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
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
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two major regs: the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule and the CY 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...more
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
On June 30, 2025 Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill implementing the state budget through June 30, 2027, Public Act No. 25-168 (PA-168). PA-168, among other things, contains changes to the state’s Certificate of...more
On June 30, the Joint Commission announced it is transforming its accreditation process, promising a more streamlined, relevant, and supportive process for hospitals and healthcare organizations. One of the most significant...more
On June 25, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 25-96, “An Act Concerning the Department of Public Health’s Recommendations Regarding Various Revisions to the Public Health Statutes” (the...more
State governments are increasingly introducing new laws regulating healthcare transactions in an effort to thwart the level of influence that private equity firms and other corporate investors have on healthcare providers. To...more
News Briefs - Federal Judge Rejects Nursing Home RN Staffing Mandate - A federal judge has struck down the federal nursing home staffing mandate's demands that a registered nurse be on duty 24/7 every day of the year, as well...more
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
On May 21, Governor Bill Lee signed House Bill 979 (HB 979) into law. Notably, provisions of this law aim to address physician shortages and improve access to specialized medical care in rural and underserved areas in...more
Members of the health care community may recall that the 2025 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly started out with Governor Lamont signing into law an emergency certificate of need (CON) process for...more
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
On May 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to “select hospitals” that provide gender-affirming care services, requesting information about how those hospitals adhere to quality standards...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published the fiscal year (“FY”) 2026 proposed rule for Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) (the “Proposed Rule”). Comments to the Proposed Rule...more
Hospitals that serve a high number of indigent patients are faced with a dilemma: they must provide high-quality care but fixed Medicare reimbursement rates often do not take into account the higher operating costs that they...more
Introduction: A different perspective - Within the compliance profession, Cecilia Fellouse has noted, “Under the weight of incessant regulatory demands, individuals and teams often fall prey to compliance fatigue. This...more
I. II. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-025, 211-213 Ana Drive Operations, LLC d/b/a Hilltop at Glenwood II, Lauderdale County, AL: Proposes to convert sixteen (16) existing assisted living facility (ALF) beds into...more
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
Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially launched the health policy community into reg season, releasing in one fell swoop all the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare proposed regulations for...more
H.5159, An Act Enhancing the Market Review Process, was signed into law in January 2025. The primary focus of H.5159 is to expand the Commonwealth’s healthcare oversight mechanisms, particularly with respect to private equity...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
Game On! 2026 Medicare Fee-for-Service Rulemaking Is About to Tip Off - It’s March, which means one thing for sports fans: the madness of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. However, to folks in the...more
Value-based care (VBC) is a healthcare delivery model that prioritizes patient outcomes over the volume of services provided. This approach aims to enhance the quality of care while controlling costs by incentivizing...more
On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law “An Act Enhancing the Health Care Market Review Process.” Part of this sweeping healthcare oversight law includes changes to the Determination of Need...more
On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed House Bill 5159, An Act Enhancing the Market Review Process (the “Act”) into law, effective April 8, 2025. The Act is a compromise redraft of the separate health...more