Since mid-2022, the macro acquisition environment has faced the challenges of inflation and increasing interest rates, among a variety of other headwinds. Global deal flow is down from its 2021 peak. Yet, as this white paper...more
Hospitals and health systems continue to navigate an environment in flux, one consistently impacted by a significant amount of transactional and regulatory activity. During a Nov. 2, 2021, webinar titled “Key Transaction...more
Episode four of McGuireWoods' "Healthcare Headlines" video series focuses on physician-owned hospitals and how they have evolved since the induction of the Affordable Care Act. Host and McGuireWoods partner Amber McGraw...more
Episode three of McGuireWoods’ video series “Healthcare Headlines” focuses on trends in False Claims Act investigations across the healthcare industry. Host Amber McGraw Walsh, chair of the firm’s nationally recognized...more
4/28/2021
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued updated reporting requirements, a policy update memo and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) addressing mandatory final reports from recipients...more
On July 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced in a press release that providers participating in state Medicaid programs, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and/or...more
On July 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will allow dentists and other dental providers to apply for relief from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Provider...more
On June 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will distribute $25 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Provider Relief Fund) to healthcare providers...more
Update: This article was originally published April 2, 2020. It has been updated to reflect new guidance made available recently in federal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and summarizes important interactions that...more
On March 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced temporary measures that will allow ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) no longer doing elective and non-essential procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak...more
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced multiple temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to provide flexibility in responding to the 2019 novel coronavirus...more
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference discusses investing in companies operating under or negotiating corporate integrity...more
Last month, we wrote about Florida House Bill 1243 (HB 1243), focusing on the mandatory reporting of certain hospital or group practice mergers, acquisitions and other transactions. Since then the state’s legislative 2019...more
Over the past six weeks, Florida’s House of Representatives introduced and passed a bill that could change the process and time needed for certain healthcare transactions. Here are five things dealmakers need to know about...more
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference focuses on trends in physician practice management (PPM). It is authored by Sarah Ahmed...more
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference focuses on opportunities for investment in micro-hospitals and other specialty...more
Private equity investment in healthcare has continued to grow considerably from when we examined various niche investment areas on April 11, 2016, in the article titled “Private Equity in Healthcare – A Review of 15 Niche...more
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The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference focuses on urgent care investments.
Emerging Models in Urgent Care Investments: 5...more
On Sept. 6, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an advanced copy of guidance to state survey agency directors that is intended to clarify how to determine whether a hospital seeking Medicare...more
Off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) of hospitals face changes in reimbursement beginning Jan. 1, 2017, the effective date of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outpatient prospective payment system...more
On November 2, President Obama signed into the law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the “Act”), which contains language that will significantly change how hospital-based outpatient care is reimbursed....more
MPT is a Birmingham, Ala.-based self-advised real estate investment trust. Capella is one of the largest for-profit hospital companies in the U.S. Based in Franklin, Tenn., Capella owns and/or operates seven hospitals across...more