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Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. 1. The following U.S. cities saw the highest inflation in 2021: Atlanta 9.8%, Phoenix 9.7%, St. Louis 8.3%, Baltimore 8% and Tampa 8%. Remote workers and retirees are moving to these cities for... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. 1. CMS issued guidance for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) on how to deal with visitors during the pandemic. States can require visitors to be tested before entering the SNF so long as rapid... READ MORE

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that the United States recovered over $5.6 billion from False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases in the federal fiscal year 2021, “the second largest annual total in False Claims Act history” and more than doubling the FCA recoveries for the DOJ from fiscal year 2020. Of... READ MORE

On January 5, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published an amendment to its Declaration for medical countermeasures against COVID-19 (the “Declaration”) under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”). Under the amendment, PREP Act liability protections have been extended to eligible pharmacists who order and administer (and qualified... READ MORE

NATIONAL 11% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state AHA, AHCA/NCAL urge White House to investigate staffing agency costs Are hospitals getting more aggressive against private practices? CMS clarifies COVID-related LTC survey process CMS cuts payments to 764 hospitals over patient complications CMS makes nursing home staffing data available for... READ MORE

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”), as amended, requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions that meet or exceed the jurisdictional thresholds (shown below) to file a premerger notification (an “HSR Filing”) with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Premerger Notification Office and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division and to... READ MORE

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has armed surveyors with detailed instructions on how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. On January 27, 2022, CMS issued updates to the Long-Term Care Survey Process Procedure Guide effective January 27, 2022 (the “Surveyor Guide”). Also on January 27, 2022,... 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 Senior Act was proposed last week in Congress and includes a $1.25B grant program to create workforce development programs for senior care and a $10B Caregiver Sustainability Fund for assisted living providers... READ MORE

NATIONAL Biden administration withdraws Covid vaccine mandate for businesses after losing Supreme Court case Cardiology’s rapid outpatient migration: 8 key ‘firsts’ in the last year CIOs’ 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies COVID-positive employees returning to work: 2 CEOs share their protocols FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs.... READ MORE

As of January 1, 2022, providers and facilities must comply with a number of requirements established by the No Surprises Act (the “Act”). CMS recently published several resource documents, as described below, to provide further clarity surrounding implementation of the Act and help providers and facilities better understand their respective compliance obligations. Background The... READ MORE