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 ongoing case Jhumra v. Orange County Global Medical Center (OCGMC) stems from an alleged delay in care and serves as a stark reminder of the legal obligations for hospitals and medical staffs under the Emergency Medical...more
In today’s complex healthcare landscape, whistleblower claims are a major source of regulatory and legal risk for organizations. Last year saw a record number of “qui tam” claims filed under the False Claims Act. While...more
Grounded in the OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance and DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, our immersive, three-and-a-half-day, classroom-style Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy equips compliance...more
Introduction: A different perspective - Within the compliance profession, Cecilia Fellouse has noted, “Under the weight of incessant regulatory demands, individuals and teams often fall prey to compliance fatigue. This...more
What is Colorado Hospital Discounted Care? Colorado’s Hospital Discounted Care law, effective September 1, 2022, brought a detailed and comprehensive yet highly confounding overhaul to the way hospitals, freestanding...more
With value-based care growing, what role does compliance play? To find out we spoke with Carolyn Barton, Vice President, West Regional Compliance Officer at Kaiser Permanente. She explains that at Kaiser they define...more
Fraud related to hospital services – both inpatient and outpatient – has led to over $511 million in damages and hundreds of millions of dollars in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements over the past 15 years. The ER has been...more
Value-based care (VBC) is a healthcare delivery model that prioritizes patient outcomes over the volume of services provided. This approach aims to enhance the quality of care while controlling costs by incentivizing...more
In an unusual criminal prosecution, the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC), a hospital in Chesapeake, Virginia, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Virginia for conspiring to defraud the United States and...more
In 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved several noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) cases against hospitals and health systems. In particular, DOJ obtained a number of large recoveries in cases where Stark Law and...more
On January 8, 2025, a federal grand jury in Virginia returned an indictment against a hospital. This rare criminal event in healthcare alleges that Chesapeake Regional Medical Center conspired to defraud the United States and...more
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
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a complaint against Erlanger Health System (Erlanger), a county-owned public health system, and two of its Tennessee hospitals alleging that the health system systemically...more
Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more
Overlapping surgeries is a practice that has been used for many years by healthcare providers (such as hospitals and surgical centers). This practice generally refers to situations where one lead attending surgeon is...more
On July 1, 2024, Indiana’s new health care transactions notification law takes effect. The law is designed to increase government oversight of mergers and acquisitions involving health care entities....more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Vermont Attorney General (“VT AG”) for transactions involving Vermont hospitals that are acquiring medical practices. ..The parties must provide 90 days...more
Key Takeaways - ..Parties must obtain approval from the Rhode Island Attorney General (“RI AG”) and Department of Health (“DOH”) for certain transactions involving Rhode Island hospitals. ..Under the statute, the RI...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the New York Department of Health (“NYDOH”) of certain transactions involving “health care entities”. ..The parties must provide 30 days notice before closing to...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to seek approval from the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) for certain healthcare mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and other transactions involving “health care entities”. ..Under...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Washington Attorney General (“WA AG”) for certain transactions involving hospitals, hospital systems, and provider organizations, as well as transactions...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Minnesota Department of Health (“MDH”) and the Minnesota Attorney General (“MN AG”) to determine whether certain mergers, acquisitions, purchases, or sales...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Nevada Attorney General (“NV AG”) for certain transactions involving “group practices” or “health carriers” in the state. ..The parties must provide notice...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Connecticut Attorney General (“CT AG”) for certain transactions involving Connecticut group practices, as well as transactions involving a hospital, hospital...more
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a long-anticipated final rule that will effectively ban the use of noncompete clauses by employers, with a few limited exceptions....more