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As hospitals and health systems face mounting financial pressures, many are pursuing strategies to reduce costs and unlock additional value from their real estate portfolios. Below are five approaches we are seeing in the market. Development Services – Some hospitals are acquiring more land than needed for new facilities, while others are purchasing available parcels…Read More

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would impose a new $103,265 filing fee on cap-subject H-1B petitions, in addition to existing filing fees. DHS has indicated that the fee is intended to recover a portion of the federal government’s cost of administering the lawful immigration system…Read More

On August 18, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) Digital Health Center of Excellence, within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (“CDRH”), released a discussion paper seeking public comment on how the agency should approach generative artificial intelligence-enabled (“GenAI”) medical devices. FDA emphasized that the paper is intended for discussion purposes only:…Read More

On August 4, 2026, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it had entered into a $14.1M settlement with Complete Health Partners Holdings (“Complete Health”), a Florida management services organization (“MSO”), to resolve allegations that Complete…Read More

Several large construction projects are underway in the Atlanta metro area. Key projects include Grady’s proposed $1B medical campus in Union City, a new teaching hospital planned by Atrium Health in Adair Park, a $1B Wellstar hospital and a Centurion Foundation/Emory Healthcare project at Northlake Mall. The Cato Institute compared health care services in states…Read More

Last week saw two major federal policy actions related to the provision of gender-affirming care to minors. On August 11, 2026, CMS issued a final rule entitled “Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children” (the “Final Rule”). On August 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of…Read More

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a favorable opinion, AO 26-16, regarding a federally qualified health center’s (“FQHC’s”) provision of produce boxes and vouchers to patients diagnosed with certain health conditions (the “Arrangement”). Although the Arrangement would generate prohibited remuneration under the Beneficiary Inducements Civil Monetary Penalty…Read More

The Indiana Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s temporary commitment order, holding that a patient’s voluntary participation in treatment did not render involuntary commitment inappropriate. The Court concluded that clear and convincing evidence supported the commitment where the patient’s mental illness substantially impaired his ability to function independently and no viable, less…Read More