On April 3, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the new OFAC website which is now hosted on a new domain - OFAC.TREASURY.GOV. In addition to the new location, OFAC has si...
The High Cost of Inaccurate Provider Enrollment for Nursing Homes
April 25, 2023
As providers of Medicare services, nursing homes rely heavily on the timely and accurate reimbursement from the government to ensure the provision of top-quality care to their residents. The negative financial implicatio...
Medicare expands mental health access to MHC and MFT practitioners
March 28, 2023
A recent and exciting CMS Medicare update for both benefit recipients and healthcare practitioners is that legislation that included expansion to mental health access was signed into law on December 29th, 2022. After sev...
CMS’ Home Care Compare Website to Display Disputed Survey Citations Prior to Resolution
March 14, 2023
CMS issued a memorandum regarding changes to the Nursing Home Care Compare website. Of particular note for home care facilities is the posting of preliminary survey findings of nursing facilities prior to final resolutio...
More CCO Skin in the Game Moving Forward
March 2, 2023
Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) routinely take point on reaching resolution with state and federal regulators when addressing and settling cases related to regulatory or compliance violations. However, in 2022, the US D...
OIG’s Evolving Integrity Agreements
February 22, 2023
Recently, the OIG modified the provisions and requirements of several corporate integrity agreements (CIA). In addition to having direct impact on those organizations subject to such agreements, these changes also provid...
Updated Guidance on Exclusion Screening for New Jersey’s Medicaid Providers and Plans
February 15, 2023
In January of 2023, New Jersey issued new guidance regarding those databases that healthcare entities (including providers and managed care organizations) participating in NJ’s Medicaid program must query monthly to ve...
Pennsylvania Joins Other States in Regulating Health Care Staffing Agencies
January 23, 2023
On November 3, 2022, Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed into law House Bill 2293 which created new oversight of and accountability for temporary health care staffing agencies operating in Pennsylvania’s assisted living communiti...
What is the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act
January 16, 2023
The Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (IFCPA) was a U.S. federal law that aimed to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iran and to promote democracy and human rights in the ...
