The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Morris Park Nursing Home, a skilled nursing facility in the Bronx, and two individuals agreed to pay a total of $3.46 million to resolve federal Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act violations. The schemes included paying cash kickbacks to a supervisor at a nearby hospital in exchange
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NYS DOH Clarifies ACF Admission and Retention Standards
On April 25, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued a Dear Adult Care Facility Administrator Letter (DACF #23-15) after it came to the DOH’s attention that some ACF operators have interpreted recent regulatory changes (discussed here) to operate as an absolute bar on the admission and retention of individuals…
NYS DOH Launches New Electronic Incident Reporting Form
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued Dear Adult Care Facility Administrator Letter (DACF) #23-02 on March 29 announcing that adult homes, enriched housing programs, and assisted living residences will have a new electronic Incident Reporting mechanism—the Drupal Survey. The Drupal Survey will replace the previous incident reporting method via the Health Commerce…
NYS DOH Updates Adult Care Facility Admission and Retention Standards
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) adopted regulations effective February 22, 2023, which clarify certain resident admission and retention standards applicable to adult care facilities (ACFs), including adult homes, residences for adults, and enriched housing programs. The DOH stated that its rationale for the changes is to ensure that ACFs comply with the…
Healthcare Fraud Tops DOJ’s Annual False Claims Act Report – Again!
Rivkin Radler’s Michael Sirignano authored an article for the March 2 issue of the New York Law Journal entitled “Healthcare Fraud Tops DOJ’s Annual False Claims Act Report – Again!” The article discussed a report issued by the U.S. Department of Justice detailing the settlements and judgments it obtained under the federal False…
New Legislation Protects New Yorkers with Medical Debt
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation designed to prevent New York hospitals and medical providers from employing certain collection practices against patients with medical debt. This protection became effective immediately upon the Governor’s signing.
The legislation prohibits providers and hospitals from previous collection practices of garnishing up to 10% of a patient’s paycheck…
Employer Alert: First Deadline to Claim NYS Healthcare Worker Bonus is September 2
As part of its 2023 state budget, New York State has allocated $1.2 billion for the payment of bonuses to certain frontline healthcare workers. This bonus program is intended to reward healthcare workers for their services during the COVID-19 pandemic and to promote employee retention and recruitment in the healthcare sector. Qualified employers who wish…
Addressing Patient Capacity Issues
On Thursday, June 16, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Lunch & Learn series, firm partners Frank Izzo and Wendy Sheinberg will present a program on Addressing Patient Capacity Issues. The program will take place from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM Eastern time via Zoom.
The topics to be covered will include:
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Updated Guidance for Visiting Loved Ones in Skilled Nursing Facilities
2020 changed the way family celebrated the holidays. This was especially true for families with loved ones in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). However, the 2021 holidays look like they will be brighter and visiting loved ones in SNFs will be easier thanks to new federal and state guidance.
On November 12, 2021, the Centers for…
2022 Medicare PFS Extends Telehealth Services Expansion
The 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule released on November 2 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added certain services to the Medicare telehealth services list through December 31, 2023. Last year, we wrote about temporary “Category 3” services that were added to the Medicare services list for the duration of…