[08/28/18]
Posted on August 28, 2018 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
On August 17, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Memorandum to State Survey Agency Directors (QSO-18-24-ESRD) outlining additional survey activities that address dialysis services provided by an end-stage renal disease (“ESRD”) facility to residents in a long-term care facility. The survey process for evaluating home dialysis in nursing homes consists... READ MORE
Tags: acute care, cms, CMS FORM 2567, dialysis, END STAGE RENAL DISEASE, ESRD, HOME DIALYSIS, HOME DIALYSIS SERVICES, long term care, nursing home, POST ACUTE CARE, qapi, SKILLED NURSING, SURVEY PROCESS
[12/05/11]
Posted on December 5, 2011 in False Claims Act Defense
Written by: David B. Honig
Can an incompetent, and ultimately dismissed, False Claims Act Complaint bar a future complaint under the FCA’s “first to file rule?” The Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. answered the question for the first time on November 4, 2011. Can a settlement agreement between an employer and an employee force dismissal of the employee’s... READ MORE
Tags: 2011, AARS, Batiste, Cancio, cdc, Chicago, Compass Medical, D.C., dialysis, District of Columbia, False Claims Act, FCA, Foglia, fraud in the inducement, Glynn, Massachusetts, New Jersey, November, Ohio, qui tam, relator, Renal Ventures, Ruble, Scott, seal, settlement agreement, Skidmore, SLM Corporation, Tampa, whistleblower, Wildhirt
