Health Care

CDPH Requires all California Skilled Nursing Facilities to Submit 'COVID-19 Mitigation Plan' Creating New Documentation Concerns

CMS-Mandated COVID-19 Reporting Requirements and Enforcement Actions Coming for Skilled Nursing

COVID-19 Resource Center

Under New California Law, Health Care Entities Must Promptly Report Allegations of Sexual Abuse or Sexual Misconduct to Licensing Boards

Update on Epple: California's "New" Procedure for Providing Medical Interventions Requiring Informed Consent to SNF Residents Who Lack Both Capacity and a Legal Representative

An Interview with New Hanson Bridgett Partner, Jillian Somers Donovan

Court Reinstates End of Life Option Act Pending Further Hearings

Is This The End of the End of Life Option Act?

IRS Extends Deadline for Providing Health Coverage Forms to Employees, But Not the IRS Filing Deadline

California Medical Staff Reporting Update

Long-Term Care Requirements of Participation - Phase 2 Implementation Effective November 28, 2017

California Statutes Expanded to Include Peer Review Protections and Requirements for Licensed Midwives

CMS Reverses Its Position Regarding Arbitration Agreements in Long-Term Care

Supreme Court Reiterates Arbitration Agreements Must Be Placed on Equal Footing with Other Contracts

Fourth Circuit Decides Closely Watched False Claims Act Case, Michaels v. Agape Senior Community, But Declines to Rule on Validity of Statistical Sampling

21st Century Cures Act Holds Promise for Seniors and Senior Care Providers

A Path to Independence with Individual Service Plans

Finalized Medicare 60-Day Overpayment Rule Goes Into Effect Today – Providers Are You Ready?

California Updates Practitioners' Ability To Complete POLST Form

Stark Regulations Updated to Include New Exception for Recruitment of Non-Physician Practitioners

SB 327 Renders Gerard v. Orange Coast Medical Center Moot

Evidence Code Section 1157 Expanded to Include Pharmacy Review Committees

New California Law Expands Peer Review Requirements

New York Court Rules Against Hospital Defendants in ACA “60-Day Rule” Case

OIG Report Scrutinizes Hospice Care Provided in Assisted Living Facilities

Will Your Arbitration Agreements Comply?

IRS Notice Liberalizes Private Use Rules Governing Bond-Financed Facilities

California Updates POLST Form

California Urgent Care Centers Offer Opportunities for New Revenue, but Raise Legal Issues

Court Rejects Class Action for Health Information Security Breach

Sterile Compounding Pharmacy License Mandatory for California Pharmacies

What to Expect From a Medical Staff Hearing

Nursing Home Insurance: Are Your Policy Limits Wasting Away?

​How to Decipher Public Information Available on the Medical Board of California License Lookup

Legal Issues Associated with Volunteers

Clinical Trial Agreements at Community Hospitals

California Supreme Court Clears Way for Class Challenges to Local Taxes and Fees: McWilliams v. City of Long Beach

Impact of Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Decisions on Enforceability of Health Care Arbitration Provisions in California

Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: California Supreme Court Expands Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements in Healthcare Context

Court of Appeals Rules That SNF Cannot Respect Patient's Racial Preferences

Questions Regarding 9-1-1 Calls

Inspector General Rules CCRC Referral Fees Do Not Violate Anti-Kickback Laws

Managing Employee Use of Social Media

A Selective Review of the Intermediate Sanctions Temp. Regs. - Generally, Improved All Around

Medicinal Marijuana in Senior Living: Complying at the Community Level

Warning: Failure to Post Proper Smoke Exposure Signs Could Be Hazardous to Your Fiscal Health

Jury Awards $12.5 Million Verdict

Litigation Basics: Surviving the Dreaded Deposition

New Employment Law for 2010

Evictions and RCFES

Pre-dispute Arbitration Agreements - An Imperfect Solution but Effective Nonetheless

“High” Levels of Care: Medicinal Marijuana in RCFES

Fair Housing Compliance Guide - Charting the Way

How to Preempt and Effectively Counteract Union Organizing Activities

Key Tax Benefits for Seniors Housing Residents

Arbitration and Other Contractual Provisions Designed to Decrease Provider Liability

Seniors Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business and Operations