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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized a policy to eliminate the inpatient only (IPO) list over a three-year period beginning in 2026, creating an immediate need to assign ambulatory payment...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been using prior authorization for selected Hospital Outpatient Department (OPD) services for several years as part of its broader effort to curb improper payments and...more
Ankura’s Healthcare Real Estate Solutions team tracks critical economic, regulatory, and market trends to guide strategic investment decisions that will define capital allocation, service line priorities, and clinical...more
Grounded in the OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance and DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, our immersive, three-and-a-half-day, classroom-style Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy equips compliance...more
At the end of 2024, we predicted that the healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market would pick up steam in 2025 given the combination of decreasing interest rates, a potential shift in the regulatory landscape with the...more
On Nov. 21, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Final Rule (Final Rule). The Final Rule outlines...more
Proposes to develop a freestanding, non-hospital-based, multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center (ASC) with an associated Medicare-certified independent diagnostic testing facility at the Riverwalk Health and Wellness...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) final rule for Medicare payment for services provided in hospital outpatient departments (paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System or “OPPS”) and ambulatory...more
On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) in the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. ...more
On November 21, 2025, CMS made available the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system final rule for calendar year 2026 (the Final Rule). In the...more
On November 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the CY 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule (the Rule), which includes several...more
On November 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System final...more
Last Friday (November 21), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, the major Medicare payment rule impacting hospital...more
On Nov. 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or Agency) released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System...more
As macro trends such as population growth, ageing demographics, and co-morbidities place increasing pressure on healthcare systems, investors are once again seeking out compelling opportunities in the healthcare services...more
On Oct. 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, wherein it established the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) – a mandatory alternative payment model...more
CMS is launching a five-year Prior Authorization Demonstration for certain ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services beginning December 15, 2025, in 10 states, including Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas....more
As 2025 draws to a close, the healthcare mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) market remains active but increasingly selective. After two years of recalibration following the post-pandemic boom, dealmakers are navigating a...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 31, 2025, released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes policies related to Medicare physician payment and the...more
This issue of McDermott Will & Schulte’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for September 2025, including an update on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation...more
Though the long-term impact is yet to be seen, those wary of the changes to Medicaid eligibility and the Affordable Care Act under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, are surely relieved to see there...more
Project Modification: AL2022-034, Springhill Center for Advanced Medicine, LLC, Mobile County, AL: Proposes to develop a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC) with four (4) operating rooms and four (4) procedure rooms in Mobile...more
McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. October 9, 2025 – Several recent Regs & Eggs blog posts have focused on comments that stakeholders submitted on two major...more
This week, hosts Heather and Matthew are joined by Mark Wainner, President of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), to explore how ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are transforming the health care landscape. With...more
Over the past 18 months, multiple states – including New Jersey, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Georgia, Iowa and Tennessee – have enacted or advanced significant legislative and regulatory changes affecting ambulatory...more