Weekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: Mental Health Awareness Month I UK...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently surveyed Americans on the state of their mental health. 90% of adults believe we are facing a mental health crisis. 80% of...
View ArticleLaw & Medicine: The Exercise of Discretion
On May 2, 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the reversal of a trial court order compelling a hospital to administer Ivermectin to a patient suffering from COVID-19. In what had the potential to...
View ArticleDEA & SAMHSA Issue Temporary Rule Extending COVID-19 Telemedicine...
On Tuesday May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), jointly with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), announced that it will publish a rule to...
View ArticleAndrew Heberling Joins Hall Render
Hall Render is pleased to announce Andrew Heberling has joined the firm in its Detroit office. Andrew primarily focuses on transactional matters as a member of the firm’s Health Transactions practice...
View ArticleWeekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: $69M FCA Settlement Involved...
A regional hospital system in Michigan and two physicians recently paid over $69M to settle False Claims Act allegations. Two of the major FCA allegations involved leases: One was an equipment lease...
View ArticleSkilled Nursing Update: CMS Recasts Skilled Nursing Visitation Action Items...
As skilled nursing facilities work and provide health care services after the May 11, 2023, end of the Public Health Emergency, questions and concerns about visitation at these facilities will likely...
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NATIONAL 4 Healthcare Design And Construction Trends To Watch AHA urges court to preserve ACA preventive services requirement pending appeal AI may pose ‘existential threat,’ physicians warn in BMJ...
View ArticleLiability Insurance May Cover False Claims Act Settlements and the Cost of...
The Seventh Circuit recently held in Astellas US Holding, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company, No. 21-3075 WL 3221737 (7th Cir. 2023) (“Astellas”) that insurance policies may need to cover settlements...
View ArticleJames Kiai Joins Hall Render
Hall Render is pleased to announce James Kiai has joined the firm in its Indianapolis office. James focuses his practice on health care law. With a deep understanding of the complexities and nuances of...
View ArticleCMS Updates Definition of Marketing for Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans:...
Could it be that CMS is implementing changes in the Medicare Communications and Marketing standards that will change the content and tone of the omnipresent television and radio advertisements targeted...
View ArticleONC Proposes Rule Clarifying Information Blocking Issues
On April 18, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) published a Proposed Rule titled “Health Data, Technology and...
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NATIONAL AHA recommends congressional action to improve rural access to care AmSurg to buy Envision’s ASCs ASC operator Envision to file for bankruptcy Black communities endured wave of excess deaths...
View ArticleWeekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: HCA to Invest $4.6B in Real Estate...
HCA plans to invest $4.6B this year in land and construction projects for new hospital and outpatient projects. HCA has purchased land in Austin, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and in various Florida...
View ArticleLong-Term Care Update: Indiana Sets Requirements for Temporary Health Care...
During the COVID pandemic, more and more long-term care providers turned to staffing agencies to fill shifts and staffing shortfalls. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb recently signed Indiana House...
View ArticleCMS Accepting Applications for Participation in Revamped Medicare Shared...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is now accepting applications from ACOs to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP” or “Program”) for the agreement period...
View ArticleEEOC Casts Spotlight on Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring and Other...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued its technical assistance document addressing the questions related to employers’ use of algorithmic or artificial intelligence...
View ArticleWeekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: RI Legislative Effort Would Tax...
The Hospital Association of Rhode Island has raised concern over Providence, RI Mayor Brett Smiley’s push for legislation that would authorize the municipality to tax hospital-owned real estate...
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NATIONAL 8 Questions About Proposed Changes to Rural Floor Wage Index AHA, other hospital groups oppose site-neutral legislation before markup AHA urges OCR to finalize HIPAA privacy proposal, suspend...
View ArticleThe Contract Is Not the Marriage, It’s the Prenup
In Dental Health Products, Inc. v. Sunshine Cleaning Services, Inc., No. 21-C-1358, 2023 WL 2163495 (E.D. Wis., Feb. 23, 2023), a federal district court in Wisconsin recently dismissed the breach of...
View ArticleSkilled Nursing Update: CMS Proposes Changes to SNF Value-Based Purchasing,...
On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing...
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