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On December 11, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) extended the due date indefinitely to complete and submit the new Form CMS-855A Skilled Nursing Facility  (“SNF”) Disclosures Attachment for every SNF. In its Medicare Learning Network, 2025-12-11-MLNC, CMS formally announced that enrolled SNFs should continue collecting data on ownership, managerial, and related party... READ MORE

Fitch Ratings’ 2026 outlook for the nonprofit hospital sector was “neutral,” and forecasts median operating margins between 1-2%, while noting largely healthy volume trends and strong balance sheets. It expects a roughly equal number of ratings downgrades and upgrades among its portfolio, and noted that the industry is still investing in patient tower and... READ MORE

NATIONAL 57 health systems ask HHS to rescind cybersecurity rule ACA approval hits new high as subsidies set to expire: 7 things to know American Hospital Association President and CEO to retire AHA supports federal AI safety guidance AHA warns of ‘​10 out of 10’ cyber vulnerability CMS’ final ASC rule overall ‘positive’: Inside... READ MORE

Health care continues to drive private equity (“PE”) activity, creating opportunities for investors and traditional health care providers. Transactions in the health care space are especially complicated, layering health care regulatory and reimbursement considerations on top of a complex securities, antitrust, privacy and security framework. Hall Render’s PE team of attorneys and advisors leverage... READ MORE

NATIONAL 2025 marks ‘turning point’ in states’ efforts to scale back private equity influence in nursing homes $50B funding fight: Hospitals spar over rural health fund 21 orgs. formally endorse SI joint pain guidelines 2025 marks ‘turning point’ in states’ efforts to scale back private equity influence in nursing homes Amazon to boost healthcare... READ MORE

In 2025, we worked on a number of significant land transactions where hospitals acquired land for new hospital campus projects. From our perspective, it seemed like an increase in land transactions when compared to previous years. Here are 10 observations based on our work on these transactions: Resource Race – Hospital systems were aggressive... READ MORE

Health care continues to drive private equity (“PE”) activity, creating opportunities for investors and traditional health care providers. Transactions in the health care space are especially complicated, layering health care regulatory and reimbursement considerations on top of a complex securities, antitrust, privacy and security framework. Hall Render’s PE team of attorneys and advisors leverage... READ MORE

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has released the Calendar Year 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule, which includes another round of substantial updates to the Hospital Price Transparency (“HPT”) regulations. The new policies aim to further standardize the data disclosed by hospitals, enhance the utility of the machine-readable files... READ MORE

According to a recent EY report commissioned by the AHA, nonprofit hospitals provide over $149B in annual community benefits, as compared with $13.2B in forgone federal income tax revenue. Even when factoring in state and local exemptions ($54B per year), community benefits were three times higher than total forgone taxes. The largest share of benefits is... READ MORE

In a recent decision, the Indiana Court of Appeals (the “Court”) upheld the trial court’s Order for Temporary Commitment, clarifying that a finding of “dangerousness” for civil commitment is not negated by claims of self-defense when the underlying conduct is driven by delusional beliefs. In re Commitment of J.S., No. 25A-MH-979, 263 N.E.3d 165... READ MORE