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Oregon Staffing Plans Must Cover All Licensed Hospital Space

Oregon’s Hospital Staffing Law has enjoyed no lack of coverage (and commentary) in the last year.  The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has posted numerous guidance documents, FAQs, video shorts, and recorded webinars to bring...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

EMTALA and Emergency Care for Pregnant Patients: Clarifications Evolve Gradually to Reconcile Conflicting Guidance Post-Dobbs

Since the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Dobbs), hospitals and their emergency department (ED) clinicians in some states have faced significant uncertainty about their...more

King & Spalding

OIG Issues Series of Reports on Patient Harm in Hospitals and Gaps in Reporting

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On July 24, 2025, the OIG released reports evaluating the prevalence of patient harm in hospitals and the extent to which hospitals detect and report such events. These evaluations follow up on OIG’s 2022 report and provide...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Escalating ICE Presence in Health Care Settings — What Providers and Administrators Must Know Now

On July 8, a routine enforcement action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a surgery center in California escalated into criminal charges for two health care workers. ICE agents were attempting to detain...more

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Planning for the Unexpected: How Unwind Agreements Help Medical Practices

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If your medical practice is considering joining a larger group or hospital, it’s important to ask: what if the new relationship doesn’t work out? In some situations, an unwind agreement can provide a path back to...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 245: Using AI to Improve Radiology with Angela Adams of...

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This week, Lynnsey and Lauren are joined by Angela Adams, a leading voice in healthcare technology and the CEO of Inflo Health. Angela shares how Inflo Health is using AI to solve a critical gap in care: missed radiology...more

Alston & Bird

Tennessee’s HB 979: A Flexible Shift in Corporate Practice of Medicine for Hospital-Based Physicians

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Our Health Care Group examines the key provisions and implications of Tennessee’s new law that allows many of the state’s rural hospitals to directly employ hospital-based specialists....more

ArentFox Schiff

Southern California Health Care Providers Confront Immigration Enforcement Officials

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Immigration enforcement actions are no longer a theoretical concern for health care facilities — they are happening now....more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Federal Court Flags Stark and Anti-Kickback Risks in Physician Pay, Spotlights FCA Constitutional Questions on Appeal

On July 28, the federal district court in the Southern District of Ohio issued a pair of orders in related whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act (FCA): United States ex rel. Murphy v. TriHealth, Inc., et al., No....more

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Hospital Owed Duty of Care Through Pre-Transfer Involvement, Pennsylvania Court Affirms

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Munoz v. Children’s Hosp. of Philadelphia, No. 1388 EDA 2024, 2025 WL 1504354 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 27, 2025) - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the judgment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia...more

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Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q2 2025

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The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market remained active in Q2 2025, with several sectors including physician practice management (PPM), clinical research, and digital health experiencing continued investment and...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with...

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On episode 244, Lynnsey and Matthew are joined by Ray Waldrup, Co-Founder and CEO of The Leaders Rheum, a national network of leading rheumatology practices. Drawing on 3 decades of experience in healthcare leadership, Ray...more

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Virginia Hospitals Must Comply with New Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements

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Effective July 1, hospitals and other healthcare institutions licensed in Virginia are required to establish a workplace violence reporting system to track, analyze and respond to incidents of workplace violence. Under the...more

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Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Need to Know: How to Manage Medical Staff Confidentiality and Privilege Protections

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Host Nick Healey welcomes to the show Deb Wade, who serves as the medical staff coordinator at a large rural hospital, to discuss the confidentiality and privilege protections that medical staff routinely encounter as they...more

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What Health Equity Means for CON — and Why It Matters Now

Following Sheppard Mullin’s recent webinar on Health Equity Impact Assessments (HEIAs), one thing is clear: providers and investors cannot afford to treat equity requirements as an afterthought in the Certificate of Need...more

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Hospital and Health Systems Reimbursement Check July 2025

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In the early days of the second Trump Administration, several federal funding agencies announced caps to indirect cost (“IDC”) rates for federally funded research awards. In many cases, these caps would substantially reduce...more

Smith Anderson

OBBB Act Brings Major Medicaid Changes: What North Carolina Providers Need to Know

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21) (the “OBBB”) passed by slim margins in the U.S. Senate (51-50) and U.S. House (218-214) and was signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025....more

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Impact of Recent CMS Rule on Site Neutrality and 340B Programs—Implications for Oncology Services

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Overview - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has finalized and proposed several significant changes affecting both site neutrality in Medicare payments and the 340B Drug Pricing Program. These changes...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - July 2025 #2

News Briefs - Tariffs May Impact Hospice Mergers and Acquisitions Activity - Tariffs being implemented by the Trump administration could have a dampening effect on an already slumping hospice mergers and acquisitions market....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Understanding the Rural Health Transformation Program

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” or OBBB. The bill is a sweeping package that includes an estimated $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid. These cuts include...more

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Pennsylvania House Bill Takes Aim at Private Equity in Health Care

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Both the CentePending legislation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly seeks to limit the impact of private equity on health care in Pennsylvania. House Bill 1460, titled the “Health System Protection Act,” passed with...more

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Victory for Community Hospitals and Nonprofits: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Landmark Tax Exemption Decision

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On May 30, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Pottstown School District v. Montgomery County Board of Assessment Appeals. In a 5-2 decision, the court held that Pottstown Hospital in Montgomery...more

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Pulse Check: How is Your California Practice Leveraging “103 NPs” – and Preparing for the Arrival of “104 NPs” in 2026?

Nearly three years ago, the passage of California Bill AB 890, effective January 1, 2023, set in motion a future pathway for qualified nurse practitioners (“NPs”) to practice independently under a new category of licensure....more

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New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?

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In this episode of What’s the Tea in L&E, Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance attorney Lindsey Brock joins host Leah Stiegler to unpack a new Virginia law that went into effect on July 1, 2025, introducing updated reporting...more

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Navigating Utah's Expanded Peer Review Privilege: A Roadmap for Healthcare Providers

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The term “peer review privilege” generally refers to a discovery and evidentiary privilege that can be asserted by hospitals and other healthcare entities to protect the confidentiality of credentialing, quality improvement,...more

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