Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 199: Bringing Awareness to Organ and Tissue Donation with Dave DeStefano of We Are Sharing Hope
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 196: Regulation Trends in Healthcare and Certificate of Need with Rebecca Thornhill of Maynard Nexsen
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 193: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health with Dr. Jeniqua Duncan of CareSouth Carolina
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 192: Business Issues for Healthcare with Ira Bedenbaugh and Randi Branham of Elliott Davis
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 191: South Carolina Lowcountry Healthcare with Walter Bennet, MUSC Orangeburg CEO
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 188: Healthcare Valuation with Darcy Devine, Founder of Buckhead FMV
Podcast - Conversions of Public Hospitals
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 187: South Carolina Hospitals and Healthcare Industry Trends with Thornton Kirby, SCHA President
Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report
Hospital M&A Trends & Strategic Considerations for 2024
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 176: Tax Exempt Healthcare Entities with Jim Pool, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorney
Healthcare Practice Lease Negotiations: Avoid Missing Out on Potential Opportunities
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 173: Improving rural health care with Dr. Kevin Bennett, the Director of the Research Center for Transforming Health and the
La reforma del sistema de salud
Counsel That Cares - Value-Based Care as a Long-Term Investment
Scrutiny Around the Hospital Tax-Exempt Status
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
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On August 18, 2021, Mississippi’s State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs issued a statewide Order (https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/15395.pdf) allowing certified paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians,...more
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On March 12, President Trump issued a formal Declaration of a National Emergency that authorizes qualifying nonprofit healthcare entities to receive reimbursement under section 502 of the Stafford Act and FEMA’s Public...more
While communities that regularly experience natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes are familiar with FEMA's Public Assistance process, the President's recent declaration of a nationwide emergency under...more
Although we remain hopeful that Iowa will be spared the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic and health care resources will be sufficient to care for all patients in need, we encourage hospitals and hospital-based physicians to...more
Responding to the Coronavirus public health emergency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) has waived certain requirements of the Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), including...more
On March 13, 2020, the President declared the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the U.S. a national emergency. The President’s declaration, coupled with Section 1135 (of the Social Security Act) waivers issued by the...more
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