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In Humana Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the District Court for the Middle District of Florida (the “Court”) dismissed claims brought by Humana under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and a few specialty pharmacies (collectively, “Teva”). The Court ruled that Humana lacked standing to sue due to…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

Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion 25-08 (the “Advisory Opinion”), which addressed whether a proposed arrangement involving a medical device manufacturer’s payment of access fees to a third-party vendor’s billing portal (“Proposed Arrangement”) would violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”). Based on the facts provided,…Read More

On October 3, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion reversing the district court’s decision granting summary judgment on an age discrimination lawsuit filed by three plaintiffs against Circle K. Circle K had won the case on summary judgment, with the district court’s opinion based largely on the fact that the three plaintiffs had not…Read More

Baltimore City (MD) announced a $48M PILOT (payments in lieu of taxes) agreement with several hospitals and universities. Under the agreement, annual PILOT payments by hospitals and universities will grow from $6M to $12M. Hospitals signing the agreement include Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, MedStar Hospitals, Sinai Hospital and Grace Medical Center….Read More

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Fourth Circuit”) recently heard oral arguments in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Donald Trump (“NADOHE v. Trump”), a case challenging the constitutionality of certain aspects of President Trump’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) executive orders, including Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI…Read More

UnitedHealth Group Inc. has completed its $3.3B acquisition of Amedisys, a company that operates over 500 home health and hospice sites throughout the country. During a recent U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing, legislators criticized tax-exempt hospitals for failing to provide adequate charity care and community benefits in excess of the estimated $37.4B in tax…Read More

In an effort to intensify their efforts against health care fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced on July 2, 2025, the creation of a DOJ-HHS False Claims Act (“FCA”) Working Group (the “Working Group”). While DOJ and HHS have a long history of collaborative…Read More