New Long Term Care Regulations Impose Requirements for Provider Contracts
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") has recently proposed the much anticipated Long Term Care regulations related to Hospice Services. These proposed rules mirror the hospice regulations that went into effect on December 2, 2008, and establish requirements that facilities must meet in order to qualify to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Specifically, the proposed rules obligate Long Term Care facilities to (1) enter into an agreement with a Medicare-certified hospice to arrange for the provision of hospice services to residents, or (2) assist in transferring residents to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services when requested by the residents. If an arrangement between a Long Term Care facility and Hospice is established, CMS has also strictly regulated the content of the agreements between the two. Traditionally, the content of such agreements receives significant attention and scrutiny from surveyors.
If you would like assistance in drafting new agreements or reviewing your current contracts to ensure compliance with the proposed rules, please contact one of the experts in Foster Swift's Health Care Practice Group.
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With a business-minded approach, and service-oriented delivery, Mindi helps clients navigate challenges and solve problems in the areas of employee benefits law and health care law. Mindi has spoken and written extensively on employee benefits, health care reform, and health care law topics, and is actively involved in a number of legal, professional and industry organizations focused on these issues.
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Congratulations to the attorneys of the Health Care practice group at Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC for their inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2021 edition. Firm-wide, 44 lawyers were listed. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation and as lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Health Care practice group members listed in Best Lawyers are as follows:
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