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North Carolina lawmakers have introduced two legislative bills designed to repeal the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) law. Supporters claim the current CON law slows down the process of establishing new hospitals and health clinics and has led to North Carolina being one of the highest cost health care markets in the country. Vermont... READ MORE

NATIONAL A call to standardize medical bill relief requirements FCC may stymie M&A for companies with DEI policies Feds push buprenorphine telemedicine rule to end of year Fitch downgrades two nonprofit hospitals due to cyberattacks How health systems are fighting for higher DSH payments Medicaid cut proposals incite fierce resistance Q&A: How rural hospitals... READ MORE

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has given surveyors additional rules and updates to allow surveyors to assess and cite violations of the regulations on nursing homes with admission agreements that create prohibited third-party guarantee of resident payments. On November 18, 2024, the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group at CMS issued a memorandum entitled... 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

As the NCAA March Madness tournaments heat up, lawmakers and the Trump administration are making their own plays on key federal telehealth policy issues. On March 15, the President signed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (“Continuing Resolution”) to fund the federal government through September 30. The Continuing Resolution extends several key... READ MORE

In United States ex rel. O’Connor v. USCC Wireless Investment, Inc., relators filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). On February 11, 2025, the D.C. Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s ruling that (1) a previous lawsuit had raised substantially the same allegations, triggering the FCA’s public... READ MORE

1. A recent study found that the repeal of CON legislation leads to significant increases in the number of long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) and also increases access to specialized medical care, particularly for elderly populations. Entry of LTACs into skilled nursing facility markets was associated with reduced hospitalization rates, contrary to prior studies.... READ MORE

NATIONAL 9th Circ. Ends Idaho Abortion Law Row After Mutual Dismissal 700+ rural hospitals at risk of closing 5 hospice, palliative care providers name new executives As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back Cigna, Health Care Service Corp. close $3.3B Medicare deal CMS doubles down on Medicare drug price negotiations... READ MORE

The Indiana Court of Appeals (the “Court”) in In re: the Civil Commitment of C.R. upheld the trial court’s Order for Regular Commitment, holding sufficient evidence supported the trial court’s finding that C.R. was dangerous to himself and gravely disabled. In re Commitment of C.R., No. 24A-MH-1485, 2024 WL 5153983 (Ind. Ct. App. Dec.... 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