Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
At last week’s America’s Physician Group Spring conference in San Diego, California, our team heard firsthand how physicians are leading efforts to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in ambulatory and...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case - AL2023-021, Affinity Hospital, LLC d/b/a Grandview Medical Center, Hoover, AL: Proposes to establish a Freestanding Emergency Department (FED) in the city of Hoover,...more
Part II of our New Jersey Regulatory Update further identifies proposed and adopted regulations that may impact healthcare providers, from additional financial transparency rules impacting facilities to rules attempting to...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Project Modification Request - AL2021-003, Crimson Village, LLC, Tuscaloosa County, AL: The project modification request is for the approval to relocate the specialty care assisted...more
I. Certificate of Need Program A. A. AL2023-013, Birmingham Operations, LLC d/b/a Harmony at Birmingham, Trussville, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a thirty-two (32) bed Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2023-011, Metro Treatment of Alabama, L.P. d/b/a Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, Birmingham, AL: Proposes to relocate Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, an existing outpatient...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case: AL2022-022, St. Vincent’s Birmingham, Pelham, AL: Proposes to develop a multi-specialty building to include a freestanding emergency department (FED), imaging center,...more
On April 3-4, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a number of proposed rules that would materially impact reimbursement rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs)...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-033, North Alabama Specialty Hospital, LLC, Huntsville, AL: Proposes to add sixteen (16) long term acute care (LTAC) beds to its existing thirty-one (31) bed LTAC hospital in...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-020, Infirmary ASC - Saraland, LLC, Mobile, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a freestanding multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) consisting of four (4) operating...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-005, Saad Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Saad Hospice Services, Mobile, AL: Proposes to add ten (10) additional inpatient hospice beds to The Retreat, an existing inpatient hospice...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AAL2021-052, The Piedmont Health Care Authority d/b/a Dugger Mountain Specialty Care Facility, Piedmont, AL: Proposes to add twenty-three (23) Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-039, Monroe County Health Care Authority d/b/a Monroe County Hospital, Monroeville, AL: Proposes to convert ten (10) acute care beds to ten (10) swing beds in order to provide...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-028, Renal Treatment Centers - Southeast, LP d/b/a Crown Dialysis, Birmingham, AL: Proposes to expand its existing End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) facility by adding four (4) new...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-016, United Vascular of Huntsville, LLC, Huntsville, AL: Proposes to establish a two-operating-room ASC specializing in vascular access and peripheral vascular procedures....more
Tennessee healthcare providers will soon have a very different certificate of need (CON) law to consider as they plan new facilities and services. Tennessee’s legislature and governor recently enacted Public Chapter 557,...more
Skilled Nursing Facilities in particular and to a lesser extent other types of Residential Care Facilities, including Assisted Living Facilities and Behavioral Health Facilities, have always been under the government’s...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. A.AL2021-011, DVA Healthcare Renal Care, Inc. d/b/a Northport Dialysis, Northport, AL: Proposes the relocation and expansion of its existing state-of-the-art ESRD facility by adding ten...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
Examine the Immediate Issues and Opportunities Facing Long-Term Care Providers—and Look Ahead at How to Build a Stronger Future—at a New Webinar Series From Manatt Health. The nation’s nursing homes, assisted-living...more
Caring for Recipients, Protecting the Workforce and Supporting Provider Sustainability - Examine the Immediate Issues and Opportunities Facing Long-Term Care Providers—and Look Ahead at How to Build a Stronger Future—at a...more
As part of sweeping exemptions aimed at facilitating all levels of healthcare during the coronavirus public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been issuing waivers for a wide range of...more
The Senior Housing Industry has been uniquely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the various logistical, practical, and educational measures senior housing communities should be taking to monitor, respond to...more
In a noteworthy decision yesterday, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) reaffirmed that the exemption in the state’s Zoning Act, M.G.L. c. 40A, for uses deemed to be “for educational purposes,” is construed very broadly. That...more