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NATIONAL ‘Big Three’ PBMs seek appeal in legal spat with Federal Trade Commission DOJ launches probe into UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices after investigative reports Health systems zero in on home care Judge Extends Block on N.I.H. Medical Research Cuts Patient portal messages increase, yet billing remains rare: Survey PBMs appeal FTC case over insulin... READ MORE

According to a new hospital construction survey from Health Facilities Management, the most common specialty hospital projects being planned are: 1) behavioral hospitals; 2) cancer hospitals; 3) children’s hospitals; 4) orthopedic hospitals; and 5) women’s hospitals. CBRE published the results of its Health Care Investor and Developer Survey. The most appealing health care assets... READ MORE

On February 18, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas lifted a nationwide preliminary injunction that prevented Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) enforcement, allowing the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) to reinstate the CTA’s beneficial ownership reporting obligations. Immediately following the decision, FinCEN issued a statement extending the CTA’s reporting... 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 given surveyors new rules and updates to allow surveyors to assess and cite violations of the regulations on resident discharge and transfer. On November 18, 2024, the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group at CMS issued a memorandum entitled “REVISED: Revised Long-Term Care (LTC) Surveyor Guidance: Significant... READ MORE

On February 21, 2025, the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland (“the Court”) issued a nationwide preliminary injunction pausing three provisions contained in two of President Trump’s Executive Orders (Executive Orders 14173 and 14151). The plaintiffs challenged three specific provisions in the Executive Orders by arguing that each was likely to be... READ MORE

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted the growing trend of repurposing former hospital buildings into residential housing to address housing shortages, particularly in urban areas. Spending on this type of adaptive reuse more than doubled between 2022 and 2023. Southwest Florida continues to experience a hospital construction surge. Health providers announced plans to... READ MORE

NATIONAL FTC inundated with premerger notification filings HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts Lawsuit Against UnitedHealth Over AI-Based Denials of Post-Acute Care Moves Ahead Nearly half of rural hospitals in the red, 432 vulnerable to closure, report finds Physicians sound the alarm on ‘dangerous’ payer behavior Private equity... 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

According to a statement released on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) website, effective February 14, 2025, implementation of the Hospice Special Focus Program for calendar year 2025 has ceased so that CMS may further evaluate the program. Hospice Special Focus Facility Program (“SFP”) The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 called for... READ MORE