Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 156: Erik Whaley, President, Bon Secours St. Francis Foundation
Joining Forces: Consolidation Through Member Substitutions
K&L Gates Triage: 340B Eligibility - Hospital Covered Entities
This week in New York, many leading health systems came together for the long-running Not-For-Profit Health Care Investors Conference, now sponsored by Barclays, HFMA and the American Hospital Association. The conference...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently approved a final rule prohibiting companies nationwide from enforcing new and existing noncompete agreements on anyone other than senior executives. Unless the effective date is...more
On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report claiming that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) does not use adequate controls to confirm the eligibility of private...more
Nonprofit hospitals added almost $40 billion to their bottom lines in the last year and lavished a $3.5 million average salary on their chiefs. But their relentless grubbing for cash apparently was unsated still. The...more
This podcast focuses on the eligibility requirements for hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Factors affecting eligibility include a hospital’s licensure status, patient population, and Medicare...more
On remand from a decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Lyon County District Court recently ruled that Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center’s Board had the authority to amend the hospital’s medical staff bylaws and...more
In 2010, New York State enacted its New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (NYPMIFA); in 2012 Governor Cuomo promulgated Executive Order 38 capping excess compensation at nonprofits receiving government...more
This operations guide provides a brief look at health law issues hospitals deal with on a daily basis. While a detailed coverage of the elements, drafting, implementation and continued governance of a hospital compliance...more
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion) to a nonprofit health system (System) and a nonprofit psychiatric hospital (Center) regarding a proposal whereby the...more
Reviewing an arrangement involving the lease of employees and other operational and management services between a health system and its related psychiatric hospital, the OIG issued a favorable advisory opinion, Advisory...more
Case: Kane v.Healthfirst, Inc. et al. and U.S. v. Continuum Health Partners Inc. et al., case number1:11-cv-02325, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. As part of the Affordable Care Act...more
The IRS published its long awaited final rule December 31, 2014 to implement certain requirements of the Affordable Care Act (the ACA). The ACA added a new provision in Section 501(r) of the Tax Code, which creates additional...more
Roughly 60 percent of hospitals nationwide either have received or are seeking tax-exempt status under the United States Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules and regulations. With new final...more