Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed House Bill No. 979 into law on May 21, 2025, enacting significant changes to Tennessee's corporate practice of medicine prohibition. Prior to this law, certain hospital-based physicians –...more
Key Points: Judicial estoppel only requires that the party “successfully obtained a benefit by assertion of the position that she now seeks to dispute.” Expert testimony and closing arguments are sufficient for the...more
When doctors, hospitals, and insurers bellyache about malpractice claims with little evidence on their prevalence or outcomes, patients and politicians should push back: And they can cite the nightmares people in grievous...more
It’s long been routine, if often controversial, for operating rooms to welcome medical device sales people and surgical trainees to watch the work of surgeons and nurses. But now the University of Missouri health system may...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2020-029, Chitto Dialysis, LLC d/b/a Imperial Home Training Dialysis, Shelby County, AL: Proposes to establish and operate a new End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) facility comprised of...more
The California Attorney General recently published an opinion (No. 15-301) clarifying when a report under California Business and Professions Code section 805 must be filed. Section 805 requires hospitals and other entities...more
On April 13, 2020 the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) began accepting applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (“Telehealth Program”), money which is part of the recent Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more
Although big hospitals may love to pat themselves on the back and boost their profits and professional standings by claiming to offer “comprehensive” services, children may suffer and die due to the reality versus the hubris...more
Challenging actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), Texas Children’s Hospital and Seattle Children’s Hospital obtained a preliminary injunction that enjoins...more