[10/31/19]
Posted on October 31, 2019 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
On October 12, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Senate Bill 172 into law (“Act”). The Act, known as the “Keep Our Seniors Safe Act,” makes changes to California’s Health and Safety Code by adding firearm storage requirements for firearms that are held by California residential care facilities for the elderly, more commonly known... READ MORE
Tags: AMMUNITION, assisted living, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, California, compliance, Education, FIREARM, FIREARMS, GUN, KEEP OUR SENIORS SAFE, license, long term care, POLICIES, Policies and Procedures, policy, POST ACUTE, POST ACUTE CARE, RCFE, RCFES, RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY FOR THE ELDERLY, SENATE BILL 172, training
[02/27/14]
Posted on February 27, 2014 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Earlier this week, McKnight’s reported on a study from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York relating to the length of stay at for-profit versus nonprofit hospice providers. This study showed that, of the 600 Medicare certified hospices nationwide, for-profit hospices were more likely to have patients with a longer expected stay than... READ MORE
Tags: alf, assisted living, Hospice, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance
[08/13/11]
Posted on August 13, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Earlier this week, we highlighted the implementation by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of enrollment revalidations and screening categories, and which categories CMS places certain long-term care providers. It is important for providers and suppliers to understand what each screening category (limited, moderate, or high) entails and be aware of any events... READ MORE
Tags: 10 years, ACA, accountable care, assisted living, billing, bufford, cah, clinic, clinical laboratories, cms, database, dmepos, enrollment, excluded, fbi, final adverse action, fingerprint, group, hha, high, Home Health, home health agency, Hospice, hospital, initial enrollment, jent, license, limited, long term care, MAC, medicaid, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, mental health, moderate, moratorium, new practice location, nursing home, oig, on site, on-site visit, payment, physcian, PPACA, practitioner, recertification, reimbursement, Rural Health, screening, selby, skilled nursing facility, snf, suspension, therapy, visit
[07/07/11]
Posted on July 7, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
When the new hospice Conditions of Participation (CoPs) became effective in Decmeber of 2008 there was a provision in the CoPs stating a hospice must have an agreement with a nursing home if the hospice provides services in the nursing home. While it was a standard business practice for hospices to have agreements with nursing homes prior... READ MORE
Tags: agreement, alf, assisted living, CoPs, Hospice, long term care, Medicare, nursing home, selby
[07/06/11]
Posted on July 6, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Motion Picture License Corporation (MPLC) has reached an agreement with long-term care advocacy groups to exempt certain facilities from licensing fees when showing movies for residents. Under the United States Copyright Act, a “public performance” of copyrighted materials, including movies, traditionally requires a separate license. The MPLC has reached an agreement with the... READ MORE
Tags: ahca, assisted living, bufford, continuum of care, copyright, independent living, jent, license, long term care, movie, movie fee, MPLC, ncal, nursing home, selby
