Study Reports SNF Providers Face Grim Reimbursement Future
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (AQNHC) released the results of a study conducted concerning the future of skilled nursing facility (SNF) reimbursement. While SNF providers have recently...
View ArticleInternet-Based PECOS Improvements Increase Access to Information
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented changes to Internet-based PECOS to allow providers easier access to information. The following enhancements are now available:...
View ArticleCMS Clarifies Delegation of Tasks by Physicians in Long-Term Care Facilities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), in the March 8, 2013 Memorandum, issued new guidance specifying those tasks that can and cannot be delegated in skilled nursing facilities...
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Notification of Facility Closure Changes to State Operations Manual
On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an update to the State Operations Manual (“SOM”) regarding the process for notification of a facility closure. The...
View ArticleIndiana Changing the Way Indiana Residents Will Obtain Medicaid Coverage...
On June 1, 2014, Indiana will change the way Indiana residents obtain Medicaid coverage in the age, blind or disabled categories. Currently, when Indiana residents apply for Medicaid coverage, they...
View ArticleObama Budget Contains Numerous Post-Acute Care Cuts
President Obama introduced his fiscal year (“FY”) 2015 budget yesterday, and there are many proposed cuts to post-acute care providers. Some of the highlights include a number of bundled payment...
View ArticleIndiana Changing the Way Residents Will Obtain Medicaid Coverage Beginning...
Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration continues its efforts to communicate, address and refine questions and issues related to the upcoming Medicaid coverage changes. On June 1, 2014,...
View ArticleIndiana Changing the Way Residents Will Obtain Medicaid Coverage Beginning...
On April 21, 2014, Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration (“FSSA”) offered a webinar for nursing facilities to provide additional information on Indiana’s Medicaid changes and Qualified...
View ArticleIndiana Changing the Way Residents Will Obtain Medicaid Coverage Beginning...
On June 1, 2014, Indiana will change the way Indiana residents obtain Medicaid coverage in the age, blind or disabled categories. Currently, when Indiana residents apply for Medicaid coverage, they are...
View ArticleIndiana Medicaid to Reimburse Home Health Agencies for Certain Telehealth...
Senate Enrolled Act 554 from the 2013 legislative session set the stage for an upcoming change in Medicaid policy that will provide reimbursement for certain telehealth services provided by Home Health...
View ArticleHome Health CY 2018 PPS Proposed Rule: Here Comes a New Payment Model
The single largest and most unexpected change proposed in the 2018 Proposed PPS Rule is the announcement that the Home Health Groupings Model (“HHGM”) will be implemented as of January 1, 2019....
View Article25 Hall Render Attorneys Listed by Best Lawyers
25 Hall Render attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018. Hall Render congratulates the following attorneys. S. Allan Adelman, Shareholder, Best...
View ArticleE-Commerce Giant Poised to Disrupt Health Care Supply Chain
Amazon is taking strides to enter one of the most complex of industries: health care. In late 2016, Amazon began investigating the possibilities of leveraging its supply chain to meet health care...
View ArticleCountdown to Phase II Compliance: The Facility Assessment for Long-Term Care...
This is another article in a series discussing the complete overhaul of Part 483 to Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Requirements for States and Long-Term Care Facilities (“Final...
View ArticleMedical Residency Programs Potentially Liable Under Title IX—For Resident AND...
As we reported in a previous article, the Third Circuit recently decided in Doe v. Mercy[1] that: 1) the medical residency program of the facility being sued in that case was an “educational program or...
View ArticleNew Guidance: FDA Allows Waiver of Informed Consent for Minimal Risk Research
On July 25, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued guidance (the “Guidance”) stating that it does not intend to object to an Institutional Review Board’s (“IRB”) wavier of the informed...
View ArticleKashish Parikh-Chopra Joins Hall Render
Hall Render is pleased to announce attorney Kashish Parikh-Chopra has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Kashish focuses her practice on advising health care providers on compliance and...
View ArticleHall Render Featured on Inside Indiana Business
Hall Render was recently featured on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick. President and Managing Partner John Ryan stopped by to discuss Hall Render’s 50th anniversary and the state of health care....
View ArticleThe Physician Pipeline and Counting Residents: Too Little and Too Much
While federal efforts in recent years may have incrementally increased the number of medical residents in training in the United States, still too few residents are being trained to meet expected...
View ArticleProposed Incentives for Behavioral Health Providers to Adopt Electronic...
With the intention of improving care for individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment and mental health care by better coordinating care, Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse...
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