In the October 3 Federal Register (79 FR 59717), the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a proposed rule that would amend the safe harbor regulations to the...more
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services recently warned the health care sector was at “a tipping point where negative forces have started to outweigh many providers’ ability to implement sufficient countermeasures.” S&P noted...more
With almost 18 percent of U.S. GDP spent on health care, experts see consolidation as fundamental to reducing costs—by integrating care coordination and delivery, and by increasing scale to drive efficiencies, including with...more
Drakeford v. Tuomey and U.S. vs. Bradford Regional Medical Center -
With the Affordable Care Act and market forces driving consolidation and creative transactions across the health care industry, health care...more