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Earlier this year, we reported on several benefits associated with the new Stark exception for timeshare arrangements. While we believe that, under many circumstances, the new timeshare exception is an improvement over the space lease exception, it does have several limitations. Before a health care provider enters into a timeshare license that is designed... READ MORE

Hospitals are increasingly becoming targets for investment by real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), with the past year seeing a number of high profile joint ventures between REITs and health care providers structured as RIDEA investments. While hospital/REIT joint ventures can help hospitals fund expansions or monetize valuable real estate assets, hospitals should enter into... READ MORE

Last week, CMS promulgated a final rule that creates a new “timeshare license” exception to the Stark Law. A few days ago, we reported on this and other changes here but believe that the timeshare topic merits additional discussion. The new exception was created due to the difficulty hospitals and physicians experience when trying... READ MORE

A trend in real estate-related False Claims Act litigation should put hospitals and other health care providers on notice that relators are looking for big paydays for non-compliant real estate arrangements. The relators described in this article are real estate professionals who are bringing technically complex claims with little to no institutional knowledge of... READ MORE

Overview On July 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule pertaining to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2016 (“Proposed Rule”).1 In addition to changes to the Physician Fee Schedule and other Medicare Part B payment policies, the Proposed Rule addresses modifications to the Stark... READ MORE