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Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q1 2025

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The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market began 2025 with a slower start than expected given the easing headwinds and building momentum at the end of last year, with the number of deals reported in Q1 lower than...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - January 2025

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case: AL2024-008, Southern Orthopaedic Surgery Center, LLC, Montgomery County, AL: Proposes to develop a freestanding, non-hospital-based, limited multi-specialty ambulatory...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

New Ohio Law Tightens Mandatory Reporting Following Dr. Strauss Report

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Legislation signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on December 20, 2024 will significantly expand mandatory reporting duties for professionals and facilities. These changes, and others from Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 109, not...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How Certificate of Need Reform Is Impacting Ambulatory Surgery Centers and What it Means for Your Business

Recent Certificate of Need (CON) reform will likely lead to increased activity in ambulatory surgery center (ASC) transactions and expansion. As we covered in a Parker Poe webinar this week, North Carolina, South Carolina,...more

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Modifications to Georgia Certificate of Need Statute

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 1339 (the “Law”) into law on April 19, 2024. The Law revised existing provisions of the Georgia Certificate of Need statute (the “Statute”). The Law became effective July 1, 2024....more

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The Impact of CON Repeal, DHEC Changes, and Ongoing Considerations

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South Carolina ASCs Have a Number of Changing Regulatory Requirements Pending – Stakeholders Should Take Notice - In May of 2023, the South Carolina General Assembly unanimously passed S. 164 and the Governor signed the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How Physicians are Pioneering Use of AI Applications in Ambulatory and Inpatient Care

At last week’s America’s Physician Group Spring conference in San Diego, California, our team heard firsthand how physicians are leading efforts to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in ambulatory and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Event] Physician Practice Management and ASC Symposium 2024 - May 15th - 16th, Nashville, TN

The Physician Practice Management (PPM) and ASC Symposium 2024 is the destination event for PPM and ASC industry leaders and health industry investors. Join us as we deliver actionable insights on the state of the market and...more

McGuireWoods LLP

[Event] 20th Annual Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference - May 8th - 9th, Chicago, IL

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Mark your calendar for the 2024 McGuireWoods Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference, and help us celebrate 20 years of bringing healthcare industry leaders together. This premier two-day healthcare...more

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Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q3 2023

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After steadying during Q2, it appears the overall volume of deals in the healthcare industry declined in Q3 compared with Q2, and year-to-date 2023 is still down from last year. A slumping economy has no doubt played a large...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion for Certain Physician Employee Bonuses

On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion No. 23-07. In this opinion, the OIG responded favorably to a proposed arrangement whereby...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Trick or Treat: HHS OIG Approves Employed Physician Bonus Proposal That Includes ASC Referrals

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In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-07 and approved a plan by a multi-specialty physician practice to pay its employed...more

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OIG Approves Net Profit–Based Bonuses for Employed Physicians

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The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released Advisory Opinion No. 23-07, in which OIG approved a proposed arrangement to pay employed physicians bonuses based on net...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Opinion Concerning Bonus Payments to Employed Physicians

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently considered the question whether an employed physician can be paid bonus compensation relating to procedures performed by the...more

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HHS Advisory Opinion Approves Profit-Based Bonus Plan for Bona Fide Physician Employees

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On Oct. 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 23-07 approving a multispecialty physician practice’s proposal to pay bonuses to each of its...more

Holland & Knight LLP

OIG Looks at How Employed Physicians Bonuses Are Paid from ASC Profits

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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Oct. 13, 2023, posted Advisory Opinion No. 23-07 detailing a favorable response to a proposal by a Requestor to pay bonuses to its...more

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OIG Approves Paying Employed Physicians Profits from ASCs Operated by Employer

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On October 13, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 23-07, approving a physician practice’s proposal to pay its physician-employees a portion of the...more

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OIG’s Favorable Opinion: Employed Physicians Paid Bonuses Based on ASCs’ Net Profits

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This opinion addresses a proposed arrangement (“Proposed Arrangement”) between a multi-specialty physician practice (“Requestor”) that employs approximately 11 physician employees (“Physician Employees”). In addition to base...more

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OIG Says Proposed Neurological Monitoring Arrangement Creates Kickback Risk

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an unfavorable Advisory Opinion on Aug. 15, 2023, involving an intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services arrangement. The Advisory...more

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OIG Says Proposed Surgery Monitoring Arrangement May Violate Kickback Statute

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On August 18, the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion 23-05 in which it concluded that a proposed arrangement involving the formation of a company...more

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Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q2 2023

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The healthcare M&A market appears to be steadying. Although deal activity through the year appears slightly below the high-water marks for the corresponding period of 2022, deal activity is generally up from the first quarter...more

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Opportunities and Challenges for Office-Based Labs and Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Six Main Takeaways from the Benesch Healthcare+...

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Six Main Takeaways from the Benesch Healthcare+ Nephrology & Dialysis Conference. Experts included Dapo Afolabi, M.D., President and CEO of Fort Worth Renal Group, Terry Litchfield, President of Access Solutions, Jason...more

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Starting in April 2024, California Joins Growing Trend of Implementing Advance Review Processes for Healthcare Transactions

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With the passage of SB-184 (the “Bill”), California — like Maine, New York, and several other states — has addressed “pervasive” mergers and acquisitions across the healthcare industry by requiring prior notice to regulators...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Top Takeaways | 2023 Physician Practice Management & ASC Symposium 2023 | Fraud & Abuse Risk Mitigation and Enforcement Trends

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In this session, McDermott Will & Emery Partners Denise Burke, Tony Maida and Monica Wallace discussed top issues and enforcement trends that physician practice management companies (PPMs) and ambulatory surgery centers...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OIG Offers Guidance for ASCs When Physician-Investors Fail the One-Third Income Test

Nearly 25 years ago, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created a regulatory safe harbor to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) for physician investment in...more

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