Finance & Banking, Business Organization, Health Law

Capital Infusion - May 2013: Policy Spotlight: Affordable Care Act

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/10/2013

EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND THE IMPACT on PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) continues at an accelerated pace. Some of its most important...more

Capital Infusion: Private Equity Update - May 2013

by Sean Clancy, Adam Connatser, Lindsay Faine, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, Robert Johnston III, Amy Kaufman, David McLean, Ryan Mitchell, George Schutzer, Akash Sethi | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/8/2013

In This Issue: - DIGGING DEEPER: A Guide to Health Care Regulatory Due Diligence in Private Equity Deals 1 - Policy Spotlight: Affordable Care Act 6 - Case Spotlight: Best Practices in Down-Round Financings &...more

A Look at Angel Investment Trends from 2012

by The R. Bernard Law Group on 4/17/2013

Entrepreneurs seeking angel funding should pay special attention to the recent Halo Report, a joint release by Silicon Valley Bank, CB Insights and Angel Resource Institute. The report looks at 783 deals including angel...more

Digital Health: Where is the Action for Entrepreneurs? [Video]

by Michael Esquivel | Fenwick & West LLP on 1/10/2013

As CES 2013 draws to a close, Michael Esquivel, a partner in Fenwick’s Start-ups and Venture Capital Group, identifies where the action is for entrepreneurs and investors in digital health and healthcare IT. According to...more

Time's Up: Why You Can No Longer Afford to Ignore ACOs

by Matthew Chayt | Nossaman LLP on 12/11/2012

Of the healthcare recommendations announced by the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council last month, ACOs address all four. First of all, the ACO is clearly a new delivery model that uses the “full continuum of care givers.” ...more

IRS Releases Proposed Regulations on Additional Federal Income Tax Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

by Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/22/2012

On June 26, 2012, the IRS published proposed regulations that provide guidance on additional requirements for charitable hospital organizations for financial assistance and emergency medical care policies, charges for certain...more

Venture Investment in Digital Health Effectively Doubles in H1 2012

by Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group on 7/30/2012

Venture investment in healthcare convergence technologies soared in the first half of 2012. According to a recent report from Burrill & Co, digital health, into which they group healthcare IT, mobile health and wireless...more

Tennessee Property Tax Update

by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/23/2012

There have been several noteworthy property tax rulings that have been issued in March and April involving medical instruments, the valuation of commercial property, Tennessee’s charitable exemption, and the payment of...more

Compensation & Benefits: In Focus – Winter 2012

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/29/2012

In this issue: - DOL Issues Final Service Provider Disclosures Regulation - Boards of Directors Emerge Victorious in Recent Executive Pay Lawsuits - IRS Issues Guidance on Reporting Employer-Sponsored...more

Employee Benefits Update - November 2011

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 12/5/2011

2011 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists In this issue we provide seven “to do” lists that may require you to take action before the end of 2011 or in early 2012. For your convenience, we have broken the “to do” lists...more

November 2011: White Collar Update

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 12/2/2011

In This Update: Excerpt from: Food and Drug Regulators Step up Prosecution of Corporate Officers for Misconduct: U.S. regulatory authorities recently have made increasing use of a long dormant doctrine to prosecute...more

The Financial Effects of ACO Risk Sharing- The 10th advisory in our series on the newly proposed ACO regulations implementing...

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/7/2011

As summarized in our previous advisories, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act anticipates the creation of accountable care organizations comprised of physicians, hospitals, and other health care suppliers. ACOs...more

HHS OIG Recommends New Federal Regulations to Govern NIH Grantee Institutions

by King & Spalding on 1/31/2011

According to OIG, NIH lacks information on institutional conflicts and the impact these conflicts may have on NIH sponsored research Summary The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health...more

2010 Compliance Review -- What Did I Miss?

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 1/31/2011

The Red Flags Rule The rules have been modified that "creditor" no longer includes any business that extends credit or permits payment plans for fees incident to its services. Because healthcare providers are no longer...more

Wholly Foreign-Owned Medical Institutes No Longer Prohibited in China

by McDermott Will & Emery on 12/15/2010

The People’s Republic of China recently eased its restrictions on foreign capital investment in the health care industry to promote private medical institutes and the establishment of wholly foreign-owned medical...more

eDiscovery: The Light at the End of the Tunnel - And It's Not a Train

by Christine Burgess on 8/3/2010

eDiscovery firms are now sought by IT for cloud storage, management, and preservation capabilities....more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - May 21, 2010

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/25/2010

In This Issue: *SEC/CORPORATE ..SEC Publishes Report from Forum on Small Business Capital Formation *FINANCIAL MARKETS ..CFTC-SEC Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues to Meet *LITIGATION ..Court Affirms...more

Health Care Reform Advisory: Update on the Billion-Dollar Tax Credit and Grant Opportunity: What Life Sciences Companies Can Do...

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/30/2010

In a recent advisory, we reported that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. the health care reform bill) includes $1 billion in tax credits and grants to defray the costs of therapeutic research by small and...more