Cost Reduction Strategies for Health Care Practices
AI Discrimination and Emerging Best Practices – Part 1 — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 209: North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with Laura Gunter of NCLifeSci
Hospice Insights Podcast - What's the Latest on UPICs? Highlights From Recent Audit Activity, Part II
New State Legislation Increases Oversight of Health Care Transactions - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 208: Extended Reality Technology and the ThinkReality Headset with Mattney Beck of Lenovo
New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Preventative Medicine: Health Care AI Privacy and Cybersecurity – Part 2 — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 207: Long COVID Research & Treatments with Dr. Kashyap Patel of Carolina Blood & Cancer Care Associates
The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast: What’s the Latest on UPICs? Highlights from Recent Audit Activity, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
Hospice Insights Podcast - Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Chief Medical Officer Relationship
Steward Health Care filed Chapter 11 on Monday May 6, 2024. Steward operates over 30 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, and has more than 400 physician...more
In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," bankruptcy attorney Tyler Layne is joined by Gibbins Advisors managing directors Clare Moylan and Ron Winters to discuss their company's annual healthcare bankruptcy report. Their...more
Boise State Public Radio has reported that the Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 12, 2022. IHDE is a not-for-profit organization that was launched in 2009 to provide access to patient...more
An incoming operator of a senior living facility should consider and mitigate risks of potential successor liability when agreeing to operate a new facility.1 This is particularly true when the former operator has filed for...more
Despite the strength of the U.S. economy headed into the New Year, a variety of conditions may be conspiring against businesses in certain segments of the health care industry. These include reduced patient census at skilled...more
The Supreme Court of the United States in a per curiam opinion on Jan. 13 ruled that the Secretary of HHS (United States Department of Health and Human Services) did not exceed his statutory authority in requiring that, in...more
The healthcare industry has been under financial stress for years, with a record-setting number of bankruptcy filings in 2018. High filing numbers continued into 2019 and 2020, as effects from the pandemic exacerbated the...more
After reaching a four-year high in 2018, the volume of heath care and medical industry bankruptcy filings in the United States continues to be significant. According to statistics provided by New Generation Research's...more
As we say goodbye (and good riddance) to an incredibly challenging 2020, we thought it would be useful to review the issues and topics that you — our clients and friends — found most important since we launched our COVID-19...more
Over the summer, we wrote about why health care companies may want to consider buying assets out of bankruptcy, taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Code Section 363 sale process (a “363 Sale”). We are back with our second...more
This two-part blog series discusses why buyers looking to make strategic purchases in the health care industry might want to take advantage of the Bankruptcy Code Section 363 sale process (363 Sale) and the pros and cons of...more
What will the post-pandemic world look like? What risks and challenges will it raise and how to navigate the new litigation landscape? These are the most relevant questions amid the pandemic. To respond to them and provide...more
In 2019, the increased wave of distressed health care companies continued, and with downward pressure on reimbursement rates, regulatory changes, decreased occupancy rates and technological advances, this trend is unlikely to...more
A “little bit of a crisis” was averted last week in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, a Philadelphia-area hospital with ties to Hahnemann University Hospital, which is also a Chapter...more
Perhaps one thing we can agree on in discussing the healthcare industry: it is in a state of distress stemming from the challenges created by an ever-increasing regulatory burden, changes in reimbursement rates, uncertainty...more
When a health care business files for bankruptcy, the appointment of an ombudsman to monitor the quality of patient care and represent the interests of the patients is required unless the bankruptcy court finds that an...more
Resting at the intersection of Medicare or Medicaid law and the United States Bankruptcy Code is the issue of whether a provider can prevent the termination of a Medicare or Medicaid provider agreement through the filing of a...more
A sale of a business under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or through Chapter 11 can provide the best possible title to the purchaser and may be an appropriate avenue for selected assets or complex and valuable going...more
We are pleased to announce the release of the Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report for the second quarter of 2018. Polsinelli, with data provided exclusively by TrollerBk.com, publishes the Indices Report on a quarterly...more
Health care bankruptcy filings more than tripled in 2017 as compared to 2016 with no end in sight to the financial struggles facing owners and operators in the sector. According to Bloomberg, health care bankruptcies have...more
An increasing number of Medicare providers have found themselves in financial distress and are contemplating bankruptcy filings. While provider bankruptcies include a host of issues outside the government reimbursement...more
Bankruptcy filings among hospitals and medical centers more than tripled in 2017, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. While there are many factors contributing to this financial volatility, the political battle over The...more
We're pleased to announce the release of the Polsinelli|TrBK Distress Indices for the Fourth Quarter of 2017. Polsinelli, with data provided exclusively by TexHost, LLC d/b/a TrollerBk.com, publishes the Indices on a...more
Continuing low interest rates and generally improved economic conditions in the U.S. and worldwide during 2017 have reduced financial distress and the need for business bankruptcies in most sectors. However, out-of-court...more
The next few years are expected to see a significant increase in the volume of bankruptcy cases filed by health care providers. Thus far in 2017, the number of bankruptcies in health care-related sectors, including hospitals,...more