On July 1, 2024, Indiana’s new health care transactions notification law takes effect. The law is designed to increase government oversight of mergers and acquisitions involving health care entities....more
6/24/2024
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Compliance ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Covered Entities ,
Covered Transactions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Physicians
On January 1, 2024, final regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) went into effect in order to implement the requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
On May 26, 2023, the Governor of Minnesota signed into law Minnesota bill HF 402 to increase government oversight of health care transactions that occur in Minnesota or involve Minnesota-based health care entities....more
6/8/2023
/ Asset Transfer ,
Asset Valuations ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Conversions ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Fair Market Value ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
HMOs ,
Hospitals ,
Moratorium ,
New Legislation ,
Nonprofits ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Benefits ,
Regulatory Oversight
On May 26, 2023, the Governor of Minnesota signed into law Minnesota bill HF 402 to increase government oversight of health care transactions that occur in Minnesota or involve Minnesota-based health care entities. Minnesota...more
5/31/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Asset Transfer ,
Change of Control ,
Controlling Person ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Enforcement ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Leases ,
Mergers ,
Nonprofits ,
Regulatory Approval ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Attorneys General
After a 2-year hiatus, health care transactional attorneys and related industry professionals descended upon Nashville, TN April 25th - 27th for the 2022 American Health Law Association (“AHLA”) Health Care Transactions...more
4/28/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Complex Corporate Transactions ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Professional Conferences ,
Stark Law ,
Vertical Mergers
On September 22, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) finalized a new rule to expand the scope of qualified reimbursable expenses incurred by living organ donors to include lost wages, child-care...more
On March 30, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a compilation of COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (each, a “Blanket Waiver”). Section 1135 of the...more
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’’ (“CARES Act”). The CARES Act is the third phase of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus following two...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased the number of patients and providers seeking to implement and use telehealth visits and other digital health solutions – and rapidly, at that. The challenge of implementing...more
3/23/2020
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Emergency Response ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Licensing Rules ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
State of Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
On December 20, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposal”) that removes financial barriers to organ donation by expanding the scope of reimbursable...more
Medicare reimbursement for remote patient monitoring has taken a number of steps forward throughout this year. New and proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services both expand the billing options...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMS Innovation Center”) issued a press release on February 14, 2019, announcing the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport Model...more
On October 18, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed a new rule (“Proposal”) that would require direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) television advertisements of prescription drugs paid for by Medicare...more