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Acadia Healthcare plans to add 2,000 beds over the next two years, per recent statements by CEO Chris Hunter. This comes on the heels of 400 beds added in 2024 and is anticipated to stem from a number of new joint venture arrangements with other health providers. Guardian Healthcare has secured bankruptcy court approval to…Read More

On November 7, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) that added a new condition of participation for home health agencies (“HHA”) to participate in Medicare under the “Medicare Program; Calendar Year (“CY”) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (“HH PPS”) Rate Update” for the calendar year…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

With the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) systems becoming more and more prevalent in workplaces across the country, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has released guidance on the development and use of AI by employers. This document, entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers,” (“Best Practices”) was…Read More

PNC’s Q3 2024 Corporate Healthcare Index highlighted several industry trends, including increased M&A activity, improved access to capital and nonprofit hospital credit rating downgrades outpacing upgrades. Blue Cross Blue Shield recently agreed to a $2.8 billion settlement with health care providers to resolve an antitrust class-action lawsuit alleging that the insurer restricted competition through exclusive…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

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that calls for Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified nursing homes (“LTC Facilities”) to electronically report information on acute respiratory illnesses, including influenza (“flu”), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (“SARS-CoV-2”)/coronavirus 2019 (“COVID”) and respiratory syncytial virus (“RSV”). Effective Date The…Read More

On November 5, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) extended the due date to complete and submit the new Form CMS-855A SNF Disclosures Attachment for every Skilled Nursing Facility (“SNF”). CMS announced that regardless of when the SNF received its notice of revalidation letter from its MAC (i.e., October, November or December),…Read More