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Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q2 2025

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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

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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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Federal Regulatory Update: CMS Medicare Payment Changes & Congressional Next Steps

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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

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

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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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Healthcare Transactions Q2 2022

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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

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Health Care Investors Conference: 2021 Recap

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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

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Seniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits

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

Baker Donelson

Final Medicare Payment Regulations Expected for Physician Providers, Hospitals and Home Health Agencies in Fall 2017

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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

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Washington Healthcare Update

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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

K&L Gates LLP

Health Care Entities Get Clarity from FCC on Telephone Communications

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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

King & Spalding

Also In The News - Health Headlines - July 2015 #3

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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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Delivery System Reform 2.0: Scaling Alternative Payment Models is the New Normal

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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Developments in White Collar Criminal Enforcement: The Government Remains Aggressive, and the Courts' Reaction Is Mixed

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

King & Spalding

Court Allows Home Care Group to Challenge Medicare “Narrative Requirement” Regulation

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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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The Game Plan for Health Care Enforcement: Office of Inspector General Releases 2015 Work Plan

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

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Face-to-Face Medicare Reimbursement Requirements for Home Health Certification

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CMS has announced its concern regarding the level of compliance for documenting the face-to-face elements necessary for home health care certification....more

Baker Donelson

Home Health Face-to-Face: Continuing Deficiencies and Possible Relief

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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

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Complex Chronic Care Management Reimbursement for 2015 Included in Proposed 2014 Physician Fee Schedule

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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

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IOM Committee Releases Interim Findings on Geographic Value Index

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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

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