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Effective January 6, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) implemented phase two of its multi-line telephone systems (“MLTS”) E911 regulations. On a prospective basis, communication systems that interface with the public switched telephone network (i.e., technologies that permit a user to place an out-bound telephone call) must generally comply with the enhanced 911 calling... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. News surrounding skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) continued to dominate headlines after President Biden took aim at the quality of care being provided at privately-owned SNFs. Additionally, a number of operators and trade associations... READ MORE

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently announced the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (“REACH”) Model.  The ACO REACH Model is designed to replace the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (“GPDC”) Model, which we previously discussed here. The application period for the ACO REACH Model opens Monday, March 7, 2022, and... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. Last week, there were quite a few stories about hospitals and health care facilities that are worth mentioning. Most of the headlines were about skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), the lack of staffing and... READ MORE

On February 23, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Court”) vacated key portions of a regulation implementing the independent dispute resolution (“IDR”) process under the No Surprises Act (the “Act”). An interim final rule published in the Federal Register on October 7, 2021 (the “Rule”) implementing certain parts... READ MORE

On February 4, 2022, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion 22-02 protecting a children’s hospital’s donor-funded charity program (“Proposed Arrangement”). Under the Proposed Arrangement, the requestor (“Children’s Hospital”) would use funds from two individual donors to establish a restricted endowment fund that would subsidize patient... READ MORE

NATIONAL 40% of Nursing Home Residents Haven’t Received COVID-19 Boosters, Analysis Finds 342 hospitals have received price transparency noncompliance notices from CMS 3 states delaying booster mandates for healthcare workers 23% of healthcare workers likely to leave healthcare soon, poll finds AI in Healthcare Presents Need for Security, Privacy Standards Amazon’s Growth In Healthcare... READ MORE

As required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”), by March 31, 2022, manufacturers of many drugs, medical devices, biologicals and other medical supplies, as well as applicable group purchasing organizations (“GPOs”), will report to CMS payments made and other investment interests given in 2021 to physicians, teaching hospitals and — for the... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. The CDC is reviewing its mask guidance and will decide whether to relax the guidance based on the number of Covid hospitalizations. In the past, the CDC looked at the number of new... READ MORE

NATIONAL 13-year Medicare payment dispute will return to HHS, court rules 48 hospitals on Forbes’ list of best employers CMS delays star ratings update until July CMS may now enforce its COVID-19 vaccination policy for healthcare workers in all 50 states CMS responds to states seeking vaccination mandate waivers CMS warns states: Survey fully... READ MORE