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JLL reports that the medical outpatient building sector remained active entering 2026, with national occupancy reaching a record 92.7% in Q4 2025 and average rents increasing 3.3% year over year, despite reimbursement pressure and regulatory policy uncertainty. Health systems continued to drive both leasing and development activity, accounting for 46% of MOB leases and 57%…Read More

The FFY 2027 IPPS Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”) was released on April 10, 2026, and CMS published the associated tables on its Proposed Rule homepage. The Proposed Rule was published in the Federal Register on April 14. The release of the Proposed Rule and the accompanying tables triggers the start of several deadlines for hospitals,…Read More

Two legislative bills in the Tennessee General Assembly could change the hospital and health care landscape in the state. The first bill would remove the Certificate of Public Advantage given to Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in the state, which receives certain protections. The other bill would repeal the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) law….Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a Proposed Rule that would significantly change prevailing wage calculations for foreign workers under the permanent labor certification, H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 visa programs. At the center of the proposal is an increase in the prevailing wage levels based more heavily on statistically derived wage percentiles from the Bureau…Read More

On February 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (the “Court”) held that a former physician could not compel production of a nonparty minor patient’s medical records in support of her discrimination and whistleblower retaliation claims. Yered v. Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Case No….Read More

No contract, no problem—at least for now. An Illinois district court (the “Court”) opened the door for hospitals to recover underpaid claims from insurers—holding that a quantum meruit claim may proceed even absent any contract. Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hosp. v. Health Care Servs. Corp., 2026 WL 278804, No. 25-cv-04533, at *1 (N.D. Ill. Feb….Read More

The Indiana Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s determination that a patient was gravely disabled—even though he initially sought care for a physical ailment. The Court held that the patient’s refusal of necessary treatment, combined with his lack of insight into both his medical and psychiatric conditions, satisfied the clear-and-convincing-evidence standard. In…Read More

For years, we’ve heard that outpatient services and home care are the future of health care in the U.S. To a certain extent, that’s true. We’ve seen tremendous growth in outpatient care across the country. Procedures that were once provided in inpatient settings are now provided in ambulatory surgery centers and physician offices. Payers, providers…Read More