On July 1, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-08, concluding that a medical device manufacturer’s proposed payment to access a...more
7/15/2025
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On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03 (Opinion), which provided favorable guidance for physician practices seeking to contract with...more
On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed S.B. 951 into law (the "Bill"), which significantly limits a common "PC/MSO" model allowing management services organizations (MSO) to provide administrative services to a...more
Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more
8/2/2024
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The Federal Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), 31 U.S.C. §5336, will soon require certain entities to disclose to the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) certain pieces of identifying information...more
12/8/2023
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On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposal to significantly expand behavioral health coverage provided under Medicare. The proposal, presented as a part of the calendar year 2024...more
8/9/2023
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As states roll back emergency provisions that allowed out-of-state providers to offer telehealth services during the COVID 19 pandemic, more permanent changes in interstate telehealth are under way. In April 2022, the...more