On May 3, 2022, the New York Legislature passed legislation to regulate certain “material transactions” involving healthcare providers and others who provide administrative or management services to other healthcare...more
5/22/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Affiliated-Business Arrangements ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Covered Transactions ,
FOIA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Physicians ,
State Health Departments
On March 28, 2023, the Maine Legislature proposed legislation that would prohibit certain “health care entities,” including medical and other professional practices, licensed health care facilities, and providers of...more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal for FY 2023-2024 includes a proposal to require Department of Health (DOH) approval of certain mergers, acquisitions, and other significant transactions involving medical...more
3/30/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Physician Hospital Organizations ,
Physician-Owned Hospitals ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State Budgets ,
State Health Departments
Providers and platforms should know that healthcare in the metaverse — which may involve telepresence, digital twinning, and blockchain — is subject to ‘real life’ regulations.
The metaverse uses technologies such as...more
1/27/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Blockchain ,
Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Technology ,
Licensing Rules ,
Life Sciences ,
Metaverse ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Virtual Reality
The off-label use of ketamine to treat anxiety, depression, and other behavioral health disorders —coupled with the COVID-19 telehealth era—has spurred the opening of virtual ketamine clinics nationwide. Some clinics offer a...more
11/17/2022
/ Controlled Substances Act ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
DEA ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Clinics ,
Informed Consent ,
Licensing Rules ,
Mental Health ,
Mental Illness ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Telehealth
The use of telehealth continues to grow rapidly across the U.S. Given legislative proposals and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services efforts to expand access to telehealth, we can only anticipate that remotely...more
9/13/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Business Associates ,
Business Associates Agreement (BAA) ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Disparate Impact ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Malpractice ,
PHI ,
Physicians ,
Professional Liability ,
Telehealth