What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
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
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 242: Business Planning in Healthcare & Life Sciences with Jennifer McEwen of Maynard Nexsen
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 240: Independent Practice In Dermatology with Dr. Darragh and Dr. Shuler of Carolina Dermatology
The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
ADA Compliance for Medical and Dental Practices: Responding to Inquiries and Investigations
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show | The Role of Bylaws in Medical Staff Governance, Part II
Exit Strategies for Healthcare Employment Agreements
Episode 230: Innovations in Cancer Treatment with Dr. Ray DuBois of MUSC Hollings Center
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 224: Healthcare Practice Operations with Steve McPheeters of HighFive Healthcare
Hospice Insights Podcast - Controlling the Narrative: A New Tactic for Auditors and ALJs
Compliance and Value-Based Care
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 53 - Diagnosis: Innocent – A Doctor’s Journey to Acquittal
Hospice Insights Podcast - Meet the New Laws, Same as the Old Laws: Overpayment Recoupment Update
False Claims Act Insights - Reality Checks: How to Approach Healthcare Transactions Without Triggering FCA Liability
Hospice Insights Podcast - What's Good and Bad in Hospice Right Now: A Conversation with Greg Grabowski, Partner at Hospice Advisors
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 211: Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks for the Healthcare Industry with Brandon Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market remained active in Q2 2025, with several sectors including physician practice management (PPM), clinical research, and digital health experiencing continued investment and...more
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
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released significant updates affecting Medicare payments for 2025. The changes, outlined in two final rules, will impact both physicians and hospitals, eliciting strong...more
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
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
With some exceptions, healthcare M&A activity is down this year compared to the record-breaking highs of 2021. Those exceptions include the hospital sector, which is still seeing fewer but significantly larger (i.e., billion...more
Bass, Berry & Sims and Deloitte presented the 2021 Health Care Investors Conference virtually on November 16... Here are some of the most significant takeaways for healthcare investors from the stimulating discussions and...more
Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the level of service they are entitled to, and many find their services cut off...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released several annual Medicare proposed payment rules over the summer that are expected to be finalized this fall for 2018. On July 13, CMS released the proposed 2018...more
This Week: FDA Begins Device User Fee Talks with Patients and Consumers Sept. 15... CMS Extends Partial Enforcement Delay of Two-Midnight Policy Through 2015... Alaska Legislature Sues Governor Over Medicaid Expansion....more
The health care industry is in the midst of rapid change as governments fight rising health care costs, providers look to comply with myriad new regulations, and technology continues to take a more prominent role in the...more
New Five-Star Rating System Released for Home Health Agencies – On July 16, 2015, CMS released a new five-star rating system for home health agencies, applying the new quality measure to over 9,000 agencies based on whether...more
For some health care providers, a pair of recent announcements made by the Obama Administration to implement mandatory alternative payment models (APMs) for home health value-based purchasing and bundled payments for hip and...more
The first quarter of 2015 witnessed a continuing effort by government lawyers to push the boundaries of criminal statutes in white collar cases—from health care fraud to corporate misconduct and beyond. Two recent cases...more
On January 9, 2015, Judge Christopher P. Cooper, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, issued a decision denying the government’s motion to dismiss the complaint in National Association for Home Care &...more
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) is charged with protecting the integrity of HHS programs by combating fraud, abuse and waste. On Halloween of 2014,...more
CMS has announced its concern regarding the level of compliance for documenting the face-to-face elements necessary for home health care certification....more
The Affordable Care Act mandates that a Medicare beneficiary have a “face-to-face” (F2F) encounter with a physician before the physician can certify that the patient is homebound and in need of skilled care and thus qualifies...more
The proposed 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule [PDF] included reimbursement for case management to be made available in 2015 for physicians who treat patients with two or more complex conditions. The proposed rule would...more
On March 22, 2013, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care (IOM Committee) released an interim report analyzing a potential Medicare payment policy,...more