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The number of memory care units within continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) continues to grow, and occupancy rates for such units are also on the rise, fueled in part by operators downsizing their skilled nursing facility (SNF) footprints within CCRCs. CCRC memory care occupancy was 89.7% in Q2 2024, up 3.7% year-over-year. Senior living lengths…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

Federal Reserve officials are expected to meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss whether interest rates should be cut. There is speculation the rate cut could be as low as 25 bps and as high as 50 bps. A new article compares the assessed value and lease value of the Steward Health real estate assets….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 July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its calendar year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“MPFS”) proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”), to implement certain payment updates effective January 1, 2025. Several major proposals are summarized below and the fact sheet accompanying this Proposed Rule may be found here. Telehealth Services…Read More

The most recent jobs report shows the labor market continues to cool off. In August, 142,000 new jobs were created, which is lower than the 162,000 jobs estimate that economists were expecting. Two Federal Reserve officials have said “the time has come” to cut interest rates. Kaufman Hall published a new hospital flash report showing…Read More

On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule (“Final Rule”), finalizing the proposed Transforming Episode Accountability Model (“TEAM”). TEAM is a five-year, mandatory episode-based payment model under which selected acute care hospitals will be responsible for coordinating and improving…Read More