As regulatory oversight of medical spas continues to evolve in Texas, House Bill 3749 (HB 3749) has taken a notable turn. In a shift from the bill’s original intent to more thoroughly regulate med spas and cosmetic...more
McGuireWoods held its 21st Annual Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference in Chicago, May 13-15, 2025. This premier conference brought together leading healthcare investors, lenders, executives, consultants and...more
As the medical spa industry rapidly expands, states are increasing regulatory oversight to ensure patient safety and compliance with medical standards. Texas is the latest state to propose legislation targeting med spas,...more
In the past three to four years, health system transaction activity has significantly slowed, due, in large part, to the unavoidable COVID-19 response efforts hospitals faced. Now, in this post-pandemic era, hospitals are...more
The orthopaedic services sector is one of the fastest-growing segments in the healthcare industry, with orthopaedic conditions generating more than 137 million annual provider visits. This surge in growth also holds true for...more
As discussed in a prior McGuireWoods alert, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the federal Anti-Kickback Statute...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently reversed a district court ruling and upheld the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services site-neutrality payment cuts for off-campus outpatient hospital clinic visits....more
Physician leaders continue to seek the right investor to partner with in a transaction, according to experts who spoke on a panel titled “Physician Leadership Perspectives on PPM Business: Finding the Right Partner, Closing...more
In order to structure physician practice management (“PPM”) and dental practice management (“DPM”) transactions for maximum success, it is important to tackle certain key issues, such as tax planning and management team...more
As competition in and consolidation of the healthcare sector continues to increase, so too does the importance of thoughtful, forward-looking approaches to physician alignment and compensation models. Experts who spoke on a...more
On May 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of $22 billion of the $100 billion public health and social services emergency fund (Provider Relief Fund) appropriated in the...more
Update: Since release of this alert (originally posted April 23), Illinois has continued to update its emergency responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, as covered in part within our national review of stay-at-home and elective...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its first phase of recommendations regarding reopening medical facilities for the provision of non-emergent procedures unrelated to the 2019 novel...more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). This is alert is part of a series of alerts discussing the CARES Act provisions that are most important to...more
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All courts agree that litigants asserting attorney-client privilege or work product protection must establish the protection's applicability. But courts take different positions on whether any presumptions guide their...more
In an effort to keep nursing home residents and staff safe in the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...more
On March 16, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed corrections to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), which was originally passed by the House on March 14, 2020. On March 19, the...more
On March 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 363 to 40 (with one representative voting present) to pass H.R. 6201 – Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The bipartisan legislation, negotiated between House...more
As part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force’s ongoing efforts to respond to and contain the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), on March 10, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a...more
As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, on Oct. 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services announced two proposed rules to significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the federal...more
On Sept. 17, 2019, a Washington, D.C. district court judge ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “exceeded its statutory authority when it cut the payment rate for clinic services at off-campus...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its annual Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule for calendar year 2020. Among other things, it addresses potential changes to...more
Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a controversial payment cut to certain off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) for the most commonly billed Outpatient Prospective Payment System...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it will postpone implementation of the “exact match” validation edits to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) until October 2019. Once...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it would soon deny claims based on a series of validation edits to Medicare enrollment systems. These validation edits will apply to hospital...more