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Becker’s published a roundup of seven rehabilitation hospitals opening or expanding thus far in 2024, including projects in Florida, New Mexico, Tennessee, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota and Massachusetts. One of the projects will have a unit dedicated to pediatric rehabilitation. American Healthcare REIT, Inc. announced its pending IPO. The REIT owns MOBs, senior housing, SNFs…Read More

On January 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Final Rule entitled “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (the “2024 Final Rule”). The 2024 Final Rule, which will take effect on March 11, 2024, seeks to clarify the mechanisms by…Read More

PWC released the results of its Global CEO Survey. A majority of CEOs are taking steps to reinvent their companies to address megatrends like technological change, change in customer preferences and government regulation. 18% of health care CEOs plan on reducing their headcount in 2024 based on the use of generative AI. The effects of…Read More

CMS introduced an updated Medicare Cost Report e-Filing system (“MCReF”) and related templates to allow Medicare Part A providers the ability to electronically file to their Medicare contractor supporting documentation in addition to their cost report for fiscal years ending on or after December 31, 2017. This allows the contractor to receive successful MCReF submissions…Read More

Ascension Seton and Acadia Healthcare announced a joint venture to expand access to behavioral health care in Austin, TX. Acadia will construct a 106-bed expansion of the existing acute behavioral hospital, which will increase the total licensed bed count to 196. The commercial real estate market is bracing for a record number of maturing loans,…Read More

On December 21, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury (collectively, “the Departments”) released a final rule that sets the applicable fees for participating in the No Surprises Act’s (“NSA”) Independent Dispute Resolution (“IDR”) process. The new administrative fee and IDR entity fee ranges established under the final rule are…Read More