Articles and Blogs

1. A recent study found that the repeal of CON legislation leads to significant increases in the number of long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) and also increases access to specialized medical care, particularly for elderly populations. Entry of LTACs into skilled nursing facility markets was associated with reduced hospitalization rates, contrary to prior studies. 2….Read More

The Indiana Court of Appeals (the “Court”) in In re: the Civil Commitment of C.R. upheld the trial court’s Order for Regular Commitment, holding sufficient evidence supported the trial court’s finding that C.R. was dangerous to himself and gravely disabled. In re Commitment of C.R., No. 24A-MH-1485, 2024 WL 5153983 (Ind. Ct. App. Dec. 18,…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 the…Read More

In December 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) made many revisions to its “Guidance for SNF Attachment on Form CMS-855A” (“Guidance”). The Guidance is CMS’s subregulatory advice and FAQs to skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) on the completion and submission of the new Form CMS-855A SNF Disclosures Attachment (“SNF Attachment”) for every SNF. The…Read More

Mayo Clinic (AZ) announced a nearly $1.9 billion expansion of its Phoenix, Arizona campus. The expansion includes 1.2 million square feet of space, featuring a new procedure building, an expansion of a specialty building, new patient units, and a new welcome area for patients. Farpoint Development, the owner of the former Michael Reese Hospital campus…Read More

On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14187 entitled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” (the “Executive Order”), which sets forth administration policies opposing the provision of gender-affirming care to minors and directs agencies and certain federal health care programs to limit access to such care through measures including halting federal grant…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 the…Read More

Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a rare Stark Law Advisory Opinion, concluding that a physician-owned hospital (“Hospital”) seeking to relocate eight miles from its current location and add an emergency department would continue to satisfy the Stark Law’s Whole Hospital Exception (“Exception”). This is one of several CMS Advisory…Read More