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A remarkable 90% of survey respondents reported construction delays, according to National Multifamily Housing Council’s latest quarterly construction survey, with permitting and start delays being the main culprits. A lack of availability in construction financing is also a rising concern. 76% of respondents said that they have experienced deals repriced up over the last three…Read More

On September 20, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its resolution of three separate investigations against covered entity dental providers for violations of the individual’s right of access under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). This announcement follows the announcement…Read More

On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall along western Florida as a Category 4 storm, causing significant property damage, including to many health care facilities. Those damaged facilities include a hospital in Port Charlotte where winds from the hurricane tore open part of the roof for the intensive care unit and flooded the…Read More

HHS OIG issued a report finding “significantly reduced” improper payments to acute care hospitals, as compared with prior years. OIG found that $39.3 million in Medicare Part B payments should not have been made during 2016-2021, which was a decrease from $51.6 million in improper payments during 2013-2016. CMS has claimed that aggressive corrective actions…Read More

In a continuing resolution passed to keep the government from shutting down at midnight on September 30, Congress has included provisions that extend the low-volume hospital adjustment and Medicare Dependent Hospital program. The two measures that were set to expire on September 30 have now been extended until December 16, which also corresponds with the…Read More

Hurricane Ian forced 16 Florida hospitals to evacuate, although only a few hospitals sustained any major damage per NBC news. American Healthcare REIT plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. The REIT owns 313 health care facilities in the U.S. and U.K., as well as a controlling interest in Trilogy Health Services,…Read More

Recently, a Hudson County, New Jersey-based health system (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging a conspiracy, in violation of the Sherman Act, § 2, between multiple parties to monopolize the general acute care hospital services market in Hudson County, New Jersey. Of note, real…Read More

President Biden said the Covid-19 pandemic was over during an interview on “60 Minutes.” Some health experts responded that the president’s declaration was premature, while others have said the Biden administration should end the public health emergency, which would cause ripple effects throughout the U.S. health care system, including telehealth and drug prescribing. A Kaufman…Read More