The Illinois Legislature recently passed HB2222, new antitrust legislation that will require advance notice to the attorney general for “covered transactions” between healthcare facilities and healthcare provider entities. If...more
The Georgia Department of Community Health (“DCH”) recently announced its intent to revise the Georgia regulations governing the hospital permit requirement, specifically Ga. Comp. R. & Regs 111-8-40-.03. The proposed rule...more
For the first time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released data publicly on skilled nursing facility changes of ownership (CHOWs)). The data, which was released on April 20, 2022, includes information...more
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued new rules and waivers targeted at ensuring hospitals and health systems have sufficient capacity to handle the potential surges of COVID-19...more
Certificates of need (CONs) are a creature of state law, which means no two states take exactly the same approach to the review, issuance, or maintenance of certificates of need (that is, if the state has a CON program at...more
The American Hospital Association has announced a new pilot program that would implement an “age-friendly health system” involving partnerships with hospitals, ambulatory care providers, long-term care providers, and...more
A recent Senate bill would lift the ban on expansion of physician-owned hospitals imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced this bill on May 16, 2017. The...more
The Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit, created in 2016 to throw a lifeline to Georgia's struggling rural hospitals, received an update after Governor Nathan Deal signed S.B. 180 into law on May 8, 2017. The new law is...more
On April 24, 2016, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law S.B. 258, a bill permitting individuals and companies to receive state tax credits for contributions to certain rural Georgia hospitals. As AGG previously...more
Tennessee’s governor, Bill Haslam, has signed legislation that will significantly change the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws. The changes include revised requirements for multiple services regulated by CON, including...more
On On March 24, 2016, the Georgia General Assembly passed S.B. 258, a bill aimed at throwing a lifeline to Georgia’s struggling rural hospitals through rural hospital tax credit provisions. ...more
A bill introduced last week in the Georgia General Assembly sought to eliminate the state’s Certificate of Need (“CON”) program, which has been in place since 1979. The CON program’s goals are: “(1) to measure and define...more