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In recent years, several actions by legislatures and courts across multiple states have challenged the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospital property. Actions have ranged from proposed legislation in Indiana to eliminate the property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals to a New Jersey Tax Court that ruled a hospital was not entitled to a property... READ MORE

NATIONAL 9 procedures CMS plans to keep on office-based payable list AMA releases 405 CPT code changes for 2022: 5 things to know Amazon eyes expansion of in-person healthcare to 20 more cities Biden to announce new vaccine mandates that could cover 100 million Americans Federal health officials urge White House to push back... READ MORE

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability by any health program or activity that receives federal financial assistance. In 2016, HHS promulgated a Final Rule (“2016 Rule”) that interpreted discrimination on the “basis of sex” to include discrimination... READ MORE

NATIONAL 10 supply chain issues concerning ASC leaders 53% of Unvaccinated Long-Term Care Staff Plan to Find Other Work 65 systems pledge to promote vaccine equity 48 hospitals lose legal challenge over DSH payments Children’s hospitals seek federal help amid ‘capacity crisis’ Courts backing physicians in prescription disputes COVID-19 surge pressures nonprofit hospital margins... READ MORE

The importance of senior housing and skilled nursing facilities continues to be a prominent topic of discussion across the United States health care industry. In fact, it is estimated that the aging Baby Boomer population will increase from 20 million in 2014 to 33.6 million by 2029. This rapid change in demographics, coupled with... READ MORE

Through a Notice published on August 12, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) announced the availability of up to $500 million in grant funding for the new Emergency Rural Health Care Grant Program (the “Program”) appropriated under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The purpose of the Program is to offer... READ MORE

NATIONAL Appeals court strikes down bid from hospitals and clinics to recalculate Medicare outlier payments CMS delays enforcement of key parts of price transparency rule by 6 months CMS proposes double-digit pay cuts for 6 office-based heart procedures CVS mandates full Covid vaccination for some employees Daily COVID-19 cases up 1,042% from 2021 low... READ MORE

Hall Render hosted a webinar on July 29, 2021, Surprise Billing and Price Transparency Update. The following includes a selection of audience questions that our attorneys received during and after the webinar. We revised to avoid duplicate responses and to redact any identifying names/information within these questions and answers. The webinar is available on our website for on-demand viewing. Make sure you are also signed up for our alerts to receive information... READ MORE

On August 3, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova penned a blog post warning merging companies against closing transactions before the FTC has concluded its review. Citing a “tidal wave” of merger filings that has stretched the FTC’s limited resources, the agency will issue form letters alerting merging... READ MORE

Hall Render is pleased to announce that Joe Kahn was recently named the Best Lawyers® 2022 Raleigh Health Care “Lawyer of the Year.” Joe Kahn serves as the Office Managing Partner for Hall Render’s Raleigh office. He focuses his practice on advising health systems, physician groups and other health care providers with regard to strategic transactions and... READ MORE