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Wade Emmert
Hospitals Owned by Private Equity Are Harming Patients, Reports Find
From Ars Technica, by Beth Mole: Private equity firms, particularly Apollo Global Management, are increasingly acquiring hospitals across the US, a trend that has led to…
Overlooking Executive Comp Packages Puts M&A Deals at Risk
From Bloomberg Law, by Ian Sherwin (Reed Smith): Compensation and Motivation: Understanding the compensation structures and philosophies of a target company is crucial in M&A transactions.…
What Do Threads, Mastodon, and Hospital Records Have in Common?
From Ars Technica, by Fintan Burke: The concept of “federated learning”, inspired by the privacy-focused structure of new social media platforms, is being adopted by medical…
Up and Up and Up: Accounting for Supply Cost Inflation in Due Diligence
From VMG Health, by Johnny Zizzi, CPA, and Melissa Hoelting, CPA: Inflation-Adjusted Financial Analysis: In periods of high inflation, traditional financial metrics may not accurately depict…
Providers Target Insurers in New Surprise Billing Legal Scuffles
From Bloomberg Law, by Sara Hansard: Health care providers are increasingly suing insurers for not making timely arbitration award payments under the No Surprises Act, creating…
Texas Medical Board Cracking Down on IV Hydration
From Hendershot & Cowart, PC, by Keith Lefkowitz: The Texas Medical Board (TMB) has addressed the rise of medical business models offering intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy…
Key Considerations for Healthcare Providers Responding to Law Enforcement Requests
From Quarles & Brady LLP, by Simone Colgan Dunlap, Sarah Coyne, Kaitlyn Fydenkevez, Meghan O’Connor: Current HIPAA rules permit healthcare providers to disclose protected health information…
HHS-OIG Determines Consultant’s Gift Cards Given to Physicians Recommending Services Do Not Implicate Anti-Kickback Statute
From Barnes & Thornburg, by Jason D. Schultz and Mary Elizabth “Lizzy” Ford: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG)…
OIG Approves Hospital’s Redemption Offer to Retiring Physician-Owners
From Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, by Justin Brown, Krista Cooper, Ashley Gholston Fowler, Travis Lloyd: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of…
Is Stripe HIPAA Compliant?
From The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: Stripe’s Non-HIPAA Compliance: Despite being compliant with various US and international data privacy regulations, Stripe is not HIPAA compliant.…