By: I. Paul Mandelkern: On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all state survey agencies requiring that during the next standard survey of a nursing home, whether …
CMS ADDS NEW QUALITY MEASURES TO NURSING HOME COMPARE WEBSITE
By: I. Paul Mandelkern: To help residents and their families find a quality Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing home and to encourage nursing homes to achieve high quality by public reporting of quality measures, in …
CMS Proposes Restrictions on Arbitration Provisions in Nursing Home Resident Agreements
By: I. Paul Mandelkern The use of a binding arbitration provision in the pre-admission agreement between a senior living facility and its resident has become quite common. If properly drafted and presented to the resident …
Did a Florida Nursing Home Win the Bankruptcy Court Battle But Lose the War?
By I. Paul Mandelkern: Two recent orders by a bankruptcy judge in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida show the impact of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan on a noncompliant …
Florida Bankruptcy Judge’s Groundbreaking Order Prohibits Termination of Debtor’s Medicare and Medicaid Provider Agreements
by I. Paul Mandelkern Recently the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida issued an order prohibiting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration …
