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New Healthcare Practitioner Non-Compete Provisions Effective September 1, 2025

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On June 20, 2025, Texas enacted SB 1318, modifying the criteria for enforceable healthcare practitioner non-competes in the Texas Business and Commerce Code. The modifications (1) limit the scope of enforceable physician...more

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From $5,000 to $800,000: Days Apart, OCR Security Settlements Show Puzzling Math

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A single incident that may have started as a personal vendetta or an extortion threat seven years ago has cost a Florida health care system $800,000, and comes on the heels of an unrelated breach suffered by a different...more

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CMS Requires Hospitals to Publish More Pricing Information, Signals Focus on Enforcement

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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

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California Agency Cracks Down on High-Cost Hospitals

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California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is moving beyond broader policy-setting and into direct intervention at the provider level — a shift all hospitals and health systems across the state should take...more

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CMS Ramps Up Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rule

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The Hospital Price Transparency Law, codified at 45 CFR Part 180 and effective as of January 1, 2021, was implemented to provide the public with accessible hospital pricing information, aiming to eliminate hidden fees and...more

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Hospital Settles CMP Case Over Free APPs; 'Bona Fide' Use Shouldn't Inspire Fear, Lawyer Says

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In a case that may hit a raw compliance nerve, Ascension Macomb Oakland Hospital in Michigan has agreed to pay $100,000 in a settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) over free services provided to certain...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | November 2023 Recap

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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

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HHS Proposes Rule to Establish Disincentives for Healthcare Providers That Engage in Information Blocking

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In 2020, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its Final Rule to implement the information blocking prohibitions of the 21st Century Cures Act, HHS left healthcare providers wondering what...more

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CMS Pushes to Expand Hospital Price Transparency Requirements, Enforcement Activity

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On July 26, 2023, two days after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its second largest civil monetary penalty for noncompliance with the hospital price transparency rule, CMS hosted a webinar...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: April 28, 2023

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Congress was in session, and it was a busy healthcare week at the committee level, with six hearings focused specifically on health issues. On the House floor, Republicans passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act—a bill that raises...more

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