Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 156: Erik Whaley, President, Bon Secours St. Francis Foundation
Joining Forces: Consolidation Through Member Substitutions
K&L Gates Triage: 340B Eligibility - Hospital Covered Entities
News Briefs - Over 75% of Health Organizations Targeted by Ransomware Over Year - More than three-quarters of healthcare survey respondents said their organizations were targeted by ransomware in the past 12 months, and 53...more
Hospices are increasingly looking to buy, consolidate, or merge to achieve administrative efficiencies and expand operations for growth. A common approach among nonprofit hospices is to combine through a member substitution....more
Across the U.S., many large, non-profit health systems, hospitals, and healthcare providers pay little, if any, property taxes. The long-held property tax exemption is under attack from revenue-hungry tax authorities. Jared...more
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) – one of Pennsylvania’s largest health systems – is refusing to negotiate a contract with Highmark – one of Pennsylvania’s largest insurers....more
On September 20, 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court published its opinion in Oswald v. Hamer, which upheld Section 15-86 of the Illinois Property Tax Code (“Section 15-86”), an Illinois statute that provides for a charitable...more
The Non-Profit Institutions Act provides an exemption from the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act by permitting the sale of discounted drugs to “schools, colleges, universities, public libraries, churches, hospitals, and...more
Nonprofit health care facilities should evaluate what upcoming California law changes mean for their businesses. The new laws, which impact required notices and approvals from the state Attorney General’s office, take effect...more
On November 7, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an advisory opinion confirming that a non-profit hospital in New York may sell discounted prescription drugs to the employees of an affiliated medical practice...more
In a May 15, 2017 Bankruptcy Court decision (Gardens Decision) from California’s Central District (In re Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. (Bankr. C.D.Cal., May 15, 2017, No. 1617463), Judge Ernest M. Robles...more
The Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California determined the Attorney General’s approval was not required for the sale of a non-operating, non-profit hospital because the hospital no longer qualified as a...more