On June 11, 2024, U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts, introduced proposed legislation titled The Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act (“CCAHCA”), aimed at addressing a perceived “looting” of...more
An increasing number of states are requiring advance notice of health care transactions. These requirements may delay transactions or result in confidential information becoming accessible to the public. Effective August 1,...more
12/1/2023
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Life Sciences ,
Merger Agreements ,
Notice Requirements ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Requirements
A Complimentary Four-Part Webinar Series Geared Towards Educating Physicians and Physician Groups -
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing aftermath, more physicians than ever are considering and entering into...more
The Illinois Coalition to Protect Telehealth, a coalition of more than thirty Illinois healthcare providers and patient advocates, announced its support for a bill that would, among other things, establish payment parity for...more
While providers struggle to provide health care to their patients amid the coronavirus contagion concerns, recent regulatory and reimbursement changes will help ease the path to the provision of healthcare via telehealth....more
3/20/2020
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health ,
Relief Measures ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Trump Administration
As summer winds down, the challenges impacting health care employers in 2019 continue to heat up. These challenges include ongoing developments regarding marijuana legalization, employee resistance to vaccination mandates,...more
8/30/2019
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Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Individual Mandate ,
Marijuana ,
OSHA ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence
Two recent legal developments (one at the federal level and one at the state level) will inevitably reduce barriers to new licensing and transactions in the home care industry and, in particular, for home health agencies...more
On November 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule titled “Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses” (“Proposed Rule”)....more
12/6/2018
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Comment Period ,
Drug Pricing ,
Gag Clauses ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Part D ,
Out-of-Pocket Expenses ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Rules
On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized proposals to pay separately for a newly defined type of physicians’ service furnished using communication technology: the “virtual check-in”...more
On July 31, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a portfolio titled “Vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program Affect Quality Care and Program...more
A variety of traditional and non-traditional investors are starting to capitalize on the stability of the Medicare Advantage program and expansion of the Medicare Advantage health plan market. These companies are leveraging...more
Hospitals, health systems, provider groups, and residential and community-based long-term care providers (collectively, “Providers”) should revisit their relationships with Medicare Advantage plans (“MA Plans”) in light of...more
Florida Governor Rick Scott recently signed into law CS/CS/SB 622 (“Bill”), which effectuates a variety of changes to regulations impacting the operation of home health agencies (“HHAs”). Providers, HHA facility owners, and...more