CMS New Final Rule on Minimum Staffing for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Impact on Allegations of Understaffing and Neglect
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide attorneys, including those practicing in regulatory compliance and medical malpractice, instruction on the 2024 final minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The program will discuss the effect of these new requirements on compliance and allegations of understaffing or negligent hiring, training, and supervision, and the ease or difficulty in bringing or defending claims against an entire enterprise rather than a single facility.
Outline
- Minimum nurse staffing standards
- Hardship exemption
- 24/7 RN cn-site requirement
- Updates to facility assessment requirement
- Implementation timeline
- Implications
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other important issues:
- What types of data must be used in making staffing decisions?
- Whose input is required and how does that affect liability for neglect or abuse cases?
- How do the new rules mesh with the old standards?
- Do the new rules create incentives to depose different nursing home employees or decision-makers?
Faculty
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Michael A. Brusca
Partner
Davis & Brusca
Mr. Brusca dedicates his practice to representing vulnerable individuals and their families in wrongful death,... | Read More
Mr. Brusca dedicates his practice to representing vulnerable individuals and their families in wrongful death, catastrophic injury, negligence and abuse claims arising in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, psychiatric facilities, hospitals, boarding and group homes. He is a frequent lecturer to lay organizations and fellow attorneys at the state and national level on topics such as facility selection, resident care, litigation, trial practice, and technology issues.
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Khaled J. Klele
Partner
McCarter & English
Mr. Klele provides counsel to a variety of providers including long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers,... | Read More
Mr. Klele provides counsel to a variety of providers including long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, laboratories, imaging centers, addiction centers, urgent care centers and pharmacies. He routinely represents his provider clients in a variety of healthcare litigation matters including reimbursement issues, False Claims Act allegations, ERISA and other litigation matters. He also represents his provider clients in compliance matters, including allegations of regulatory violations and assists his clients with state and federal licensing agencies. Mr. Klele has defended and represented long-term care facilities in matters involving allegations of regulatory violations and standard of care issues.
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Victoria A. Schall
Owner
Schall At Law
Ms. Schall concentrates her practice on civil litigation claims for nursing home abuse and neglect, medical... | Read More
Ms. Schall concentrates her practice on civil litigation claims for nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, and personal injury.
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