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On March 28, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the resolution of two more complaints under its Right of Access Initiative. This brings the total number of cases to 27 since the initiative was first announced in 2019, with financial liability imposed on covered entities ranging…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Over the last few weeks, the Biden Administration and CMS have released ownership data for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”). The goal, according to the Administration, is to add transparency to SNF ownership and to…Read More

The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with a dental practice (“Practice”) which has agreed to pay $62,500 to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, as well as to take corrective action after impermissibly disclosing patient PHI to a political campaign manager and…Read More

A North Carolina dental practice (“Practice”) has been fined $50,000 following a Notice of Final Determination regarding a violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. In the Notice of Proposed Determination, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) stated that a patient visited the Practice in 2013 and 2014…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Hall Render hosted its Health Care Real Estate Executive Summit last week. Instead of covering headlines from the previous week, we have outlined several trends discussed at the Summit. 1. ASCs. There has been tremendous…Read More

The FFY 2023 IPPS Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”) was released on April 18, 2022, and CMS published the associated tables on its website. In addition, the Proposed Rule is expected to be published in the Federal Register on May 10. This year, CMS is proposing to implement a cap on the decreases in wage index…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Last week, there were a number of new legislative updates. The Public Health Emergency was extended, CMS proposed a small increase in skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) reimbursement rates and South Carolina is pushing to…Read More