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The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) established certain amendments to the Stark Law, including that new physician-owned hospitals cannot be formed and existing physician-owned hospitals cannot expand the aggregate number of operating rooms, procedure rooms or licensed beds beyond the number for which the hospital was licensed on March 23, 2010. Due to the Trump... READ MORE

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In an August publication, we outlined proposed legislation by Rep. Edward Canfield (R-Sebewaing) and Sen. Peter MacGregor (R-Rockford) that would have revised: (1) the Public Health Code to prohibit the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs or a professional board from requiring a physician to maintain a national or regional certification and prohibit hospitals... READ MORE

William E. Berlin has been appointed by the United States Department of Justice and approved by a federal judge as monitoring trustee in United States v. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and SABMiller plc. This transaction is valued at $107 billion. As monitoring trustee, Berlin will oversee the parties’ compliance with the settlement terms set forth... READ MORE

Draft House Republican ACA Replacement Bill Leaked With Congress set to return to Washington on February 27, a draft of the House legislation to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) using the procedure known as budget reconciliation was posted by the Politico news site on Friday. The 106-page measure would eliminate key aspects... READ MORE

A Seventh Circuit panel including Judge Posner affirmed summary judgment for AMS Mechanical System, Inc., the employer in an ADA case, despite some facts adverse to AMS. The panel accepted the employee’s version of the facts insofar as they were supported by his testimony: the employee, a welder named Gogos, left work early for... READ MORE

OFCCP mailed letters last week to over 350 separate companies notifying them that they are on the agency’s “to be audited” list. Known as Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (“CSALs”), the letters are provided as a courtesy in the hope that the company will be better prepared for the compliance review. Importantly, the notices are addressed to... READ MORE

Hall Render is pleased to announce that Andrew Coats has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a senior policy advisor. Coats has spent nearly two decades in Washington focusing on health care policy. Prior to joining Hall Render full time in 2017, he served as Of Counsel to the firm. During that time,... READ MORE

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