Posts in Assisted Living
Telehealth, Virtual Visits, e-Visits, and Remote Care for Nursing Homes during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
Telehealth, Virtual Visits, e-Visits, and Remote Care for Nursing Homes during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)

The burden on the staff and residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities, has increased significantly around the country. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in response to feedback from industry stakeholders, and under new 1135 waiver authorities granted to it in the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, implemented several policy changes to support long term care facilities, including changes enabling practitioners to remotely provide services to these facilities and to remotely supervise on-site providers. 

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COVID-19, Assisted Living, CMS Programs, Digital Health, Healthcare Reform, Medicare, Regulations, Reimbursement, TelehealthRebecca GwiltCoronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home, Teleheath, virtual check-in, e-Visit, remote care
Reimbursement and Practical Considerations for House Call Practices
Reimbursement and Practical Considerations for House Call Practices

Are you thinking about starting a new house call practice? There will be things you need to prepare for (and budget for), so Nixon Law Group compiled this information. Note that major concerns include whether commercial clients can reimburse, what kinds of safety needs there are, and Medicare requirements for a “practice location.” Read more below and feel free to contact us with questions!

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Assisted Living, Medical Practice, PhysiciansRebecca Gwiltcpt codes, house call practice, medical practice, Healthcare compliance
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Private Duty Personnel and Volunteers
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Private Duty Personnel and Volunteers

NLG continues its series of posts on certain key changes in the new Virginia assisted living regulations, scheduled to take effect February 1, 2018.  In this installment, we review new requirements for the use of private duty personnel and volunteers.  Keep reading THE LATEST from Nixon Law Group more information on the new ALF regulations and other healthcare happenings!

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Assisted Living, RegulationsCait Riccobonoassisted living, post-acute, regulations, ALF, Virginia, personnel, volunteers
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Records & Reports
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Records & Reports

In this third installment of NLG posts summarizing the new Virginia assisted living regulations, we cover notable changes to requirements for Electronic Records and eSignatures, Incident Reporting, and Reports of Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation.  These regulations are scheduled to take effect February 1, 2018, so keep checking back for THE LATEST from Nixon Law Group! 

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Assisted Living, Post Acute, Regulations, Reporting, Electronic RecordsCait Riccobonoassisted living, Virginia, regulations
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Infection Control
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Infection Control

This is the second NLG summary in our series on the revisions to Virginia’s Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities, scheduled to take effect February 1, 2018.  The new regulations include changes to the timing for submitting incident reports, a new section addressing electronic records and electronic signatures, substantial revisions to requirements for infection control programs, and changes to the required content of the Disclosure Statement and admission agreements.  This summary focuses on changes to Infection Control regulations. 

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Post Acute, Regulations, Assisted Living, Infection ControlCait RiccobonoVirginia, assisted living, regulations
CLIENT ALERT: Revisions to Virginia Assisted Living Regulations
CLIENT ALERT: Revisions to Virginia Assisted Living Regulations

Final regulations that comprehensively revise Virginia’s Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities are scheduled to take effect February 1, 2018.  The new regulations include changes to the timing for submitting incident reports, a new section addressing electronic records and electronic signatures, substantial revisions to requirements for infection control programs, and changes to the required content of the Disclosure Statement and admission agreements.  This is the first in a series of summaries on key changes under the new assisted living regulations, so stay tuned! 

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Assisted Living, RegulationsCait Riccobonoassisted living, regulations, compliance, policies and procedures