Value-based health care: the role of payors
WHERE VALUE-BASED CARE MEETS THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE - Join hundreds of c-suite leaders, investors, operators and counsel in the healthcare capital of the United States for a deep dive into the key business and policy...more
Mark your calendar for the 2024 McGuireWoods Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference, and help us celebrate 20 years of bringing healthcare industry leaders together. This premier two-day healthcare...more
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) rejected a manufacturer’s proposal to provide free hearing aids to certain patients if they receive one of the...more
USCIS has issued new policy guidance explaining how it determines whether a beneficiary has met the two-year home residence requirement applicable to nonimmigrant exchange visitors in J status....more
On Thursday November 2, Nelson Mullins will again host its annual and highly successful Value-Based Care Conference at the beautiful Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale. The keynote speaker will be Juliette Price, the Chief...more
In this session, Patrick Zanayad, a partner in McDermott’s Healthcare practice group, moderated a panel of senior healthcare executives that featured a wide-ranging discussion of the current state of orthopedics and physical...more
During this session, Partner Jeremy Earl moderated a panel that collected insights on how specialists can participate in value-based care and the unique challenges specialists face in maximizing value-based care...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently took a major first step toward developing its anticipated standard regarding violence in the healthcare setting, titled “Prevention of Workplace Violence in...more
Introduction: Defining Interprofessional Consultation - In a January 5, 2023, letter to state health officials, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) clarified a Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance...more
CMS announced on January 5, 2023, that Medicaid and CHIP will pay specialists who provide interprofessional consultations to other providers. Previously, CMS did not provide coverage for most interprofessional consultations...more
The pendulum has swung once again. On Dec. 14, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a decision in American Steel Construction, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 23 (2022), modifying the framework applied in...more
In a decision impacting employers that face a petition for election that seeks to represent part of the workforce, a divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) returned to its former Specialty Healthcare standard to apply...more
In a busy (and divided) week for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”), the Board issued a 3-2 decision in American Steel Construction, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 23 (Dec. 14, 2022), reverting the test for...more
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday revived an Obama-era standard that will make it easier for unions to organize employees and win elections. In a 3-2 decision in American Steel Construction Inc., the Board...more
After a year of consideration including amicus briefs on the matter, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) revived another Obama-era precedent in a decision issued December 14, 2022. In American Steel, 372 NLRB No. 23,...more
On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board modified the standard used to determine whether a “petitioned-for” bargaining unit is appropriate for union representation when a party contends that the unit is inappropriate...more
On September 8, 2022, an Illinois federal judge dismissed with prejudice a Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) class action against an online eyewear retailer over its virtual try-on (VTO) tool,...more
As investment in the metaverse grows, so does the number of business opportunities. Gauging this opportunity can be a challenge because the metaverse essentially represents a new market, and according to some, a new economy....more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has announced that it is considering adopting a more union-friendly approach in determining the appropriate voting unit when a union petitions for an election. American Steel...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-033, HH Health System - Marshall, LLC d/b/a Marshall Medical Centers - South Campus, Boaz, AL: Proposes to renovate Marshall Medical South to replace inadequate inpatient rooms to...more
On March 18, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable Advisory Opinion No. 21-01 (Opinion) regarding a free drug program sponsored by a pharmaceutical manufacturer of a personalized cell and gene therapy...more
Hospitals and non-acute care settings beware: Micro-Units are about to make their way back into Healthcare Union organizing. Over the coming months, we can expect to see many significant changes to labor issues affecting...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2014-027, Saad Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Saad Hospice Services, Mobile, AL: Proposes to establish a new thirty-four (34) bed freestanding residential-based inpatient hospice facility in...more
For the fifth consecutive year, the Bass, Berry & Sims Healthcare Private Equity Team hosted BBS Connect, a forum to connect healthcare dealmakers during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Over three days –...more