Recall of Certain Foods Email Alert - March 30, 2009 Long Term Care Updates Email Alert - March 27, 2009 House Passes Elder Abuse Victims Act Email Alert - February 12, 2009 CMS Issues Final Rules on Three Prospective Payment Systems and Hospice Wage Index; CMS Announces NCD Process for "Never Events" Email Alert - August 6, 2008 Ohio Supreme Court Creates New Tort for Attorney's Unauthorized Disclosure of Medical Records Email Alert – July 16, 2008 Long Term Care Reform Briefing in Washington, DC Email Alert – July 9, 2008 Nursing Home Safeguards Email Alert - May 16, 2008 New Blog and Posting on Nursing Home Transparency Act Email Alert – February 19, 2008 OIG Guidance for LTC Boards of Directors Email Alert – February 1, 2008 The Joint Commission Soliciting Feedback on Proposed Revisions to the Equipment Management Requirements Email Alert – January 30, 2008 HHS Secretary Seeks Authority to Review and Reverse Administrative DAB Hearing Decisions Email Alert – January 9, 2008 Special Focus Facilities Email Alert – November 20, 2007 Hearing on Effect of Nursing Home Ownership Trends on Nursing Home Quality and Accountability Email Alert – November 9, 2007 New Study Shows Significant Underfunding by Medicaid for Long Term Care Email Alert – October 16, 2007 Feeding Assistant Regulations Upheld By Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Email Alert – September 5, 2007 OIG Posts a Press Release on an Important Civil Monetary Penalties Law Decision Email Alert – August 28, 2007 CMS Announces Recruitment for Post Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration Email Alert – August 23, 2007 Alice Klein v. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Email Alert – July 2, 2007 CMS User Fee Program for Medicare Survey and Certification Activities Email Alert – June 29, 2007 CMS Publishes Final Long Term Care Hospital PPS Final Rule Email Alert – May 2, 2007 CMS Proposes to Require Nursing Homes Across America to Install Sprinklers Email Alert – October 31, 2006 Omnicare, Inc., and Subsidiaries Settle with Michigan Attorney General Email Alert – October 20, 2006 New Campaign Launched to Accelerate Quality Performance in Nursing Facilities Email Alert - October 3, 2006 Elder Abuse Legislation Passes Senate Finance Committee Email Alert - August 7, 2006 Annual Update to the Medicare SNF PPS Email Alert – July 28, 2006 GAO's Report on Sex Offenders in Long Term Care Facilities Email Alert – May 11, 2006 CMS Issues Guidance on Under-Arrangement Contracts for SNFs Email Alert – May 10, 2006 New Reports Look at Long Term Care Under the Deficit Reduction Act Email Alert – April 24, 2006 Deficit Reduction Act Passes House Email Alert – February 3, 2006 CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Update the SNF Prospective Payment System, Includes Provisions to Implement Sections 6101 and 6104 of the Affordable Care Act Email Alert - May 29, 2011 Long Term Care, Senior Housing, In-Home Care, and Rehabilitation Email Alerts