On March 29, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) adopted an Order establishing rules and procedures for Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”) to continue supporting...more
Over the summer, we wrote about why health care companies may want to consider buying assets out of bankruptcy, taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Code Section 363 sale process (a “363 Sale”). We are back with our second...more
This two-part blog series discusses why buyers looking to make strategic purchases in the health care industry might want to take advantage of the Bankruptcy Code Section 363 sale process (363 Sale) and the pros and cons of...more
7/28/2020
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Anti-Assignment Clauses ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Due Diligence ,
Free and Clear Transactions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Sale of Assets
In the past couple of days, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) each issued warnings about fraudulent schemes relating to COVID-19. And last...more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. At least five articles in my inbox this morning had an AI hook. And whether people are singing its praises (“AI will improve your speed, efficiency, and quality of work!”) or...more
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (“HPC”) held its annual Health Care Cost Trends Hearing on October 16-17, 2018. The hearing covered a wide range of topics affecting the health care industry here in the Commonwealth...more
10/25/2018
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Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Costs ,
Mental Health ,
Opioid ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telemedicine ,
Transparency
In a recent Alert, the Mintz Levin Health Law Practice and ML Strategies provided a comprehensive look at recent developments in Massachusetts health policy. In addition to a detailed report on recent Health Policy Commission...more
11/2/2015
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Fee-for-Service ,
Governor Baker ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Costs ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Licensing Rules ,
Medicaid ,
Nurse Practitioners ,
Pending Legislation ,
Performance Improvement Plans ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Reimbursements ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Value-Based Payments
Health care is big business in Massachusetts, and it is a highly regulated business. But Governor Charlie Baker hopes to simplify the Massachusetts regulatory regime. This past March, Governor Baker initiated a year-long...more
Trends & Analysis -
..We have identified 67 health care–related qui tam cases that have been unsealed since the cases covered in our last Qui Tam Update. Of those cases, 29 were filed before January 1, 2014, with seven...more
Trends & Analysis -
In the period covered by this issue, we have identified 68 whistleblower cases related to health care that were unsealed. In this Qui Tam Update, we analyze the trends and take an in-depth look at...more
The response to Ebola continues to evolve as additional resources for providers and the public have been made available over the last several days. The Joint Commission (TJC) launched an Ebola Preparedness Resources webpage,...more