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Regulatory Updates

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State: All

CMS Updates Hospice Model Election Statement
Program: Hospice

CMS has released an updated Hospice Model Election Statement.  The updated model form is dated March 2024.  Note that the requirements for the Hospice Election Statement and Addendum have not changed.  Updates to the sample Hospice election statement reflect changes enacted in prior final rules.  The hospice model Addendum to the election statement has not yet been updated.

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State: Utah

Utah – General Health Care Facility Rules Consolidates and centralizes content and serves in conjunction with the new division-wide rule.

Date Effective : 12/28/2023

Date Adopted : 01/1/2024

Program: Home Health

The purpose of this rule is to define the standard terms for licensed health care facilities and agencies under Title R432 and centralize general Licensing requirements in a single rule. Addresses accreditation, branch additions, and satellite operations.

R432-1-9. Certified Status
(1) The department may accept certification of a health care facility that is accredited by a federally approved accreditation agency to meet the licensing inspection requirements.
(2) A certified health care facility licensee in good standing with department and federal accreditation rules and standards may be exempt from the department annual licensing inspection process.
(3) The department may attend any accrediting agency exit conference.
(4) Regardless of certified status, the department may:
(a) perform inspections;
(b) conduct complaint investigations; and
(c) verify compliance with state laws, rules, or standards identified in a department or accrediting body survey including:
(i) monitoring any correction any health care facility licensee granted a provisional or conditional accreditation by the accreditation agencies until a full accreditation status is achieved;
(ii) any licensee that does not have a current, valid accreditation certificate;
(iii) monitoring any plan of correction not completed within the specified time frames; and
(iv) any construction, expansion, or remodeling projects required to comply with standards for construction in rules under Title R432
(5) The department may conduct an annual validation inspection of an accredited health care facility to determine compliance with state licensing requirements. If a validation survey discloses a failure to comply with licensing rules, the exemption listed in Subsection R432-1-10(2) shall no longer apply.
 

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State: Florida

Florida – Standards for Licensed Behavioral Qualified Residential Treatment Programs

Date Effective : 01/28/2024

Date Adopted : 01/8/2024

Program: Behavioral Health

Establishes the licensing requirements of qualified residential treatment programs (QRTP) that will be licensed solely by the Department of Children and Families/Family Safety and Preservation Program.

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State: Maine

Maine BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS LICENSING RULE

Date Effective : 02/11/2024

Program: Behavioral Health

Repeals three existing licensing rules and replacing those rules with one single rule, Behavioral Health Organizations Licensing Rule, to provide a comprehensive, one-stop licensing rule. It also governs the licensing requirements for mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs.

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State: Ohio

Ohio Medicaid HCBS Direct Care Worker Relationship Rule

Date Effective : 01/1/2024

Program: Home Care

Ohio recently implemented OAC 5160-44-32 Home and Community Based Medicaid Waiver Program Provider and Direct Care Worker Relationships.  Ohio Department of Medicaid has training and resources available to assist applicable agencies implement this rule.  This rule became effective January 1, 2024.

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State: All

Hospice Value-Based Insurance Design Model Ending This Year

Date Posted : 03/4/2024

Program: Hospice

On March 4, 2024, CMS announced the Hospice Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model, which allowed participating Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) to include the Medicare hospice benefit in their Medicare Advantage (MA) benefits package, is ending with the calendar year.

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