Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 245: Using AI to Improve Radiology with Angela Adams of Inflo Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with Ray Waldrup of The Leaders Rheum
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Need to Know: How to Manage Medical Staff Confidentiality and Privilege Protections
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation with Dr. Ecoee Rooney of Indicator Sciences
The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care & Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 239: Understanding the 340B Pricing Program with Chuck Melendi of Disruptive Dialogue
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
Podcast - Navigating the New Landscape of Private Equity in Healthcare
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show | The Role of Bylaws in Medical Staff Governance, Part II
Executive Actions Impact Federally Funded Research: What Institutions Should Do Now – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Projections for 2025 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 229: Public Health in South Carolina with Dr. Edward Simmer of SC Dept of Public Health
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - The Role of Bylaws in Medical Staff Governance, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 226: Orlando Health’s Expansions and Research with Amy Allen and Thibaut Van Marke of Orlando Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 224: Healthcare Practice Operations with Steve McPheeters of HighFive Healthcare
Compliance and Value-Based Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 219: The Evolving Nursing Industry with Terry McDonnell of Duke University Health System
The Evolving Landscape of Behavioral Health Transactions: Insights from Industry Professionals
Grounded in the OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance and DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, our immersive, three-and-a-half-day, classroom-style Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy equips compliance...more
News Briefs - 2024 Healthcare Bankruptcies Down, Still Second Highest on Record - Senior care, pharmaceutical companies, and physician practices led healthcare provider bankruptcies in 2024 despite an overall dip in Chapter...more
On January 3, 2025, OIG posted the results of an audit that found that Medicare could have saved $7.7 billion if critical access hospitals’ (CAH) payments for swing-bed services were similar to those of the fee-for-service...more
News Briefs - Lawmakers Strike Deal to Extend Expiring Healthcare Programs - Lawmakers reached a deal to extend expiring healthcare programs, lobbyists close to the issue said. The package is more robust than lobbyists...more
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency on September 25, 2024, due to the impending impact of Tropical Storm Helene (Helene). On September 28, 2024, a Federal Major Disaster Declaration (FEMA-4827-DR)...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
North Carolina’s Healthcare Planning Section has provided a first look at the opportunities for new health care development across our State. The 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan (the “2025 SMFP”) is expected to identify...more
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) owned or operated by hospitals (hospital-owned SNFs) have a demonstrated track record of delivering positive outcomes for post-acute care patients. Such success, however, has not been without...more
Violence in the workplace is something all employers prohibit and try to prevent. Healthcare employers have a tougher time, because the violence often comes from patients. How do you best protect workers while still...more
Texas has now joined states like California in creating statutory protections against workplace violence against healthcare workers. Senate Bill 240, now Chapter 331 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, requires healthcare...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
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently published a new resource titled General Compliance Program Guidance (“GCPG”), which is described as a reference guide for the...more
A new law signed by Governor Newsom on October 13 will significantly impact California health care employers statewide by raising the minimum wage for nearly all health care employees – hourly and salaried – and providing...more
On June 28, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act No. 23-97, “An Act Concerning Health and Wellness for Connecticut Residents.” The Act includes a wide range of provisions aimed at supporting health care...more
Every quarter, each acute care hospital that is paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System has access to an Excel workbook that contains valuable information about your hospital’s compliance with myriad Medicare...more
Health Care fraud is a growing national issue. The National Heath Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that health care fraud costs the nation about $68 billion annually — about 3 percent of the nation's $2.26 trillion in...more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed 997 bills into law in 2022, including a substantial number relating to health care. In Part II of our legislative update, we summarize many of the laws relevant to health facilities, a number of...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. A. AL2022-012, St. Vincent’s East, Birmingham, AL: Proposes to build out of existing shelled space on the seventh (7th) floor of the north tower within its existing hospital for the...more
On April 20, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new data on Medicare-enrolled hospitals and nursing homes that merged, consolidated, became acquired, or had changes of ownership from 2016 to...more
Welcome to our latest Healthcare Snapshot, where we take a quick look at some of the most pressing issues facing employers in the industry. Even though COVID-19 numbers are generally trending in a positive direction,...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
As many state and local agencies continue to pull back on mask mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is doubling down. On March 2, 2022, OSHA announced its three-month...more
Between March 9, 2022, and June 9, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will “expand its presence” in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that treat COVID-19 patients and that were previously...more
A conversation with Joy Heath & Joel Johnson - As the Certificate of Need (CON) year winds down, we look ahead to 2022 and pause to look back at some of the highlights across a robust year of 2021 CON activity....more