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
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
Recently, the Trump administration took steps toward implementing one of its major priorities: improving price transparency. As discussed in a previous Regs & Eggs blog post, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) on...more
Ankura is pleased to present an overview of healthcare services transactions announced or closed during Q4 2024 in the United States. Total transactions decreased by 10.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 after decreasing...more
In our recent publication, “The Impact of Tariffs on the Insurance Industry,” we explored how the sweeping tariff policy announced by President Donald Trump is affecting various insurance sectors....more
On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at promoting healthcare price transparency (the 2025 Executive Order).1 The 2025 Executive Order mandates that certain federal departments must...more
The recent U.S. election has had profound implications for the healthcare industry, prompting industry leaders to reexamine their strategies and day-to-day operations. At the Miami Herbert Business School’s annual “The...more
On November 12, 2020, the Trump administration published its final rule on price transparency (the “Final Rule”) requiring affected entities to publicly release personalized information on out-of-pocket costs as well as...more
This week in Washington: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced he is waiting to see who will become the next House speaker before working on another COVID-19 stimulus package; Senate Appropriations Committee releases...more
On March 27, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act or the Act). This $2.2 trillion package is designed to provide relief to those impacted by the COVID-19...more
With the emergency declaration under the National Emergencies Act related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 13, 2020, President Trump paved the way for CMS to temporarily waive certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's...more
On February 10, 2020, the White House unveiled its proposed budget (the Budget) for FY 2021, which would decrease funding for HHS by 10 percent. Medicare and Medicaid would bear the brunt of these cuts. For both programs...more
On November 15, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), unveiled a proposed rule (scheduled to be published on November...more
The Trump Administration deserves credit for doing something right on hospital prices — but with what likely will be ineffective results....more
Attached are links to the CMS Press Release and the Trump Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First. The Trump Executive Order was first issued on June 21,...more
The U.S. healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred...more
On June 24, 2019, President Trump signed an executive order that purports to create a more transparent health care market for both patients and providers. The order attempts to decrease the prevalence of opaque pricing, while...more
On June 24, 2019, President Trump signed a long-awaited executive order that he said would "fundamentally" change the healthcare market. The order builds upon current regulations that require hospitals to make available a...more
The Trump Administration has put out its latest prescription to try to slash out-of-control prescription drug prices: Officials want to call medication “rebates” what they say they’ve really become — “kickbacks” — and crack...more
Bankruptcy filings among hospitals and medical centers more than tripled in 2017, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. While there are many factors contributing to this financial volatility, the political battle over The...more
On February 20, 2018, the Trump administration announced a proposed rule to allow insurers to offer short-term, limited-duration insurance plans that provide coverage for a period of up to twelve months. The limit for this...more
The Trump Administration on Feb. 12 released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, titled "An American Budget." Unlike last year's budget, which was released in late May, the release of this budget conforms to the typical...more
Congress moved one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown on Feb. 6, voting overwhelmingly (245-182) to pass a short-term, GOP-backed government funding bill (text; section-by-section) that would keep the federal...more
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), as a whole, did not have a significant impact on pharmacy services per se. However, a complete repeal would likely impact certain areas of pharmacy services including the drug benefit for the...more
President Trump has been clear in his intention to repeal the ACA. In fact, among President Trump’s first executive orders was one seeking to “minimize the economic burden” associated with the Patient Protection and...more
The American Hospital Association, after having been “nice” all year, penned its letter to Santa Claus with its wish list for Christmas. Its four page letter (actually addressed to President-Elect Donald Trump at 1717...more