On April 5, 2012, OSHA announced its new national emphasis program targeting nursing home and residential care facilities. This program is similar to the program OSHA embarked on in 2003-2004. However, the new program will also focus on workplace violence. The program is designed to address the protection of workers from serious safety and health hazards that are common in medical industries. National emphasis programs target specific hazards in an industry for a three-year period. This program will target nursing homes and residential care facilities in an effort to reduce occupational illnesses and injuries. Continue reading
Category Archives: Post Acute Care
Connect with our Health Care Practice at HCCA’s 16th Annual Compliance Institute
Members of our Health Care Practice will be attending and speaking at the Health Care Compliance Association’s 16th Annual Compliance Institute, April 29 – May 2, 2012, in Las Vegas Nevada. Two of our health care partners will be speaking on the following topics at the Institute -
2012 OIG Work Plan: Priorities and Concerns for Post Acute Care Providers
Alan Schabes, Esq. will be speaking with David Cade, Deputy General Counsel of the U. S. DHHS in a session entitled – 2012 OIG Work Plan: Priorities and Concerns for Post Acute Care Providers on Monday, April 30th at 4:30-5:30PM
Quality of Care Issues: Prevention and Response
Ari J. Markenson, J.D., M.P.H. will be speaking with Robert Hussar, Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP in a session entitled Quality of Care Issues: Prevention and Response on Monday, Monday, April 30th at 11AM-12PM Continue reading
OIG Reminds CMS, again, of Requirements to Implement Intermediate Sanctions for Home Health Agencies
On March 2, 2012, the DHHS OIG’s office of Evaluations and Inspections (“OEI”) released an early alert memorandum report related to its ongoing study of Survey and Certification of Home Health Agencies (OEI-06-11-00400). In its memorandum, the OIG urges CMS to make Home Health Agency (“HHA”) intermediate sanctions a high priority and complete their implementation as soon as possible. Continue reading
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Posted in Community Based Care, Compliance Programs, DHHS, Health Care, Home Health, Medicare, Participation, Post Acute Care, Regulatory Compliance
Deadline to Submit CON Applications in Ohio is Rapidly Approaching
In 2009, House Bill 1 amended the Ohio Certificate of Need (“CON”) laws to permit inter-county relocations of long-term care beds under certain circumstances. Historically, Ohio CON laws prohibited relocating long-term care beds across county lines. Despite this amendment, the process to accomplish an inter-county relocation of beds remains heavily regulated, and in most cases must be commenced during brief windows of time set forth by the Ohio Department of Health. Continue reading
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Posted in Certificate of Need, Continuing Care, Health Care, Health Care Providers, Long Term Care, Nursing Facility, Nursing Home, Ohio, Post Acute Care, Regulation, Rehabilitation, Skilled Nursing Facility
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Ari J. Markenson, JD, MPH
Janet K. Feldkamp RN BSN LNHA CHC JD
Robert W. Markette, Jr. CHC
W. Clifford Mull
Frank W. Carsonie
Daniel J. O'Brien
Benjamin J. Parsons
Meredith L. Rosenbeck
Alan E. Schabes
