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The Federal Reserve announced that its key interest rate will remain unchanged but signaled it will consider cutting rates later this year. Inflation is sitting at around 2.8% and the Federal Reserve would like to see inflation at 2%. If inflation continues to cool off, the Federal Reserve expects four rate cuts in 2025 totaling…Read More

On June 10, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) agreed to consider an appeal on behalf of more than 200 hospitals* in Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al v. Becerra, challenging the manner in which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) calculates a hospital’s Disproportionate Share Hospital (“DSH”) payments. Hall…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

Seven metro areas accounted for approximately one-third of the inventory growth in independent living over the past year. The areas were (i) Dallas; (ii) Houston; (iii) Austin; (iv) Detroit; (v) Philadelphia; (vi) Ft. Myers; and (vii) Columbus, OH. Lending for new senior living projects was constrained in Q4 2023, according to a recent report. Lenders…Read More

In April 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a Final Rule amending the definition of in vitro diagnostics products (“IVDs”) found in 21 C.F.R. § 809.3. The Final Rule completely changed the regulatory status of Laboratory Developed Tests (“LDTs”) by adding the following additional language: “including when the manufacturer of these products is…Read More

CMS’s minimum staffing rule for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) continues to make waves in the SNF industry. According to a new article, only one in five SNFs currently meets all the staffing requirements. Of the SNFs that meet the minimum staffing requirements, about 41% are owned by non-profit corporations and 10% by for-profit entities. The…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