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Hall Render is pleased to announce that McKenna Schaefer has joined the Firm as an Associate in its Indianapolis office. McKenna is a health care attorney who focuses her practice on health care transactions. She assists hospitals, health systems, physician practices and other health care organizations on a variety of corporate and transactional matters,... READ MORE

Hall Render is pleased to announce that Meredith Johnson-Monfort has joined the Firm as an Associate in its Indianapolis office. Meredith is a health care attorney who advises hospitals and health systems on operational and regulatory matters affecting their day-to-day operations. She works with clients on matters involving medical staff governance, credentialing and peer... READ MORE

Hall Render is pleased to announce that Alessandra Ruano has joined the Firm as an Associate in its Raleigh office. Alessandra is a health care regulatory attorney who advises hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations on a range of fraud and abuse and compliance matters. She brings a compliance and investigations perspective... READ MORE

Hall Render is pleased to announce that Kelsey Linzell Bauer has joined Hall Render as an associate in the Indianapolis office. Kelsey focuses her practice on health care litigation and represents hospitals and health systems in complex commercial and regulatory disputes. She brings a public health perspective to her practice, drawing on her work... READ MORE

The Duke Endowment gave a $100M grant to NC Children’s for the development of the state’s first freestanding children’s hospital. Duke Health and UNC Health established NC Children’s in 2025 to develop and operate the hospital on a 230-acre property in Apex, NC. Bayhealth announced the “Next Wave,” a multi-year investment strategy totaling at... READ MORE

NATIONAL 59% of cyberattacked healthcare orgs were hit via vendors: Moody’s ACOs are ‘the best way to deliver health care,’ CMS chief Dr. Oz says Aging global workforce could squeeze US’s foreign-trained clinician pipeline AHA expresses support for House bill that would delay 340B rebate model AHA launches prior authorization website Alignment Health again... READ MORE

On September 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published Advisory Opinion 26-18 (“AO 26-18”), a favorable advisory opinion considering a proposed paid referral service that would connect patients identified as having potential hearing loss with hearing providers (the “Arrangement”) operated by a company whose parent... READ MORE

On September 16, 2026, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Representatives Val Hoyle (D-OR), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), introduced the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act of 2026 (the “Act”) to establish a federal framework governing the corporate practice of medicine (“CPOM”), an... READ MORE

NATIONAL 77% of Medicaid improper payments tied to paperwork, not fraud: Report 13 state healthcare AI laws to know 43% of hospitals are in the red: 6 financial notes AHA report warns access to care is increasingly at risk in rural communities AHA sues to block second 340B rebate pilot AHA pushes back on... READ MORE

On October 8, Colliers hosted its annual National Healthcare Conference in Boston. It was well attended by a number of brokers, health system executives, developers and investors. Hall Render shareholder Andrew Dick attended the conference this year and presented on “Emerging Trends in Health Care Real Estate.” Andrew’s slides can be found here. In... READ MORE