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Value-based care is reshaping how the U.S. health care system delivers and pays for care. As payment moves from volume to outcomes and expense management, organizations need strategies that align clinical performance with financial results. Hall Render’s Value-Based Care team helps providers design and govern models that reward quality, coordination and cost stewardship. Our... READ MORE

Within the past several years, reform initiatives in Washington and elsewhere have created uncertainty in the health care marketplace, particularly for physicians as compensation for professional services experiences downward pressure. At the same time, providers (both hospitals and physicians) are beginning to anticipate the restructuring of payment methods associated with health care reform, from... READ MORE

Hall Render attorneys have extensive experience assisting health systems, hospitals, physician groups and long-term care facilities to meet their quality improvement and patient safety goals and obligations. We regularly counsel clients regarding patient safety regulatory compliance and support the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure that patient safety and quality improvement are a... READ MORE

Managed care is at the core of how our clients get paid. Current expansion of managed care in Medicare and Medicaid, as well as consolidation of payors, makes understanding managed care more critical than ever. As many of Hall Render’s clients navigate the myriad of contractual, regulatory and accreditation requirements applicable to arrangements within... READ MORE

Hospital and Physician Transactions Section attorneys assist clients in the highly regulated and complex area of corporate transactions between and among hospitals, health care facilities and physicians. Hall Render represents large health systems, free-standing hospitals and other health care facilities and large and small physician groups as buyers, sellers, affiliation partners and joint venture... READ MORE

Hall Render understands that forming a coordinated and effective care platform that improves quality and patient satisfaction, while lowering or controlling costs, is essential in today’s competitive health care environment. Our attorneys are experienced in the legal and operational considerations involved when integrating and aligning providers with payers – whether commercial, governmental or self-funded.... READ MORE

Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”) are clinically and financially integrated health care entities composed of a group of providers who are jointly responsible for the quality, cost and overall care of a patient population. There are both Medicare ACOs (defined under the Affordable Care Act) and commercial payer ACOs (also called Clinically Integrated Networks, or... READ MORE