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On March 28, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the resolution of two more complaints under its Right of Access Initiative. This brings the total number of cases to 27 since the initiative was first announced in 2019, with financial liability imposed on covered entities... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Over the last few weeks, the Biden Administration and CMS have released ownership data for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”). The goal, according to the Administration, is to add transparency to SNF ownership and... READ MORE

NATIONAL About 20K nursing home staff now have vaccine medical exemptions AMA survey: Majority of physicians say telehealth enables more comprehensive quality care CMS’ Brooks-LaSure defends 2023 pay bump for hospitals that groups charge is too small CMS Proposes $1.6B Increase in IPPS Payment Rates for FY23 County Struggles with Income Affect Social Determinants... READ MORE

The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with a dental practice (“Practice”) which has agreed to pay $62,500 to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, as well as to take corrective action after impermissibly disclosing patient PHI to a political campaign manager... READ MORE

A North Carolina dental practice (“Practice”) has been fined $50,000 following a Notice of Final Determination regarding a violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. In the Notice of Proposed Determination, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) stated that a patient visited the Practice in 2013 and... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Hall Render hosted its Health Care Real Estate Executive Summit last week. Instead of covering headlines from the previous week, we have outlined several trends discussed at the Summit. 1. ASCs. There has been... READ MORE

NATIONAL 21 top management risks in healthcare for 2022 $1B joint venture sets sights on ASCs, medical office buildings 3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals CMS revises surprise-billing arbitration process GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes Healthcare Orgs Struggle With Software Supply Chain Risk Management Policies Healthcare workers warn of the harms of... READ MORE

The FFY 2023 IPPS Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”) was released on April 18, 2022, and CMS published the associated tables on its website. In addition, the Proposed Rule is expected to be published in the Federal Register on May 10. This year, CMS is proposing to implement a cap on the decreases in wage... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Last week, there were a number of new legislative updates. The Public Health Emergency was extended, CMS proposed a small increase in skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) reimbursement rates and South Carolina is pushing... READ MORE

NATIONAL 34 urban hospitals win challenge to Medicare rate formula change AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals introduced in Senate Amazon wants a hospital C-leader whisperer Bipartisan Bill Aims to Increase Access to Virtual Mental Health Services Casey, Grassley, introduce bill to help rural hospitals CMS ‘birthing-friendly’ hospital designation will debut in 2023... READ MORE