Perspectives on Hospitals & Health Systems
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Who will notify the potentially millions of individuals whose information might have been jeopardized by the massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare? Since the affiliate of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) first reported the cyberattack in February.
Recent events have caused hospitals and health systems nationwide to contemplate more robust participation in the long term care (LTC) sector, whether through modified ownership, joint venturing, clinical affiliation, or third-party management.
On May 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Final Rule banning noncompete covenants for workers, including employees, independent contractors, and volunteers.
Health Care Partner Annie Lee will present at the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ (CSHA) 2024 Annual Meeting and Spring Seminar in Olympic Valley, CA, on May 3, 2024.
On March 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a cross-government inquiry into the role private equity firms, other alternative asset managers, health systems, and private payers play in health care transactions.
Change Healthcare, an affiliate of Optum and UnitedHealth Group, processes more than 15 billion health care transactions annually and touches one of every three patient records.
Health Care Partner Lowell Brown and Counsel Sarah Benator will present at The Institute for Medical Leadership’s Chief of Staff Boot Camp in Los Angeles, California, on February 23-25, 2024.
David S. Greenberg, Douglas A. Grimm, Stephanie Trunk, Jill A. Steinberg, Hillary M. Stemple, Gayland O. Hethcoat II, D. Jacques Smith, Dan H. Renberg, Alison Lima Andersen, Jessica Sprovtsoff, Moyosore O. Koya, Shoshana Golden, Rebekkah R.N. Stoeckler, Oliver Spurgeon III*
With the 2024 underway, ArentFox Schiff highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the health care industry this year.
Counsel Gayland Hethcoat authored an article for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal discussing the California Data Exchange Framework (DxF), which aims to facilitate statewide exchange of health information between health care providers and other parties.
Health Care Partners Lowell Brown and Annie Chang Lee will present at the California Association Medical Staff Services (CAMSS) 52nd Annual Educational Forum on June 1-2, 2023.
Health Care Counsel Gayland Hethcoat will present at the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ (CSHA) 2023 Annual Meeting and Spring Seminar on May 5.
Health Care attorneys Lowell Brown and Sarah Benator will present at The Institute For Medical Leadership’s Chief of Staff Boot Camp in February.
In response to multiple requests from California hospital industry members, the California Court of Appeal ordered publication of its decision in Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System et al. This important decision is a victory for peer reviewers because it establishes significant protections.
On August 19, 2022, the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, released a highly-anticipated final rule clarifying the procedures and considerations for resolving disputes related to surprise medical bills.
Health Care Partner Annie Chang Lee will speak about COVID’s impacts on health care providers at the Physicians Legal Issues: Healthcare Delivery & Innovation Conference (PLI) on Thursday, September 15.
Constituents, regulators, and observers of corporate governance are increasingly focused on the “effectiveness” of board performance: the extent to which its existing governance practices and orientation are consistent with (or exceed) industry standards and recognized principles.
Health Care Partner Hillary Stemple presented to eye and vision care providers about co-management compliance at the Kentucky Optometric Association’s Annual Meeting on April 21.
Health Care Practice Group Leader Douglas Grimm will present at the Virginia-DC Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Fall Education Conference on September 29.
By September 30, all hospital workers—including physicians—must be vaccinated.
Health Care Partner David Greenberg will present in a Strafford CLE webinar about health insurer audits, overpayment demands, and recoveries on August 5.
Health Care Partner Debra Albin-Riley and Counsel Sarah Benator will present a webinar for the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys (CSHA) on May 26, 2021.
Health Care Practice Co-Leader Lowell Brown and Counsel Sarah Benator will offer legal perspectives on pandemic-related issues facing hospital leaders at The Institute for Medical Leadership’s 2021 Chief of Staff Boot Camp in February.
Health Care Practice Group Co-Leader Douglas Grimm was recently quoted in a Healthcare Dive article.
Health Care Partner Anne Murphy was recently quoted by Bloomberg Law in an article titled “Hospitals Walk Legal Tightrope as Workers Speak Out on Virus.”
Accredited organizations should begin to prepare for the resumption of survey activity in a modified form. Organizations that are experiencing a COVID-19 surge or have other challenges may want to reach out to the accrediting organization to discuss the impact of survey activity at this time.