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NATIONAL Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues Why digital health has been such a disappointment, and how to change that 106 hospitals, health systems that launched telehealth services in 2019 64 hospitals that planned, opened or broke ground on ASCs in 2019 CMS to Repay Site-Neutral Payments... READ MORE

NATIONAL CMS Administrator Seema Verma scoffs at hospital execs’ arguments against transparency Hospital employed physicians see 7% drop in compensation for 2018: 14 statistics to know Physician Compensation Programs Move Toward Value-Based Pay Standalone hospitals in the M&A era: 3 CFOs to watch Optum’s ‘city by city’ healthcare strategy 3 ASC leaders forecast 2020... READ MORE

Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that 3 charities will pay a total of $10 million to settle claims that the charities operated as conduits for illegal kickbacks to pharmaceutical companies. The industry-wide probe also implicated several pharmaceutical companies that, according to the DOJ, improperly used charitable foundations as a way to... READ MORE

NATIONAL 8 major CMS changes to take effect in 2020 2 physician payment model advisers abruptly resign from MACRA committee 8 hospital construction projects worth $1B or more in 2019 Mandatory CMS radiation oncology model goes on the backburner More than 600 hospitals sue over Medicare payment reductions 7 hospitals across 4 states will... READ MORE

Recently, the Indiana Supreme Court clarified the judiciary’s inability to add terms to an impermissibly broad nonsolicitation agreement, even if specifically requested in the agreement itself. Background When the terms of a noncompetition or nonsolicitation agreement are disputed, parties often ask courts to determine whether the terms are reasonable. Indiana courts administer this task... READ MORE

When an entity merges with or acquires another business, the parties to the transaction face a variety of issues. When attempting to sort out some of the more-dominant deal points (e.g., ever-changing regulatory requirements, successful employee integration, preferred methods of financing, etc.), many entities inadvertently overlook other details that, despite being seemingly routine, could... READ MORE

An Indiana hospital owns a medical building in Newburgh, Warrick County, Indiana (the “Property”) by way of a wholly-owned subsidiary that is an Indiana nonprofit corporation (the “Applicant”). The Applicant leases parts of the Property to its affiliates for the delivery of health care services. For the 2014 and 2015 tax years, the Warrick... READ MORE

Would you share information about your heart rate, menstrual cycle or hearing loss with a technology company? On November 14, 2019, Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) launched an application that allows its U.S. customers to enroll in three studies aimed at collecting health-related data that are intended to contribute to medical discoveries called the “Apple Research... READ MORE

NATIONAL How predictive analytics can help hospitals manage administrative, clinical functions Analysis finds big drugmakers could lose $1 trillion in sales and still be most profitable industry How Hospitals Can Impact the Social Determinants of Health PhRMA’s revenue hit record $459M in 2018 American Hospital Association, provider groups to sue over final rule CMS... READ MORE

On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the final rule on Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standard Charges Public (“Final Rule”) (available here). Despite broad opposition from the industry, CMS finalized the rule largely as proposed. CMS did delay the effective date until January 1, 2021,... READ MORE