Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

A federal court has dropped a False Claims Act (FCA) case against hospice provider Care Alternatives that has been working its way through the legal system for 16 years. The case has taken a circuitous course through the legal system, including a petition to the U.S. doing business as Ascend Health.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

Hospice providers can face legal repercussions if they don’t strike the right balance in their payroll practices. Miscalculated compensation or miscommunicated policies are among the most common reasons that hospices are facing legal concerns related to staff compensation, according to Russell Bruch, partner at Morgan Lewis.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When it comes to contracting for a medical director’s or other hospice physician’s services, there are a variety of pitfalls to avoid and legal considerations to keep in mind. Just as the physician’s role is critical, so too is the physician’s contract with the hospice.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

McDermott Will & Emery LLP provided legal advisory for StateServ, with the legal firm Much Shelist, P.C. “We’ve got some wonderful hospice partners who are committed to working with us to figure this all out … We’ve made a lot of progress right out of the gates.” serving Delta Care in the deal.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Legal Hospice Names Executive Director Legal Hospice of Texas has announced that Michelle Moos will become the organization‘s new executive director. The organization provides legal services to low-income hospice patients with terminal illnesses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). “I We see a problem.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Aveanna Taps New Chief Legal Executive Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. NASDAQ: AVAH) has appointed Jerry Perchik as its new chief legal officer and secretary. He was previously chief legal officer at diagnostic imaging company MedQuest Associates, serving in the same role at CRH Healthcare LLC prior to that.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2023

based location, where he’ll leverage his roughly 20 years of experience in home-based, hospice and palliative care to help providers in these industries traverse legal landscapes. Banach has worked in the post-acute and long-term services sector, providing strategic legal, regulatory and policy leadership.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Death can take a massive toll on individuals and families, costing them not only many thousands of dollars for the funeral, the legal fees, and so on, but also a huge expenditure of time to deal with all of the arrangements and logistics involved,” Empathy CEO Rob Gura said in an introduction to the report.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 15, 2024

There are several legal and medical forms you can use to help capture your wishes — from advance directives and living wills to physician orders for life-sustaining treatment and do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders. Please note this is not intended to serve as legal advice and the laws surrounding a power of attorney vary from state to state.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

“Community Hospice is aware of the filing of a class action lawsuit made by the plaintiff, a prior employee,” the organization’s legal team indicated in a recent statement. The health and safety of our employees is of the utmost importance, and we work diligently to ensure legal, ethical, and safe practices for all our employees.”

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., The Five Wishes document meets medical and legal criteria for fulfilling end-of-life wishes, but also addresses personal, emotional, and spiritual issues.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., The Five Wishes document meets medical and legal criteria for fulfilling end-of-life wishes, but also addresses personal, emotional, and spiritual issues.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MAY 24, 2022

The American Health Law Association released its Special Edition of its J ournal of Health and Life Sciences Law on Emerging Issues in Health Equity in the United State : Legal, Legislative, and Policy Perspectives. Copyright 2022, American Health Law Association, Washington, DC. Reprint permission granted.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The decision by Schiavo’s husband to suspend artificial life support and feeding for his wife, who was in an irreversible persistent vegetative state, prompted a seven-year legal battle with her parents. The legal dispute sparked protests and the involvement of high-profile politicians, including then President George W.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Not having healthcare, financial, and legal affairs in order. Second, this unprecedented medical and societal devastation shines a light on the importance of being certain that healthcare, financial, and legal affairs are in order, regardless of your age. Does your family or representative have the tools to handle your legal affairs?

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

In some instances, these cyberattacks have exposed health care providers to potential legal liability, with hospices involved facing class action lawsuits. A business associate agreement establishes a legally binding relationship between HIPAA-covered entities and vendors like technology companies.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Improper payments occur when a payment is made in an incorrect amount under statutory or other legally applicable requirements,” HHS indicated in the report. The leading cause of these payments were inaccurate or incomplete documentation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

(NYSE-EHAB) announced that Dylan Black will be joining as its legal general counsel, effective this month. Black has more than 24 years of legal experience working at publicly traded companies. We are excited to welcome Dylan to the Enhabit team,” Enhabit President and CEO Barb Jaconsmeyer said in a company statement. “He

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Aging Life Care Association

MAY 19, 2023

Sometimes called geriatric care managers, Aging Life Care Managers are strategic planners with key knowledge in crisis intervention, housing, health and disability, advocacy, family legal needs, and financial and local resources.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

Empath Health Announces New Senior-Level Legal Executive. Florida-based Empath Health recently appointed Christy Hendricks as general counsel and chief mission legal officer. Hendricks will oversee the company’s compliance, public policy, legal and legislative affairs staff teams.

