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NATIONAL 4 takeaways on Medicare’s new mandatory payment model AMA President highlights growing crisis facing U.S. physicians Amazon reorganizes health-care business in latest bid to crack multitrillion-dollar market Amazon’s healthcare business to be divided into six units after losing top health executives Catholic systems unite at ‘pivotal moment’ to fight deeper Medicaid cuts CBO... READ MORE

Real estate developers face a complex, evolving landscape for wetland permitting in Florida in light of the loss of the state’s permitting authority, combined with recent federal executive actions and changes to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”). These state and federal developments create challenges for developers seeking to build hospitals,... READ MORE

NATIONAL 3 Stark law cases in 2025 A look at Amazon’s healthcare moves AHA Comments on CMS Skilled Nursing Facility FY 2026 Proposed Payment At-home self-collection doubles cervical cancer screening rates: 5 notes ‘Expensive and complicated’: Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies Here’s what nurses say is helping, hindering equitable hospital care delivery... READ MORE

North Carolina legislators have passed a bill designed to reduce health care costs, improve price transparency and eliminate certificate of need (CON) restrictions on certain health care projects. The bill removes CON restrictions on diagnostic centers, rehabilitation facilities and in-home hospice services. North Carolina was recently ranked as having the most expensive health care... 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

Since the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (“HRSA”) announcement of its modernization initiative for the nation’s Organ Procurement Transplantation Network (“OPTN”) in March 2023, the OPTN has undergone five key changes, including technology infrastructure modernization, enhanced data transparency and analytics, sweeping governance changes, operational refinement and greater promotion of quality improvement and innovation among... READ MORE

On May 29, 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) rescinded two Quality, Safety & Oversight (“QSO”) Letters issued under the Biden administration in 2022 and an accompanying letter from the then-Secretary of HHS (collectively, the “Letters”). The Letters had set forth... READ MORE

Revista published recent data indicating that, from 2017-2022, MOB portfolios consistently traded at a premium (reflected in lower average cap rates) as compared to single-asset MOBs. That trend reversed in late 2023 due to rising interest rates; however, since mid-2024, this so-called “portfolio premium” has returned. Emory University (Atlanta, GA) plans to issue more... READ MORE

NATIONAL 340B may move from HRSA to CMS: What you need to know Amazon expands Medicare access to PillPack America’s Hospital-Bed Shortage Is About to Become a Crisis Bill would allow physician-owned hospitals in rural areas Charity care policies can vary wildly between hospitals: report CMS budget proposal would shift nursing facility oversight CMS... READ MORE

Health care and other federal funding recipients face new risks on multiple fronts in their use of diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) programs. The Executive Branch has undertaken a concerted effort to reshape the interpretation and enforcement of federal civil rights laws impacting DEI practices through the issuance of Executive Orders, as discussed here, and... READ MORE