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Good Samaritan Medical Center (FL) announced massive plans to redevelop its West Palm Beach campus into a mixed-use health care district. Plans include a new 225-bed hospital, a medical office tower, workforce housing, luxury condos, a hotel and other mixed-use amenities along the water. The project is estimated to cost between $2B to $3B. Cleveland…Read More

HIPAA covered entities and Part 2 Programs should be aware of two important compliance deadlines that may require prompt action. Annual HIPAA Small Breach Reporting Under the Breach Notification Rule, HIPAA covered entities are required to submit reports of certain breaches of unsecured protected health information (“PHI”) affecting fewer than 500 individuals to the HHS…Read More

Significant updates to the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards will impact health care real estate transactions beginning February 23, 2026. The American Land Title Association (“ALTA”) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (“NSPS”) have adopted updated Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys (the “2026 Standards”), which take effect February 23, 2026,…Read More

In a recent interview, Alison Flynn Gaffney, CEO of two Banner Health hospitals, discussed how she applies a real estate perspective to hospital leadership. Prior to becoming CEO, she spent two years as president of the health care division at JLL, which imparted a unique perspective on leveraging hospital real estate portfolios for the benefit…Read More

The Indiana Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed the trial court’s regular commitment of a patient whose mental illness stemmed from a traumatic brain injury (“TBI”). In its reasoning, the Court connected the past event to the patient’s current aggressiveness, emotional outbursts, inability to provide for basic needs and lack of insight into illness as…Read More

On December 15, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25‑11 (“Advisory Opinion”) and concluded it would not impose administrative sanctions under the federal Anti‑Kickback Statute (“AKS”) on a biopharmaceutical manufacturer for a series of discounts and rebates offered on multiple vaccines. Although portions of the arrangement failed to meet the…Read More

On January 26, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) seeking public input on potential policies to strengthen the domestic supply chain for personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and essential medicines used by Medicare‑participating hospitals. The initiative reflects lessons learned during the COVID‑19 public health emergency…Read More

The fiscal year (“FY”) 2027 H-1B cap season will be the first to operate under a weighted selection system that replaces the prior fully random lottery. Employers should understand how this new process affects both the regular (bachelor’s) cap and the advanced degree (master’s) cap, as it changes selection mechanics but not the overall annual…Read More

On February 12, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Court”) struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) rule expanding the scope of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act Premerger Notification Form. See Chamber of Com. of the U.S. v. Fed. Trade Comm’n, No. 6:25-CV-9-JDK, 2026 WL 402498 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 12,…Read More