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This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization.   The Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) recently released a report detailing the nation’s budget and economic outlook for the... READ MORE

February 1, 2012 Right to Work Becomes Law in Indiana On February 1, 2012, Indiana became the 23rd state to enact “Right to Work” with Governor Mitch Daniels’ signature on House Bill 1001 after it passed the Senate by a vote of 28 to 22. This Right to Work law has been a long... READ MORE

During the 4th quarter of 2011, Grubb & Ellis (G&E) released their investor outlook for health care properties. The report states that demand is strong and that health care properties will continue to be a reliable investment over the next decade. G&E points to a number of factors to justify its outlook. The driving... READ MORE

With the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), we are entering a new era of clinical integration and coordinated care.  The government is interested in actively facilitating better care for patients, better health for populations and lower health care costs.  To achieve this three part objective, CMS is championing the... READ MORE

Background The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions that meet or exceed the jurisdictional thresholds (shown below) to file notification with the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division and to wait a period of time before consummating the transaction.... READ MORE

This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization.   Amicus Curiae Briefs In a seven-day period ending January 13, the United States Supreme Court received over two... READ MORE

The operational and financial role of health information technology (“HIT”) is rapidly increasing.  The provision of HIT services and products is generally governed by lengthy and complex agreements.  Unless you are directly and actively involved in the negotiation process for each product or service, reviewing, understanding and evaluating these agreements can be a daunting... READ MORE

Some Employees of Religious Employers Are Not Protected by Discrimination Laws On January 11, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, definitively ruled that the First Amendment bars employment discrimination suits that challenge a religious organization’s decision to fire a “minister.”  Although... READ MORE

The year that just ended was filled with an amazing volume of significant developments coming from the National Labor Relations Board affecting private employers.  Those developments were driven by a Board that was never up to its full complement of five members – until now. Recess Appointments to the NLRB Bring Controversy On January... READ MORE

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced another I-9 settlement in which the University of California San Diego Medical Center agreed to pay a $115,000 civil penalty for improper I-9 procedures.  In addition to the civil penalty imposed, the organization must also implement new I-9 procedures, conduct I-9 training and work with the DOJ moving... READ MORE