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Life & Death Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

In June 2016, MAID became legal in Canada. There are very few issues in healthcare right now that generate stronger emotions than MAID – Medical Assistance in Dying. Since then, some of the people who met the criteria for MAID have chosen to die with MAID.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2022

FCA suits can include significant legal repercussions for hospice providers such as imprisonment for committing health care fraud. Hospice organizations are under increasing legal and regulatory scrutiny related to medical necessity complaints under the FCA and the closely related anti-kickback statute.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

We decided to proactively go nationwide and become legally compliant in each state, because many of the customers we are working with and we are targeting are nationwide. Koda is working with the legal firm Nixon Gwilt Law to research and develop state-specific iterations of their platform.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this post, we delve into the critical legal factors that researchers and practitioners must consider before embarking on psychedelic clinical trials. Let’s unravel these legal considerations that pave the way for responsible and groundbreaking advancements in psychedelic medicine.

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Caregiver Support Services

APRIL 11, 2024

The Basics of the Complaint If you receive the legal complaint in person or via a mailed letter, you should read it carefully and thoroughly to understand it. Getting served with a malpractice legal complaint rattles and shocks some, but it’s important to keep your wits and study the facts of the upcoming case.

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Living Assistance Services

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

An estate plan is a necessity for anyone with financial assets or a family, regardless of how young or old they are or how much money.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

JUNE 3, 2020

The group shares legal and accounting perspectives as well as practical considerations to help hospices as they operationalize their use of relief payments. The group shares legal and accounting perspectives as well as practical considerations to help hospices as they operationalize their use of relief payments.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

But legislation can change, clinical practice can change, but I think what we’ll talk about today is how we’re now opening the door to conversations rather than legal rules and documents. Hospitals said, we want some legal protection. So I think some of this is concerns about legal liability. No one did it.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Building in redundancies around patient admission processes may help hospices withstand regulatory scrutiny, according to legal experts in the space. Patient eligibility is a frequent focus of hospice audits as regulators sharpen oversight in the industry. In recent years, the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Patients may have a legal proxy or guardian, but that is not always the same person as the one helping with their practical care and, therefore, the one needing training,” C-TAC said. Often the legal guardian or proxy is not even located near the patient, or is nearby but does not have a role in their day-to-day care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

We do have to take into account this legal framework [for[ how we make decisions within the health care system. “Going into ethical considerations and debate, the diagnosis of terminal anorexia is relevant,” Brandt said. And in that there is this intersection between law and ethics that really influences medical decision making.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

” A new initiative from Pet Peace of Mind allows families to create a type of legally binding “advance care plan” for their pets, designating who will care for them after a patients’ death. The program is also available to patients who are unable to continue caring for their pets due to serious or terminal illness.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

It’s really to tell that [patient’s] story,” Meg Pekarske, hospice attorney and partner at Husch Blackwell, said during a recent podcast from the legal firm. “Your job isn’t to summarize the medical record. It’s incredibly important to have hospice physicians explain more of the ‘why’ behind eligibility and make the connections.”.

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AJN Off the Charts

MARCH 16, 2023

TRAP (targeted regulation of abortion providers) laws forced many clinics to close, making abortion access challenging if not impossible even though every American was legally, constitutionally permitted to make her own decision. Conscience clauses provide legal protections to nurses who wish to opt out of non-emergency situations.

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Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

Many of these investors are seeking to reproduce the lucrative results of the cannabis industry that emerged in the wake of legalization among a number of states. The psychedelics industry is expected to bring in more than $6.85 billion by 2027, Forbes reported.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Professional Licensure and Technological Innovation: The interplay between professional licensure and healthcare technology’s evolution is legally complex. Healthcare professionals must navigate this regulatory maze to comply with legal requirements when offering interstate services through advanced technology.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2023

In other words, nearly 90% of states across the country have some form of legalized cannabis use. To date, 38 states, three territories and the District of Columbia permit the medical use of cannabis products, according to recent data from the National Conference of State Legislatures.

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