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Governing Body Personal Exposure By: David Barmak, JD CEO What is my personal exposure when serving on a nursing home’s Governing Body? An excellent question! You likely hear many things…

Preventing Payroll Fraud By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO Skilled nursing facilities (SNF) are often susceptible to fraud because their owners are often focused on resident care and/or have inexperienced…

A Post-Acute Long-Term Care Fraud Investigation By: David Barmak JD, CEO A post-acute long-term care Compliance and Ethics Program investigation is only as good as the diversity of the investigators’…

Male Resident Catcalls: Compliment or Sexual Harassment? By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO It’s 3:00 am in a nursing home and a young female CNA enters a room shared by…

Do You Employ Persons Excluded from Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement? By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will not accept healthcare claims based…

Safe Harbors Can Shield Healthcare Providers from Federal Anti-Kickback Statute By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO The principal purpose of the Federal Anti-Kickback statute is to protect patients and the…

Employees Privacy Rights Are Limited When Using Company Computers By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO An employer is permitted to monitor employees engaged in business discussion or using business email…

Talking May Be the Best Preventative Medicine for Skilled Nursing Facilities By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO Many lawsuits are the result of the inability or unwillingness of skilled nursing…

Are DMEPOS Suppliers Permitted to Substitute for SNF Discharge Planners and Case Managers? By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO I was recently asked if a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) may…

Frontline Caregiving and CNA Satisfaction By: David S. Barmak, JD Porsche, a CNA in New Jersey, shared with me that in her home country, Nigeria, there are no skilled nursing…