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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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Vermont Enacts Law Prohibiting Medical Debt Reporting and Funding Debt Relief Initiative

On May 16, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law S. 27, a medical debt relief measure that prohibits the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports and establishes a state-funded initiative to abolish...more

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Filing Reminder: 2025 Pennsylvania Annual Report

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As we previously reported, a new Pennsylvania annual report (Annual Report) filing requirement is set to begin in calendar year 2025. The Annual Report replaces the Commonwealth’s Decennial Filing Report and applies to nearly...more

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What Does FTC’s Ban of Non-Competes Mean for Healthcare Non-Profits?

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the proposed ban on non-compete agreements. Under the new rule, existing non-competes for senior executives remain enforceable....more

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FTC Issues in Healthcare

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The Federal Trade Commission recently propounded a rule regarding non-competes. This is complicated, as is demonstrated by the extensive FTC comments that are a hundredfold longer than the regulation itself. Of significant...more

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FTC Bans Non-Competes; Potential Impact on Hospitals, Health Care Practices and Physicians

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a final rule (the “Rule”) broadly banning all employee non-compete clauses, with limited exceptions. The Saul Ewing Labor and Employment Group prepared an alert...more

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New Minnesota Health Care Transaction Oversight Law Imposes Additional Requirements on Nonprofit Health Care Entities

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On May 26, 2023, the Governor of Minnesota signed into law Minnesota bill HF 402 to increase government oversight of health care transactions that occur in Minnesota or involve Minnesota-based health care entities....more

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Minnesota Attorney General Notification of Health Care Transactions

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On May 26, 2023, the Governor of Minnesota signed into law Minnesota bill HF 402 to increase government oversight of health care transactions that occur in Minnesota or involve Minnesota-based health care entities. Minnesota...more

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Federal Court holds nonprofit health center is immune from data breach class action

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In a case of first impression, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted the motion of Defendant Neighborhood Healthcare seeking order compelling the United States to defend a putative...more

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OIG Approves of Free In-Home Follow-Up Care Program Targeting High Risk CHF and COPD Patients in Advisory Opinion

On March 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable advisory opinion that allows a nonprofit medical center (“Center”) to offer free, in-home follow-up care...more

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Corridors Fall 2018 - News for North Carolina Hospitals

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Recent Decision Highlights Potential Personal Liability of Hospital Directors Based on Breach of Fiduciary Duty - In a recent case, a federal bankruptcy court in Michigan reviewed important questions involving breach of...more

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Providing Discounted Drugs to Employees, Retirees, and Dependents

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

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New California Laws for Nonprofit Health Care: What Facilities Need to Know

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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

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FTC Advisory Opinion Says Hospital’s Proposed Prescription Program for Affiliated Entity Employees is Exempt from Robinson-Patman...

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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

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Connecticut Health Law Legislative Update

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Current law permits a hospital, health system, or medical school to organize and become a member of a medical foundation, which can practice medicine through its employees or agents who are physicians, chiropractors,...more

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For-Profit PACE Programs: Harbinger of the Future?

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The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a benefit program provided by the federal government through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), geared toward the care of frail, elderly...more

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Volunteer Directors and Officers Liable to Facility Creditors

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a trial court’s jury verdict finding the individual board members and officers of a non-profit healthcare facility personally liable to the facility’s creditors. The board...more

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Oakland Children's Hospital Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Commission Obtains $300,000 for Employee with Breast Cancer Fired Due to Medical Center's Strict Leave Policy - OAKLAND, Calif. - An Oakland-based non-profit regional medical center has agreed to pay $300,000 to a...more

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