In a decision joined by all nine justices, the Supreme Court preserved the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA’s”) regulatory approval of mifepristone, ensuring continued access to the widely-used abortion medication across...more
I. Alabama Legislation Following LePage -
On March 7th, the Alabama Legislature passed SB159 (“SB159” or the “bill”), as a means of granting certain protections to IVF clinics and providers in the wake of the LePage v....more
3/20/2024
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Alabama ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Fertility Treatments ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Human Embryos ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minors ,
New Legislation ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Legislatures ,
Wrongful Death
At HLTH 2023, we saw a focus on certain themes, including the shift in investments and M&A activity, hospital and health system innovation and transformation, the implementation of AI, and healthcare management. Below are our...more
10/19/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Innovative Technology ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicare ,
Mergers ,
Technology
The digital health market, as represented by the HLTH showroom floor, is packed with companies focused on care coordination and care management for various health and wellness specialties, diseases, and chronic conditions, as...more
At the heart of our healthcare system lies two core, yet competing, philosophies: (1) clinical decisions must not be driven by profit, and (2) dollars drive behavior and, by harnessing this revenue, clinical outcomes can be...more
Nearly three months after hearing oral arguments, a divided Fifth Circuit panel issued its decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, upholding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) underlying approval of...more
For a brief moment in time last April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) approval of the commonly-used abortion medication, Mifepristone, was curtailed. Just days after a Texas federal judge’s ruling suspended...more
6/16/2023
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Class Action ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v Casey ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Texas
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) approval of the commonly-used abortion medication, Mifepristone, has been curtailed following dueling federal court decisions in Texas and Washington. Just days after a Texas...more
4/17/2023
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Executive Branch ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State and Local Government
As women in professional industries such as finance, healthcare, and law continue to make strides in breaking down barriers, there still remains great gender disparity when examining the leadership levels. Host Michael Cohen...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it has several “prevailing concerns” regarding the accuracy of the 2017 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scoring data that was used to set...more
On April 4, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized guidance and policies for the Medicare Advantage program that will expand the supplemental benefits afforded to beneficiaries to include items...more
The Senate voted yesterday to begin formal negotiations with the House of Representatives to reconcile their two versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a bill that seeks to make sweeping changes to federal tax law....more
12/8/2017
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Charitable Donations ,
Colleges ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Income Taxes ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Private Foundations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax-Exempt Bonds ,
Trump Administration ,
Tuition ,
Universities
Update. We described in a previous blog post major changes that tax-exempt hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations in the healthcare industry face in the tax reform proposals working their way through Congress. In the...more
12/6/2017
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Affordable Care Act ,
Bonds ,
Charitable Donations ,
Excise Tax ,
Executive Compensation ,
Hospitals ,
Individual Mandate ,
Non-Profit Hospitals ,
Political Contributions ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
UBIT
As federal tax reform efforts proceed rapidly in both chambers of Congress, tax-exempt hospitals and other tax-exempt healthcare organizations are facing major potential changes. New tax burdens on tax-exempt organizations...more
11/15/2017
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Charitable Donations ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Executive Compensation ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax-Exempt Bonds ,
Trump Administration ,
UBIT
Since 2014, there has been a steady increase in mergers and acquisitions in the Rehabilitation sector, with a total of 40 deals announced in 2016. This is almost double the number of deals in 2014 (a total of 21), and...more
In Webmediabrands, Inc. v. Latinvision, Inc., No. 601048/2010, the Supreme Court (J. Friedman) pierced the corporate veil at the summary judgment stage.
Under New York law, the factors used to determine whether a court...more