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Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Legislators and government agencies are looking for ways to deliver care in new settings. Last week, three U.S. Senators proposed a bill that would create a pilot program that would explore funding the... READ MORE

NATIONAL 5 things to know about HHS OIG’s patient harm report $15 million program will tackle behavioral health barriers in LTC AMA, organizations launch effort to apply equity lens to patient care AHA responds to report on hospitals’ requested price hikes to insurers AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions... READ MORE

On May 10, 2022, CMS published its proposed revisions to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System for 2023. CMS proposed two changes that would affect reimbursement for graduate medical education (“GME”) programs at teaching hospitals. First, CMS proposed to update the way that it calculates direct GME (“DGME”) payments for fellows in some training programs,... READ MORE

In March of this year, the Washington State Legislature passed Substitute House Bill 1616, significantly expanding the state’s charity care law. All acute care hospitals licensed under RCW 70.41 and all psychiatric hospitals licensed under RCW 71.12 are subject to Washington State’s charity care law and are required to have a charity care policy... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Last week a number of legislative initiatives made the news. A group of U.S. senators are pushing for additional HUD funding to create more affordable senior housing units. At the state level, South... READ MORE

As deal work in the health care industry continues at a feverish pace and timelines are condensed, due diligence can often suffer and be overlooked in favor of speed. This can lead to key operational or legal issues getting missed, unintended liabilities on the back end for the Buyer or a more difficult integration... READ MORE

On March 25, 2022, a Tennessee jury found Nurse RaDonda Vaught guilty of “criminally negligent homicide” and “gross neglect of an impaired adult.” Nurse Vaught will be sentenced in May and may face a jail term of three to six years. This particular case has captured a great deal of attention. Many health care... READ MORE

NATIONAL 340B hospitals amplify loss projections as more drugmakers unveil restrictions FDA limits J&J COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clot risk HHS appeal of No Surprises Act on hold HHS awards $16.3M toward telehealth for family planning Nurses make exit plans after RaDonda Vaught’s conviction Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Now... READ MORE

Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced a Proposed Rule regarding national standards for the licensing of prescription drug wholesale distributors (“Wholesale Distributors”) and third-party logistics providers (“3PLs”). The proposed regulation is issued pursuant to requirements for national regulatory standards under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (“DSCSA”), which is part... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Last week, the American Hospital Association released a report on the impact of COVID-19 on hospitals’ operating margins. The cost of staffing, drugs and supplies have had a significant impact on hospital margins.... READ MORE