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On May 22, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance for compliance with the hospital price transparency rule and published a request for information (RFI) seeking ways to bolster hospital...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new Updated Hospital Price Transparency Guidance (Guidance) to “strengthen the Hospital Price Transparency requirements, requiring hospitals to post the actual...more
In our February 14, 2025 blog post, we detailed a proposed expansion of Article 45-A of New York’s Public Health Law (hereinafter, the Disclosure of Material Transactions Law) included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 New...more
On May 22, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took a series of actions to promote enhanced price transparency compliance by hospitals and identify challenges thereto, in order to inform future price...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Treasury and Department of Labor (the “Agencies”) announced new steps intended to “strengthen healthcare price transparency.” ...more
Just last week, we reported that the 2025/26 NYS Budget Bill did not include a provision that would have increased the requirements for seeking Department of Health (DOH) approval of a material healthcare transaction (which...more
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) published on May 15, 2025, the long-awaited electronic Material Transaction Notice Form (the Form), which replaces its prior email submission process with a portal filing for...more
On February 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14221 (“EO”), which requires the Federal government to “promote universal access to clear and accurate health care prices” and “increase enforcement of price...more
On March 5, 2025, the Colorado state legislature introduced Senate Bill (SB) 25-198, aiming to expand Colorado’s licensed hospital notice requirements for material healthcare transactions and impose notification and...more
Nurse practitioners who practice pursuant to Sections 2837.103 and 2837.104 of the California Business and Professions Code may practice independently, without standardized procedures, in certain settings....more
Hospitals charge a standard evaluation and management services fee (“EMS”) for patients seen in the emergency room, in one of five amounts, depending upon the severity of the visit. This EMS fee is listed in the hospital’s...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
The core responsibilities of hospitals and their medical staffs are the promotion of patient safety and the quality of care rendered to patients in the hospital. Federal and state law require that medical staffs evaluate the...more
Corporate Transparency Act Updates as Compliance Deadline Looms; Longer Disclosure Period and Public Hearing Now Required for Maternity/Psych Unit Closures; and California Governor Vetoes Healthcare Transaction AG Approval...more
Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reaches a first-of-its-kind settlement with a healthcare company that provides generative AI products. On September 18, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it had reached a...more
Few aspects of the healthcare regulatory apparatus evoke more confusion and dread for healthcare practitioners than the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB or Data Bank). Being reported to the Data Bank is often regarded...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for November 2023. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new General...more
An increasing number of states are requiring advance notice of health care transactions. These requirements may delay transactions or result in confidential information becoming accessible to the public. Effective August 1,...more
On July 20, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint letter to hospitals and telehealth providers alerting them to...more
With the passage of SB-184 (the “Bill”), California — like Maine, New York, and several other states — has addressed “pervasive” mergers and acquisitions across the healthcare industry by requiring prior notice to regulators...more
Two bills are moving in the United States House of Representatives that have implications for hospitals and health systems, with material changes proposed regarding pricing transparency requirements, identification and...more
New York recently joined a growing number of states enacting legislation that increases oversight of certain healthcare transactions. Article 45-A of the 2024 Executive Budget is titled "Disclosure of Material Transactions"...more
Congress is venturing toward requiring health care entities to disclose ownership information. Our Health Care Group examines a new bill in committee that could focus federal regulators on who invests in the U.S. health care...more
In a prior blog post, we summarized proposed legislation that would have conferred upon the New York State Department of Health (DOH) the authority to review and approve "material transactions" involving a "health care...more
Is your organization ready for the No Surprises Act (NSA)? The law goes into effect January 1, 2022, and contains a new federal ban on surprise billing as well as new disclosure requirements. The NSA applies to certain...more